Crime Rates at High Street, Ware, SG12 9AP

High Street area has the highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Ware Priory , and the 5th highest crime rate of 456 local areas in East Hertfordshire .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (SG12 9AP) in the last 12 months was 525.9 per 1,000 residents and was 529.4% higher 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 69 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 350.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -81.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 88 (≈ 228.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (SG12 9AP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Church Street, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mill Close (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.