Total Crime Rate

100.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

36.0 per 1,000 6/10 · 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 100.7 8/10
  • Violent crimes 36.0 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.8 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.6 8/10
  • Other crime 21.6 10/10
  • Drugs 14.4 9/10
  • Burglary 7.2 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.2 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Hale Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Hertford Bengeo , and the 79th 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 Hale Road (SG13 8RY) in the last 12 months was 100.7 per 1,000 residents and was 48.1% higher than the Hertford Bengeo average (68.0 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 Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 36.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hale Road (SG13 8RY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Nightclub, where police recorded 47 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Salisbury Square (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Hale Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (24/24)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Maidenhead Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Market Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parliament Square —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bell Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Police Station —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Salisbury Square —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Millers Yard Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Maidenhead Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Millers Yard —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Salisbury Square —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Millers Yard Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Market Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Market Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bridges Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nicholas Lane —
Apr 2026Robbery Hale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Old Cross —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Market Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Old Cross Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Maidenhead Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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