Total Crime Rate

210.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 210.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 63.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.8 8/10
  • Other theft 43.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.1 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 16.7 10/10
  • Public order 6.7 6/10
  • Robbery 6.7 8/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

The Folly area has the 7th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Hertford Bengeo , and the 22nd 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 The Folly (SG14 1QD) in the last 12 months was 210.7 per 1,000 residents and was 201.5% higher 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 180.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 60.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 125.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Folly (SG14 1QD), 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.

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Crime Over Time in The Folly area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Salisbury Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bircherley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Nicholas Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nicholas Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order South Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order South Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order South Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Street —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hertford Bus Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
Sep 2025Burglary Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bus/Coach Station —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Salisbury Square —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Salisbury Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hartham Lane —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hartham Lane —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hartham Lane —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bircherley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bircherley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bircherley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Market Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Nicholas Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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