Total Crime Rate
58.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ware Road area has the 29th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Hertford Bengeo , and the 177th highest 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 Ware Road (SG13 7DZ) in the last 12 months was 58.0 per 1,000 residents and was 17.1% lower than the Hertford Bengeo average (69.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 18.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -58.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ware Road (SG13 7DZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Spencer Street (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hertford Bengeo| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Baker Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spencer Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hertford East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanley Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Spencer Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bluecoats Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spencer Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Baker Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Baker Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Baker Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Baker Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Baker Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wisdom Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Villiers Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Villiers Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Currie Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Old London Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Mill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Railway Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Claud Hamilton Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Claud Hamilton Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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