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Recorded crime: Hertfordshire Constabulary 12 months to June 2026
87.6recorded offences per 1,000 residents
Police recorded 108,629 offences in the Hertfordshire Constabulary area in the 12 months to June 2026, up 0.8% (894) on the previous 12 months. That is 87.6 per 1,000 residents against 97.4 for England and Wales.
Home Office · data.police.uk street-level crime archive force population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 1,239,398 Since 2011 Recorded offences per 1,000 residents: Year to June 2012 to Year to June 2026 Coalition Coalition Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Labour Labour 0 25 50 75 2015 2020 2025 Year to June 2012: 92 per 1,000 residents · 104,145 offences · population mid-2012 Year to June 2013: 72.8 per 1,000 residents · 83,207 offences · population mid-2013 Year to June 2014: 67.1 per 1,000 residents · 77,608 offences · population mid-2014 Year to June 2015: 72.5 per 1,000 residents · 84,620 offences · population mid-2015 Year to June 2016: 79.9 per 1,000 residents · 94,340 offences · population mid-2016 Year to June 2017: 96.5 per 1,000 residents · 114,335 offences · population mid-2017 Year to June 2018: 95.7 per 1,000 residents · 113,764 offences · population mid-2018 Year to June 2019: 95.7 per 1,000 residents · 114,204 offences · population mid-2019 Year to June 2020: 89.5 per 1,000 residents · 107,270 offences · population mid-2020 Year to June 2021: 85.1 per 1,000 residents · 102,168 offences · population mid-2021 Year to June 2022: 84.2 per 1,000 residents · 101,586 offences · population mid-2022 Year to June 2023: 85 per 1,000 residents · 103,802 offences · population mid-2023 Year to June 2024: 82.4 per 1,000 residents · 101,713 offences · population mid-2024 Year to June 2025: 86.9 per 1,000 residents · 107,735 offences · population mid-2025 Year to June 2026: 87.6 per 1,000 residents · 108,629 offences · population mid-2025
Each year to June, complete years only. Areas are today's boundaries throughout. Shaded bands: governments (see labels) Hover or use arrow keys to read a value Monthly trend Monthly recorded crime: December 2010 to June 2026 Coalition Coalition Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Labour Labour 0 5k 10k 2010 2015 2020 2025 December 2010: 8,843 offences January 2011: 9,097 offences February 2011: 9,241 offences March 2011: 9,816 offences April 2011: 10,098 offences May 2011: 10,269 offences June 2011: 9,681 offences July 2011: 10,251 offences August 2011: 9,645 offences September 2011: 9,189 offences October 2011: 9,638 offences November 2011: 8,791 offences December 2011: 8,033 offences January 2012: 8,043 offences February 2012: 8,092 offences March 2012: 8,562 offences April 2012: 7,835 offences May 2012: 8,135 offences June 2012: 7,931 offences July 2012: 8,247 offences August 2012: 8,208 offences September 2012: 7,182 offences October 2012: 7,368 offences November 2012: 7,011 offences December 2012: 6,213 offences January 2013: 7,241 offences February 2013: 5,999 offences March 2013: 6,385 offences April 2013: 6,550 offences May 2013: 6,532 offences June 2013: 6,271 offences July 2013: 7,222 offences August 2013: 6,708 offences September 2013: 6,092 offences October 2013: 6,274 offences November 2013: 6,041 offences December 2013: 5,874 offences January 2014: 6,136 offences February 2014: 5,846 offences March 2014: 6,437 offences April 2014: 6,620 offences May 2014: 7,055 offences June 2014: 7,303 offences July 2014: 7,814 offences August 2014: 7,189 offences September 2014: 7,062 offences October 2014: 7,184 offences November 2014: 6,730 offences December 2014: 6,277 offences January 2015: 6,481 offences February 2015: 6,306 offences March 2015: 7,080 offences April 2015: 7,085 offences May 2015: 7,818 offences June 2015: 7,594 offences July 2015: 8,378 offences August 2015: 7,782 offences September 2015: 7,372 offences October 2015: 8,117 offences November 2015: 7,432 offences December 2015: 7,582 offences January 2016: 7,490 offences February 2016: 7,184 offences March 2016: 7,730 offences April 2016: 7,916 offences May 2016: 8,677 offences June 2016: 8,680 offences July 2016: 9,436 offences August 2016: 9,088 offences September 2016: 9,228 offences October 2016: 9,812 offences November 2016: 8,881 offences December 2016: 8,705 offences January 2017: 8,711 offences February 2017: 8,847 offences March 2017: 10,717 offences April 2017: 9,959 offences May 2017: 10,409 offences June 2017: 10,542 offences July 2017: 10,787 offences August 2017: 9,852 offences September 2017: 9,878 offences October 2017: 10,694 offences November 2017: 9,457 offences December 2017: 8,586 offences January 2018: 8,582 offences February 2018: 8,371 offences March 2018: 9,018 offences April 2018: 9,019 offences May 2018: 9,957 offences June 2018: 9,563 offences July 2018: 10,385 offences August 2018: 9,783 offences September 2018: 9,078 offences October 2018: 9,883 offences November 2018: 9,175 offences December 2018: 8,965 offences January 2019: 9,206 offences February 2019: 9,019 offences March 2019: 9,513 offences April 2019: 9,374 offences May 2019: 9,920 offences June 2019: 9,903 offences July 2019: 10,514 offences August 2019: 9,823 offences September 2019: 9,404 offences October 2019: 9,729 offences November 2019: 8,903 offences December 2019: 8,295 offences January 2020: 8,613 offences February 2020: 8,567 offences March 2020: 8,240 offences April 2020: 7,607 offences May 2020: 8,506 offences June 2020: 9,069 offences July 2020: 10,107 offences August 2020: 9,657 offences September 2020: 8,967 offences October 2020: 8,965 offences November 2020: 8,450 offences December 2020: 7,401 offences January 2021: 6,914 offences February 2021: 6,885 offences March 2021: 8,300 offences April 2021: 8,422 offences May 2021: 8,961 offences June 2021: 9,139 offences July 2021: 9,551 offences August 2021: 8,684 offences September 2021: 8,806 offences October 2021: 8,533 offences November 2021: 8,474 offences December 2021: 7,738 offences January 2022: 8,058 offences February 2022: 7,409 offences March 2022: 8,511 offences April 2022: 8,131 offences May 2022: 8,895 offences June 2022: 8,796 offences July 2022: 8,769 offences August 2022: 9,479 offences September 2022: 8,563 offences October 2022: 9,069 offences November 2022: 8,384 offences December 2022: 7,680 offences January 2023: 8,168 offences February 2023: 8,192 offences March 2023: 8,643 offences April 2023: 8,636 offences May 2023: 8,961 offences June 2023: 9,258 offences July 2023: 8,738 offences August 2023: 8,509 offences September 2023: 8,682 offences October 2023: 8,809 offences November 2023: 8,299 offences December 2023: 7,543 offences January 2024: 7,932 offences February 2024: 7,779 offences March 2024: 8,387 offences April 2024: 8,269 offences May 2024: 9,398 offences June 2024: 9,368 offences July 2024: 9,453 offences August 2024: 9,414 offences September 2024: 8,569 offences October 2024: 9,354 offences November 2024: 8,869 offences December 2024: 8,300 offences January 2025: 8,574 offences February 2025: 7,764 offences March 2025: 9,391 offences April 2025: 8,747 offences May 2025: 9,426 offences June 2025: 9,874 offences July 2025: 10,468 offences August 2025: 9,462 offences September 2025: 8,818 offences October 2025: 9,266 offences November 2025: 8,462 offences December 2025: 8,386 offences January 2026: 8,150 offences February 2026: 7,856 offences March 2026: 9,190 offences April 2026: 9,070 offences May 2026: 9,726 offences June 2026: 9,775 offences
Monthly recorded offences, all categories except anti-social behaviour Shaded bands: governments (see labels) Hover or use arrow keys to read a value Official figures for this area Published in the official force-area tables. These are the figures to cite; archive-based numbers above are built from street-level records and may differ.
Series Latest A year earlier Published Arrests for notifiable offences Year ending March 2025 · arrests 956 — 2026-08-19 Homicides (Homicide Index) Year ending March 2025 · offences 11 3 Year ending March 2025 Offences involving a knife or sharp instrument Year ending March 2026 · offences 605 762 Year ending March 2026 Police officers (full-time equivalent) Year ending March 2026 · officers (FTE) 2,384 2,379 As at 31 March 2026 Police officers per 100,000 population Year ending March 2026 · officers per 100,000 population 193 — As at 31 March 2026 Criminal damage and arson (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 6,913 6,870 Year ending March 2026 Drug offences (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 3,410 2,263 Year ending March 2026 Possession of weapons (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 839 725 Year ending March 2026 Public order offences (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 5,501 5,323 Year ending March 2026 Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud) Year ending March 2026 · offences per 1,000 population 68.1 — Year ending March 2026 Robbery (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 1,014 1,170 Year ending March 2026 Sexual offences (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 3,201 2,935 Year ending March 2026 Theft offences (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 28,554 30,387 Year ending March 2026 Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud) Year ending March 2026 · offences 84,238 82,310 Year ending March 2026 Violence against the person (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 32,859 30,864 Year ending March 2026
Homicides by police force area: Year ending March 2015 to Year ending March 2025 Coalition Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Labour 0 5 10 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 Year ending March 2015: 8 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2016: 4 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2017: 12 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2018: 8 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2019: 13 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2020: 7 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2021: 4 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2022: 8 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2023: 7 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2024: 3 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2025: 11 offences · published 5 February 2026
Shaded bands: governments (see labels) Hover or use arrow keys to read a value Offences involving a knife or sharp instrument by police force area: Year ending March 2011 to Year ending March 2026 Coalition Coalition Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Labour Labour 0 250 500 750 2015 2020 2025 Year ending March 2011: 272 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2012: 254 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2013: 180 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2014: 229 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2015: 338 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2016: 420 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2017: 574 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2018: 533 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2019: 550 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2020: 908 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2021: 723 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2022: 724 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2023: 662 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2024: 674 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2025: 762 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2026: 605 offences · published 23 July 2026
Shaded bands: governments (see labels) Hover or use arrow keys to read a value Police officers by police force area: Year ending March 2007 to Year ending March 2026 Labour Labour Coalition Coalition Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Labour Labour 0 1k 2k 2010 2015 2020 2025 Year ending March 2007: 2,202 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2008: 2,162 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2009: 2,172 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2010: 2,130 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2011: 2,048 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2012: 1,984 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2013: 1,953 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2014: 1,927 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2015: 1,911 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2016: 1,929 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2017: 1,952 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2018: 1,952 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2019: 2,009 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2020: 2,086 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2021: 2,199 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2022: 2,239 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2023: 2,390 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2024: 2,434 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2025: 2,379 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2026: 2,384 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026
Earlier years are the publisher's own back run, joined where the periods do not overlap. Shaded bands: governments (see labels) Hover or use arrow keys to read a value By category, 12 months to June 2026 Category Offences Previous 12 months Change Per 1,000 England & Wales per 1,000 Violence and sexual offences 37,125 35,590 ▲ 4.3% 30.0 34.7 Anti-social behaviour (not a crime) 21,843 21,681 ▲ 0.7% 17.6 15.3 Shoplifting 8,905 10,073 ▼ 11.6% 7.2 8.3 Other theft 8,633 8,573 ▲ 0.7% 7.0 6.5 Criminal damage and arson 6,938 7,118 ▼ 2.5% 5.6 6.9 Vehicle crime 6,054 6,494 ▼ 6.8% 4.9 5.0 Public order 5,702 5,703 ▼ 0.0% 4.6 6.8 Drugs 3,762 2,353 ▲ 59.9% 3.0 3.4 Burglary 3,708 4,031 ▼ 8.0% 3.0 3.6 Other crime 2,112 2,127 ▼ 0.7% 1.7 2.2 Robbery 1,030 1,172 ▼ 12.1% 0.8 1.4 Theft from the person 983 1,096 ▼ 10.3% 0.8 1.7 Bicycle theft 936 892 ▲ 4.9% 0.8 0.8 Possession of weapons 898 832 ▲ 7.9% 0.7 1.0 Public disorder and weapons 0 0 — 0.0 0.0 Violent crime 0 0 — 0.0 0.0
Local authorities in this force area Broxbourne 9,688 offences 93.9per 1,000 Dacorum 13,752 offences 84.7per 1,000 East Hertfordshire 10,570 offences 66.9per 1,000 Hertsmere 9,796 offences 88.9per 1,000 North Hertfordshire 8,913 offences 64.9per 1,000 St Albans 12,035 offences 79.8per 1,000 Stevenage 10,671 offences 115.9per 1,000 Three Rivers 6,405 offences 66.7per 1,000 Watford 11,828 offences 109.9per 1,000 Welwyn Hatfield 11,960 offences 98.2per 1,000 Important caveat Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics.
A higher recorded-crime rate does not mean an area is more dangerous. Rates depend on how much crime is reported and recorded, on the number of visitors and commuters who are not counted in the resident population, and on the policing priorities of the force. Anti-social behaviour incidents are shown separately because they are not recorded crimes.
Source Data data.police.uk street-level crime archive (Home Office). Offences are placed at anonymised snap points and assigned to 2021 Lower Layer Super Output Areas, which are mapped to local authorities using the ONS Open Geography lookup.Population ONS mid-year population estimates for England and Wales, mid-2025 edition, local authority level; force populations are the sum of their local authorities. Geography E23000027 Rate offences in the 12 months ÷ resident population × 1,000, rounded to one decimal place. Method Methodology