Total Crime Rate
567.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Beesons Yard area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Hertford Bengeo , and the 4th highest crime rate of 456 local areas in East Hertfordshire .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Beesons Yard (SG14 1FA) in the last 12 months was 567.4 per 1,000 residents and was 711.8% higher than the Hertford Bengeo average (69.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 50 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 70 (≈ 219.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beesons Yard (SG14 1FA), the main crime hotspot is near South Street. Police recorded 105 crimes here, including 42 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hertford Bengeo| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hertford Bus Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bircherley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Hertford Bus Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hertford Bus Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Priory Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bircherley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Salisbury Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Salisbury Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Salisbury Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bircherley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bircherley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Claud Hamilton Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | South Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Old London Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fore Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fore Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fore Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Fore Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Fore Street | Under investigation |
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