Total Crime Rate
14.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
4.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ashdale area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 102 local areas in Bishop's Stortford All Saints , and the 46th lowest crime rate of 457 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 Ashdale (CM23 4EB) in the last 12 months was 14.4 per 1,000 residents and was 85.5% lower than the Bishop's Stortford All Saints average (99.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 4.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ashdale (CM23 4EB), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 65 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bishop's Stortford Thorley Manor| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Honeybourne | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Rushleigh Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Villiers-Sur-Marne Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ellenborough Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Broadleaf Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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