Ware St Mary's, East Hertfordshire: Safety
Safety
Crime in Ware St Mary's is below the UK average and dropping fast. Monthly incidents have fallen from around 32 in 2024 to under 16 so far in 2026.
The neighbourhood recorded 381 crimes in 2024, which fell to 344 in 2025. The first nine months of 2026 suggest the trend's continuing downwards. For comparison, a similar neighbourhood across the UK averages around 29 crimes per month, so Ware St Mary's is doing noticeably better.
Anti-social behaviour has more than halved since 2024. Burglary stays low and is falling further. Vehicle crime has dropped too. Next door in Ware Priory, which saw nearly 680 crimes in 2025, things are noticeably busier by comparison.
Source: police-recorded crime for Ware St Mary's ward (Hertfordshire Constabulary, data.police.uk), Jan 2024–Aug 2026; residents from Census 2021. This summary may predate the latest data release; the table below has the current figures.
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Crime rate comparison
Crimes per 1,000 residents, Jan–Dec 2025. Ware St Mary's ward: Hertfordshire Constabulary data via data.police.uk; residents from Census 2021. Averages are for all wards in the area over the same months. Planna's safety index uses the latest 12 months instead, so it can differ.
2024
2025
Jan–Aug 2026
Ware St Mary's ward
Crimes/1,000 residents
55.1
Lower than
UK average (England, Wales & N. Ireland)
98.8
Lower than
East of England region average
81.9
Neighbouring wards
Lower than
Ware Rural
65.5
Lower than
Hertford Bengeo
70.4
Lower than
Ware Trinity
64.1
Lower than
Ware Priory
95
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Types of Crime
Share of police-recorded crimes in Ware St Mary's ward and the East of England region average, Jan–Dec 2025.
This ward
Regional average
- Violent offences30%38%
- Anti-social behaviour24%14%
- Shoplifting12%8%
- Public order7%6%
- Other theft6%7%
- Vehicle crime6%5%
- Criminal damage and arson5%8%
- Burglary3%3%
- Drugs3%3%
- Robbery2%1%
- Theft from the person1%1%
- Bicycle theft1%1%
- Possession of weapons1%1%
- Other crime1%2%
