Total Crime Rate

99.5 per 1,000 8/10 Β· High

All offences Β· 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 99.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 33.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.6 6/10
  • Other theft 16.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.5 4/10
  • Drugs 5.5 6/10
  • Other crime 5.5 7/10
  • Public order 5.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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 Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Maltings Court area has the 11th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Ware Priory , and the 82nd highest crime rate of 456 local areas in East Hertfordshire .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Maltings Court (SG12 9LQ) in the last 12 months was 99.5 per 1,000 residents and was 19.0% higher than the Ware Priory average (83.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (β‰ˆ 33.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Maltings Court (SG12 9LQ), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 72 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Maltings Court area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peters Wood Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grange Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Coddington Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Sep 2025Burglary Navigation Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Viaduct Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Viaduct Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Viaduct Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridge Foot Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Gilpin Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grange Gardens β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wells Yard β€”
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Common Wharf Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Common Wharf Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ware Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Presdales Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bridge Foot β€”
Sep 2025Robbery Bridge Foot Under investigation

Data Sources

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