Total Crime Rate

255.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 255.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 95.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 85.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.0 9/10
  • Public order 13.1 8/10
  • Drugs 9.8 8/10
  • Other theft 9.8 8/10
  • Burglary 6.6 7/10
  • Other crime 6.6 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.6 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 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
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

Thorley Lane area has the 7th highest crime rate of 100 local areas in Bishop's Stortford All Saints , and the 16th highest crime rate of 456 local areas in East Hertfordshire .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Thorley Lane (CM23 4AB) in the last 12 months was 255.7 per 1,000 residents and was 157.7% higher 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 Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 108.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 101.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Thorley Lane (CM23 4AB), the main crime hotspot is near Whittington Way. Police recorded 56 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Thorley Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
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MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Whittington Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thorley Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Whittington Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Whittington Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Whittington Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whittington Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thorley Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Hawthorn Rise Under investigation
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Data Sources

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