Total Crime Rate

101.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

24.7 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 101.9 8/10
  • Violent crimes 24.7 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.5 9/10
  • Other crime 15.4 10/10
  • Public order 12.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.4 3/10
  • Drugs 9.3 8/10
  • Burglary 6.2 6/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Mangrove Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Hertford Bengeo , and the 78th 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 Mangrove Road (SG13 8AB) in the last 12 months was 101.9 per 1,000 residents and was 49.8% higher than the Hertford Bengeo average (68.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -63.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 24.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mangrove Road (SG13 8AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near South Street, where police recorded 96 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fore Street (44 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Mangrove Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Priory Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Bircherley Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Bircherley Court Local resolution
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Hertford East Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fore Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour South Street
Apr 2026Drugs South Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting South Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting South Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting South Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting South Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person South Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mill Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mill Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fore Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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