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Proceeds from the sale of seized and unclaimed property that cannot be returned to its owner is being turned into grants for local groups under a new scheme launched by Hertfordshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner.
Thousands of extra police patrol hours, hundreds of arrests and more than 100 weapons seized as Hertfordshire's hotspot policing programme continues thanks to local funding secured by the Police and Crime Commissioner.
New performance data showing that Hertfordshire Constabulary solved more burglaries than any other police force nationally in the first quarter of the financial year has been welcomed by Police & Crime Commissioner Jonathan Ash-Edwards.
The new building at Hertfordshire Constabulary Headquarters was officially opened this week by the Lord-Lieutenant of Hertfordshire, Robert Voss CBE CStJ.
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Ahead of Rural Crime awareness week, Police and Crime Commissioner Jonathan Ash-Edwards has joined officers targeting hare coursing and fly tipping as part of his drive to protect Hertfordshire’s rural communities, alongside new investment in technology to help deter and detect rural crime.
Police should be given emergency powers to halt serious unauthorised development before irreversible damage is done to the countryside, Hertfordshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner has said.
Hertfordshire recorded the largest reduction in robbery offences anywhere in England and Wales during 2025/26, according to the latest national crime figures.
Hertfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner Jonathan Ash-Edwards has called on major toy retailers to withdraw a controversial children's toy from sale after raising concerns about the messages it sends to young children about personal safety and appropriate boundaries.
Hertfordshire has been ranked the best police force in England and Wales on two key measures of public confidence in policing, according to the latest Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW).
Hertfordshire Constabulary has been placed in the highest category under a new national policing performance system, following an independent assessment by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services.