Total Crime Rate

130.6 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 130.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.9 9/10
  • Public order 22.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.9 8/10
  • Burglary 3.7 4/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Other theft 3.7 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.7 3/10
  • 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

Berkeley Close area has the 8th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Ware Priory , and the 54th highest crime rate of 456 local areas in East Hertfordshire .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Berkeley Close (SG12 0BS) in the last 12 months was 130.6 per 1,000 residents and was 56.3% higher than the Ware Priory average (83.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -83.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 67.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Berkeley Close (SG12 0BS), the main crime hotspot is near Mill Close. Police recorded 37 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Berkeley Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Canons Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Brewery Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Mill Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Mill Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour B1004
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bourne Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Berkeley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wadesmill Road
Sep 2025Theft from the person Gladstone Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Mill Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Mill Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Century Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Watton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Watton Road
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Mill Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brewery Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Mill Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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