Total Crime Rate
126.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hare Street Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Buntingford , and the 58th 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 Hare Street Road (SG9 9HW) in the last 12 months was 126.3 per 1,000 residents and was 106.7% 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 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 142.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 66.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 57.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hare Street Road (SG9 9HW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chapel End, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Riverside (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Buntingford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pipkin Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Pipkin Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Causeway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Maylon Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Maylon Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nut Slip | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunny Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunny Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunny Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Dray Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hare Street Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dell Springs | — |
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