Total Crime Rate

43.6 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 43.6 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.7 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.7 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.1 7/10
  • Burglary 5.5 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Avenue Road area has the 48th lowest crime rate of 100 local areas in Bishop's Stortford All Saints , and the 208th 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 Avenue Road (CM23 5NT) in the last 12 months was 43.6 per 1,000 residents and was 56.0% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -12.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 12.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Avenue Road (CM23 5NT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Elm Grove, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dimsdale Crescent (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Avenue Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Warwick Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wayletts Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hospital —
Sep 2025Public order Dimsdale Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Elm Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Elm Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elm Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Urban Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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