Total Crime Rate
46.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Canons Road area has the 30th lowest crime rate of 60 local areas in Ware Priory , and the 221st lowest crime rate of 456 local areas in East Hertfordshire .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Canons Road (SG12 0BN) in the last 12 months was 46.2 per 1,000 residents and was 44.8% lower than the Ware Priory average (83.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 9.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Canons Road (SG12 0BN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Roman Court, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gladstone Road (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ware Priory| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wadesmill Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Roman Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brewery Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Brewery Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | B1004 | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Roman Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Roman Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Roman Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Roman Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Roman Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Roman Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Roman Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Gladstone Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Roman Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Watton Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Roman Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Watton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Canons Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Roman Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Berkeley Close | Under investigation |
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