Total Crime Rate

262.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 262.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 80.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 68.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.7 9/10
  • Public order 22.7 9/10
  • Other theft 15.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.1 9/10
  • Burglary 10.1 8/10
  • Theft from the person 10.1 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.0 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.0 8/10
  • Robbery 5.0 7/10
  • Drugs 2.5 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Buryfield Maltings area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Ware Priory , and the 15th highest crime rate of 456 local areas in East Hertfordshire .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Buryfield Maltings (SG12 0HU) in the last 12 months was 262.0 per 1,000 residents and was 213.5% 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 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -10.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 113.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 73.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 31.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Buryfield Maltings (SG12 0HU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Roman Court, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mill Close (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Buryfield Maltings area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Berkeley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Roman Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cameron Court —
Sep 2025Drugs Mill Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order West Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Gladstone Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Priory Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Watton Road —
Sep 2025Public order Roman Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Roman Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Watton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Roman Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Roman Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Roman Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Roman Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Roman Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cameron Court —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Mill Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Mill Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wadesmill Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Priory Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Canons Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Priory Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Priory Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour B1004 —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brewery Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Brewery Yard Under investigation

Data Sources

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