Total Crime Rate

82.2 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 82.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.4 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.9 8/10
  • Drugs 11.0 9/10
  • Other theft 11.0 8/10
  • Public order 5.5 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.7 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

This area has the 7th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Buntingford , and the 106th highest crime rate of 456 local areas in East Hertfordshire .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around This (SG9 0NS) in the last 12 months was 82.2 per 1,000 residents and was 34.6% higher than the Buntingford average (61.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 32.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 500.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around postcode SG9 0NS, the highest concentration of overall crime is near Horseshoe Lane, where police recorded 8 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Willow Close (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in SG9 0NS area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Halfacre Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willow Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Horseshoe Lane
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Halfacre Lane Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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