Total Crime Rate

50.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 50.0 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.8 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.4 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.3 6/10
  • Burglary 3.1 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Grove Road area has the 30th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Ware Priory , and the 221st highest crime rate of 456 local areas in East Hertfordshire .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Grove Road (SG12 7HS) in the last 12 months was 50.0 per 1,000 residents and was 40.2% lower 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 21.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 250.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Grove Road (SG12 7HS), the main crime hotspot is near Upper Clabdens. Police recorded 17 crimes here, including 7 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Grove Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elms Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Queens Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cobham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Jubilee Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grove Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grove Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Queens Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Queens Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Vineyard —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elms Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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