Total Crime Rate
46.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
16.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ladywood Road area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 19 local areas in Hertford Sele , and the 227th highest 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 Ladywood Road (SG14 2TE) in the last 12 months was 46.0 per 1,000 residents and was 36.4% lower than the Hertford Sele average (72.4 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 Violent crimes with 4 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 250.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 16.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ladywood Road (SG14 2TE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Thieves Lane, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near B1000 (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ladywood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B1000 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thieves Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thieves Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turpins Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ladywood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ladywood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B1000 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B1000 | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B1000 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B1000 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | B1000 | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | B1000 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ladywood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ladywood Road | — |
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