Total Crime Rate
22.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Presdales Drive area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 60 local areas in Ware Priory , and the 87th 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 Presdales Drive (SG12 9NS) in the last 12 months was 22.2 per 1,000 residents and was 73.5% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 11.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Presdales Drive (SG12 9NS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Grange Gardens, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Red House Close (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Viaduct Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Viaduct Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Viaduct Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Viaduct Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Gilpin Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Railway View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Red House Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Red House Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grange Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ware | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Presdales Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peters Wood Hill | Under investigation |
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