Total Crime Rate

30.2 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 30.2 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.1 5/10
  • Other theft 9.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 9.1 2/10
  • Public order 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lower Park Crescent area has the 36th lowest crime rate of 100 local areas in Bishop's Stortford All Saints , and the 131st lowest crime rate of 456 local areas in East Hertfordshire .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lower Park Crescent (CM23 3PT) in the last 12 months was 30.2 per 1,000 residents and was 69.6% lower than the Bishop's Stortford All Saints average (99.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 12.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lower Park Crescent (CM23 3PT), the main crime hotspot is near Merrill Place. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lower Park Crescent area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Thorley Park Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Benhooks Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Beechlands Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Beechlands Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Apsley Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Merrill Place —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Elizabeth Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Benhooks Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Merrill Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Coronation Road —
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Data Sources

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