South West Hertfordshire

England · E14001496

6,650 crimes recorded in the last 12 months – violence & sexual offences is the most common, rising versus the year before.

Recorded crimes (last 12m)
6,650
Most common
Violence & sexual offences rising
2,445 reports
Data to
Apr 2026

Crimes per month

623/mo peak0 baseline
May 23Apr 26

By type (last 12 months)

CategoryReportsShare
Violence & sexual offencesrising2,44536.8%
Anti-social behaviourfalling1,28419.3%
Shopliftingrising6039.1%
Other theftfalling4276.4%
Criminal damage & arsonfalling4016.0%
Vehicle crimefalling3745.6%
Public orderfalling3545.3%
Burglaryfalling2894.3%
Drugsrising2133.2%
Other crimefalling1221.8%
Robberyfalling430.6%
Possession of weaponsrising390.6%
Theft from the personrising360.5%
Bicycle theftfalling200.3%

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.