Total Crime Rate
110.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
57.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Collett Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Ware Priory , and the 61st highest crime rate of 457 local areas in East Hertfordshire .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Collett Road (SG12 7LT) in the last 12 months was 110.7 per 1,000 residents and was 22.4% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 11.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -36.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 57.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Collett Road (SG12 7LT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near West Street, where police recorded 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near East Street (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Goldstone Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | East Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | East Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Goldstone Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | East Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | East Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Waggoners Yard | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fives Court Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kiln House Close | — |
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