Hertford and Stortford

England · E14001283

8,092 crimes recorded in the last 12 months – violence & sexual offences is the most common, rising versus the year before.

Recorded crimes (last 12m)
8,092
Most common
Violence & sexual offences rising
2,936 reports
Data to
Apr 2026

Crimes per month

816/mo peak0 baseline
May 23Apr 26

By type (last 12 months)

CategoryReportsShare
Violence & sexual offencesrising2,93636.3%
Anti-social behaviourfalling1,73621.5%
Shopliftingrising6007.4%
Other theftrising5707.0%
Criminal damage & arsonfalling4575.6%
Vehicle crimefalling4165.1%
Public orderfalling4035.0%
Burglaryrising3123.9%
Drugsrising2733.4%
Other crimefalling1301.6%
Bicycle theftfalling720.9%
Robberyfalling670.8%
Theft from the personfalling660.8%
Possession of weapons unchanged540.7%

The open street-level feed merges violence and sexual offences into one category. Splitting them (e.g. homicide vs sexual assault) needs ONS force-level tables, modelled to constituency in a later step.

Partial coverageSource: Street-level crime, data.police.uk (Home Office)· How we know this
Source
Street-level crime
Publisher
data.police.uk (Home Office)
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0
Retrieved
2026-09-18
How it's mapped
Aggregated from smaller areas to the constituency on a best-fit basis.

Some areas or categories are missing from this source, so treat it as partial.

Source: data.police.uk, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.