Hertfordshire Police Statistics
(Also known more formally as Hertfordshire Constabulary)
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
The crime rate in Hertfordshire Constabulary's force coverage area is 60 crimes per 1,000 people, for the 12-month period ending April 2026. The most commonly-reported crimes are violence and sexual offences, reported at a rate of roughly 26 reports per 1,000 daytime population.
Hertfordshire Constabulary Crime Map
Incidents mapped in Hertfordshire Police's service area represent the time frame between January 2016 and April 2026. Each point on the map represents an area where crimes have been recorded locally.
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Introduction to Hertfordshire Police's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Hertfordshire Police up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Hertfordshire Police's 53,500 postcodes using three area sizes for comparison:
- Within a Five-Minute Walk
- Within a Ten-Minute Walk
- Within a Fifteen-Minute Walk
Individual crime risk scores and index figures are for the 12-month period ending April 2026 unless otherwise stated.
Crime Risk Scores
Hertfordshire Police • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within Hertfordshire Police has a crime risk score of 456. This is based on analysis of 53,500 nearby areas within Hertfordshire Police, with "most" referring to roughly two thirds of the nearby locations.
Crime risk scores are on a scale of 1 to 1,000 and consider the severity of the crimes involved, as determined by sentencing guidelines. A score of 1 represents the lowest risk, and 1,000 the highest risk. This approach ensures that - unlike overall crime rate figures - bicycle theft is not given the same importance in Hertfordshire Police's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Hertfordshire Police, crime risk scores are typically around 456, while in National they are average 500.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 473 (500 for National), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 489 (National 500).
Trends in Crime Risk
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Calculated via Seasonal and Trend decomposition using Loess, the Seasonality Adjusted line represents the original data with seasonality subtracted, and the Trend line has been plotted unadjusted. Overall trend direction has been identified using the Mann-Kendall trend test, and rate calculated from the slope of the best-fit line identified from linear regression.
The 10-year trend indicates a decrease of 2.7% in Hertfordshire Police's crime risk score. This is potentially a strong signal of how the crime risk is evolving. Cross-referencing with major cultural events and Covid's impact during this time is advised.
Looking at the previous five years, the trend in Hertfordshire Police's crime risk score is up by 15%. While potentially a good indicator of the overall risk trend, analysis may offer further insight when combined with the checks mentioned above.
Over the last year, Hertfordshire Police's crime risk score has shown an upward trend of approximately 1.6%, indicating that the risk profile is going up. This is an extremely short time period for crime trend analysis, and caution should be exercised when interpreting this figure.
Crime Rates and Indexes
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The CrimeRate Index shows how crime rates compare against the national average.
1.0 equals the average
2.0 is double
3.0 triple
0.5 is half and
0.25 a quarter.
Highest Crime Rates
Hertfordshire Police • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Excluding other crime and other theft because their geographic location is often not relevant, anti-social behaviour as its definition is too wide, and bicycle theft for its specificity.
Vehicle Crime offences have a crime rate of 4.36 reports per 1,000 people in Hertfordshire Police, which is 1.01 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 6,080 crime reports logged by Hertfordshire Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, Hertfordshire Police recorded 3,695 reports of Burglary in Hertfordshire Police, resulting in a crime rate of 2.65 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 0.85.
The crime rate for Violence and Sexual Offences is 0.85 times the national average at 26 reports per 1,000. This is from 36,192 crime reports reported to Hertfordshire Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
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Excluding other crime and other theft, anti-social behaviour, and bicycle theft, and calculated with the same STL method described in Trends in Crime Risk, using CrimeRate Index figures to identify crime types that are trending above or below the national average, and the analysis timeframe limited to the last three years.
Violence and Sexual Offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.84 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Violence and Sexual Offences CrimeRate Index was 0.68 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 24% over this timeframe.
Criminal Damage and Arson offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.80 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Criminal Damage and Arson CrimeRate Index was 0.71 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 13% over this timeframe.
Vehicle Crime offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.20 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Vehicle Crime CrimeRate Index was 0.95 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 26% over this timeframe.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
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Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
Shoplifting offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.82 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Shoplifting CrimeRate Index was 0.96 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 15% over this timeframe.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
Hertfordshire Police • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | |||
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 21,659 | 15.48 | 1.10 | 941,224 | 14.13 | 1.00 | |||
| Bicycle Theft | 921 | 0.66 | 0.90 | 48,449 | 0.73 | 1.00 | |||
| Burglary | 3,695 | 2.65 | 0.85 | 208,612 | 3.13 | 1.00 | |||
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 6,957 | 4.97 | 0.79 | 418,651 | 6.28 | 1.00 | |||
| Drugs | 3,423 | 2.46 | 0.80 | 205,214 | 3.09 | 1.00 | |||
| Other Crime | 1,988 | 1.41 | 0.76 | 124,230 | 1.85 | 1.00 | |||
| Other Theft | 8,402 | 6.01 | 1.06 | 378,146 | 5.69 | 1.00 | |||
| Possession of Weapons | 864 | 0.63 | 0.74 | 56,620 | 0.85 | 1.00 | |||
| Public Order | 5,462 | 3.91 | 0.67 | 386,297 | 5.80 | 1.00 | |||
| Robbery | 993 | 0.70 | 0.59 | 78,386 | 1.18 | 1.00 | |||
| Shoplifting | 8,332 | 5.97 | 0.84 | 475,025 | 7.13 | 1.00 | |||
| Theft From the Person | 958 | 0.68 | 0.44 | 103,505 | 1.55 | 1.00 | |||
| Vehicle Crime | 6,080 | 4.36 | 1.01 | 287,068 | 4.30 | 1.00 | |||
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 36,192 | 25.90 | 0.85 | 2,024,722 | 30.40 | 1.00 | |||
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Total Crime by Year
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | |||
| 2026 | 84,267 | 60.31 | 0.84 | 4,794,925 | 71.98 | 1.00 | |||
| 2025 | 82,811 | 59.59 | 0.80 | 4,892,734 | 74.03 | 1.00 | |||
| 2024 | 74,285 | 53.97 | 0.72 | 4,937,620 | 75.43 | 1.00 | |||
| 2023 | 76,814 | 56.36 | 0.71 | 5,115,763 | 79.01 | 1.00 | |||
| 2022 | 74,771 | 55.23 | 0.72 | 4,922,645 | 76.81 | 1.00 | |||
| 2021 | 73,090 | 54.20 | 0.79 | 4,369,811 | 68.57 | 1.00 | |||
| 2020 | 82,873 | 61.73 | 0.83 | 4,707,683 | 74.16 | 1.00 | |||
| 2019 | 87,100 | 64.94 | 0.85 | 4,824,370 | 76.25 | 1.00 | |||
| 2018 | 84,437 | 63.17 | 0.89 | 4,484,151 | 71.12 | 1.00 | |||
| 2017 | 77,434 | 58.06 | 0.91 | 4,011,470 | 63.94 | 1.00 | |||
| 2016 | 21,979 | 16.53 | 0.87 | 1,195,221 | 19.07 | 1.00 | |||
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Hertfordshire Police: Major Towns & Cities Compared
| Town / City | Crime Count | Crime Rate | CrimeRate Index | ||||||
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| London Colney | 1,068 | 102.37 | 1.52 | ||||||
| Waltham Cross | 1,254 | 98.09 | 1.38 | ||||||
| Hatfield | 4,688 | 88.56 | 1.23 | ||||||
| Stevenage | 8,698 | 84.16 | 1.17 | ||||||
| Elstree and Borehamwood | 3,653 | 73.14 | 1.02 | ||||||
| Cheshunt | 3,156 | 72.51 | 1.01 | ||||||
| Watford | 9,155 | 72.05 | 1.00 | ||||||
| Hemel Hempstead | 7,864 | 70.49 | 0.98 | ||||||
| Potters Bar | 1,792 | 69.26 | 0.98 | ||||||
| St Albans | 5,131 | 67.76 | 0.94 | ||||||
| Hoddesdon | 2,750 | 65.82 | 0.92 | ||||||
| Baldock | 683 | 62.64 | 0.98 | ||||||
| Watford Rural | 1,517 | 61.33 | 0.88 | ||||||
| Welwyn Garden City | 3,809 | 59.81 | 0.84 | ||||||
| St Stephen | 1,010 | 59.50 | 0.88 | ||||||
| Hertford | 2,036 | 56.52 | 0.80 | ||||||
| Letchworth Garden City | 2,082 | 55.56 | 0.78 | ||||||
| Bishop's Stortford | 2,494 | 52.47 | 0.73 | ||||||
| Ware | 1,084 | 51.30 | 0.75 | ||||||
| Abbots Langley | 1,311 | 49.94 | 0.72 | ||||||
| Bushey | 1,440 | 49.10 | 0.70 | ||||||
| Sawbridgeworth | 502 | 48.33 | 0.77 | ||||||
| Aldenham | 523 | 48.20 | 0.74 | ||||||
| Rickmansworth | 1,339 | 47.31 | 0.68 | ||||||
| Hitchin | 1,828 | 46.31 | 0.65 | ||||||
| North Mymms | 448 | 43.98 | 0.73 | ||||||
| Sandridge | 547 | 42.04 | 0.64 | ||||||
| Berkhamsted | 826 | 39.63 | 0.59 | ||||||
| Royston | 793 | 39.52 | 0.59 | ||||||
| Tring | 535 | 37.77 | 0.58 | ||||||
| Harpenden | 1,179 | 35.14 | 0.51 | ||||||
| Welwyn | 320 | 33.28 | 0.57 | ||||||
| Chorleywood | 398 | 32.96 | 0.56 | ||||||
| Croxley Green | 478 | 26.29 | 0.41 | ||||||
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Hertfordshire Police Stations
| Police Station Name | Police Station Address | Description & Opening Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Abbots Langley Police Station | Manor Lodge, High Street, Abbots Langley, WD5 0AP | This station is not open to the public unless you have an appointment. There is a yellow phone at this location which you can use to contact us for help, to report a crime or to ask for advice. |
| Berkhamsted Police Station | 161 High Street, Berkhamsted, HP4 3HB | This station is not open to the public unless you have an appointment. There is a yellow phone at this location which you can use to contact us for help, to report a crime or to ask for advice. |
| Bishop's Stortford Police Station | Basbow Lane, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 2NA | This station is not open to the public unless you have an appointment. There is a yellow phone at this location which you can use to contact us for help, to report a crime or to ask for advice. |
| Borehamwood Police Station | Civic Offices, Elstree Way, Borehamwood, WD6 1WA | This station is not open to the public unless you have an appointment. There is a yellow phone at this location which you can use to contact us for help, to report a crime or to ask for advice. |
| Buntingford Police Station | Baldock Road, Buntingford, SG9 9DP | This station is not open to the public unless you have an appointment. There is a yellow phone at this location which you can use to contact us for help, to report a crime or to ask for advice. |
| Cheshunt Police Station | 101 Turners' Hill, Cheshunt, EN8 9BD | This station is not open to the public unless you have an appointment. There is a yellow phone at this location which you can use to contact us for help, to report a crime or to ask for advice. |
| Harpenden Police Station | 15 Vaughan Road, Harpenden, AL5 4GZ | This station is not open to the public unless you have an appointment. There is a yellow phone at this location which you can use to contact us for help, to report a crime or to ask for advice. |
| Hatfield Police Station | Comet Way, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 9SJ | Monday to Saturday 8am-8pm Sunday 10am to 8pm Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day 10am to 3pm Other bank holidays 10am to 5pm |
| Hemel Hempstead Police Station | Combe Street, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 1HL | This station is not open to the public unless you have an appointment. There is a yellow phone at this location which you can use to contact us for help, to report a crime or to ask for advice. |
| Hitchin Police Station | College Road, Hitchin, SG5 1JX | This station is not open to the public unless you have an appointment. There is a yellow phone at this location which you can use to contact us for help, to report a crime or to ask for advice. |
| Letchworth Police Station | Nevells Road, Letchworth, SG6 4ER | This station is not open to the public unless you have an appointment. There is a yellow phone at this location which you can use to contact us for help, to report a crime or to ask for advice. |
| Oxhey Police Station | Oxhey Drive, Watford, WD19 7SD | ΓÇï |
| Rickmansworth Police Desk | Three Rivers House, Northway, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 1RL | Monday to Friday 9am to 4pm Closed Saturday, Sunday and Bank holidays. |
| Royston Police Station | Melbourn Street, Royston, SG8 7BZ | This station is not open to the public unless you have an appointment. There is a yellow phone at this location which you can use to contact us for help, to report a crime or to ask for advice. |
| St Albans Police Station | Civic Centre, St Peter's Street, St Albans, AL1 3JE | This station is not open to the public unless you have an appointment. There is a yellow phone at this location which you can use to contact us for help, to report a crime or to ask for advice. |
| Stevenage Police Station | Lytton Way, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 1HF | Monday to Saturday 8am-8pm Sunday 10am to 8pm Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day 10am to 3pm Other bank holidays 10am to 5pm |
| Tring Police Station | 63 High Street, Tring, HP23 4AB | This station is not open to the public unless you have an appointment. There is a yellow phone at this location which you can use to contact us for help, to report a crime or to ask for advice. |
| Watford Police Station | 3 George Street, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 0BX | Monday to Saturday 8am-8pm Sunday 10am to 8pm Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day 10am to 3pm Other bank holidays 10am to 5pm |
| Welwyn Garden City Police Station | Rosanne House, Bridge Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6UB | This station is not open to the public unless you have an appointment. There is a yellow phone at this location which you can use to contact us for help, to report a crime or to ask for advice. |