Total Crime Rate
5.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
5.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Musley Lane area has the lowest crime rate of 59 local areas in Ware Priory , and the 8th lowest crime rate of 457 local areas in East Hertfordshire .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Musley Lane (SG12 7EW) in the last 12 months was 5.8 per 1,000 residents and was 93.6% lower 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 5.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Musley Lane (SG12 7EW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Popis Gardens (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fanhams Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fanhams Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fives Court Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Albany Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kiln House Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Popis Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fanhams Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fanhams Road | Under investigation |
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