Total Crime Rate
94.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
60.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Queens Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Ware Priory , and the 86th highest crime rate of 457 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 Queens Road (SG12 7DN) in the last 12 months was 94.8 per 1,000 residents and was 4.9% higher than the Ware Priory average (90.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 60.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 31.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Queens Road (SG12 7DN), the main crime hotspot is near Lady Margaret Gardens. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fanhams Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lady Margaret Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Cobham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Jubilee Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cromwell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parnel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parnel Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queens Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Evergreen Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Evergreen Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Farm Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lady Margaret Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queens Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cundalls Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cundalls Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fanhams Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fanhams Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cundalls Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fanhams Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cundalls Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cundalls Road | Under investigation |
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