Total Crime Rate

36.8 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 36.8 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.4 6/10
  • Public order 7.4 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Tower Road area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 60 local areas in Ware Priory , and the 164th lowest crime rate of 456 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 Tower Road (SG12 7LJ) in the last 12 months was 36.8 per 1,000 residents and was 56.0% 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 36.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 400.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tower Road (SG12 7LJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Upper Clabdens, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Queens Road (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Tower Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elms Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Vineyard —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grove Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farm Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tower Road Under investigation
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 Elms Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Queens Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Queens Road —
Sep 2025Public order Queens Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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