Total Crime Rate
130.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Berkeley 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.
View Crime In Ware Priory| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Canons Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Brewery Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mill Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Mill Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | B1004 | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bourne Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Berkeley Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wadesmill Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Gladstone Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Mill Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Mill Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Century Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Watton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Watton Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Mill Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brewery Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Mill Close | Under investigation |
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