Total Crime Rate
28.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
22.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Priory Street area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Hertford Bengeo , and the 124th lowest crime rate of 457 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 Priory Street (SG14 1RN) in the last 12 months was 28.1 per 1,000 residents and was 58.7% lower 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 Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 22.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Priory Street (SG14 1RN), 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Fore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fore Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Claud Hamilton Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Claud Hamilton Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hertford Bus Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hertford Bus Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mill Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | South Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | South Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | South Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | South Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | South Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | South Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hertford East | Under investigation |
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