Skip to content
Hertfordshire Counts — Hertfordshire, in numbers.Local help →

Ware Rural · East Hertfordshire

Ware Rural: your neighbourhood

Ware Rural electoral ward · May 2026 boundaries. Every figure carries its own date.

What stands out here?

People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent: 32.2% here, compared with 38.6% across East Hertfordshire (6.4 percentage points lower).

Qualifications show local skills, not whether people have secure jobs or use those skills at work.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

Source →
A proposed response →

People aged 16+ with no qualifications: 17.3% here, compared with 13.8% across East Hertfordshire (3.5 percentage points higher).

Formal qualifications are only one part of someone's skills. Training decisions also need current vacancies, employment and residents' experience.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

Source →
A proposed response →

Homes rented from a council or housing association: 16% here, compared with 13% across East Hertfordshire (2.4 percentage points higher).

The share of social housing describes the homes already here. It does not show the current waiting list or whether enough suitable homes are available.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

Source →
A proposed response →

The ward in numbers

People aged 65 or over

20.4%

21 March 2021 · Ware Rural

Show the workings

Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All usual residents

607 out of 2,975.

Source and method →

People reporting bad or very bad health

3.6%

21 March 2021 · Ware Rural

Show the workings

Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All usual residents; self-reported, not age-standardised

108 out of 2,985.

Source and method →

People counted in the census

2,983

21 March 2021 · Ware Rural

Show the workings

Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All usual residents

2,983 out of 2,983.

Source and method →

People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent

32.2%

21 March 2021 · Ware Rural

Show the workings

Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

Residents aged 16 and over

783 out of 2,431.

Source and method →

Households facing at least one measured disadvantage

46.3%

21 March 2021 · Ware Rural

The census checks education, employment, health and housing. This is not a measure of income or poverty.

Show the workings

Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All households

550 out of 1,187.

Source and method →

Households facing two or more measured disadvantages

12.6%

21 March 2021 · Ware Rural

The census checks education, employment, health and housing. This is not a measure of income or poverty.

Show the workings

Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All households

150 out of 1,187.

Source and method →

Residents aged 16+ outside the labour market

37.3%

21 March 2021 · Ware Rural

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

907 out of 2,434.

Source and method →

Residents aged 16+ in work

60.9%

21 March 2021 · Ware Rural

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

1,482 out of 2,434.

Source and method →

Residents aged 16+ not working because of long-term illness or disability

2.2%

21 March 2021 · Ware Rural

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

54 out of 2,434.

Source and method →

People aged 16+ with no qualifications

17.3%

21 March 2021 · Ware Rural

Show the workings

Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

Residents aged 16 and over

421 out of 2,431.

Source and method →

Homes rented privately

14%

21 March 2021 · Ware Rural

Show the workings

Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All households

164 out of 1,187.

Source and method →

Residents aged 16+ retired

23.6%

21 March 2021 · Ware Rural

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

574 out of 2,434.

Source and method →

Homes rented from a council or housing association

16%

21 March 2021 · Ware Rural

Show the workings

Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All households

184 out of 1,187.

Source and method →

Residents aged 16+ unemployed

1.8%

21 March 2021 · Ware Rural

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly. Unemployed residents as a share of all residents aged 16+; this is not the unemployment rate among economically active people.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

45 out of 2,434.

Source and method →

Crime and safety

Police-recorded locations for Ware Rural ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.

132 mapped crimes

September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 158 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.

Mapped crime over time

September 2024 to August 2026

Ware Rural ward · mapped crimes

Reviewed figures: September 2024 to August 2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.

Shown on this chart: 14 mapped crimes in September 2024; 7 mapped crimes in August 2026. These are recorded counts; check the coverage notes before comparing periods.

The line joins consecutive published observations.

Monthly crime and anti-social behaviour
Recorded locations by month · Ware Rural
MonthMapped crimeAnti-social behaviour
September 2024142
October 2024152
November 202481
December 202492
January 2025304
February 202572
March 202591
April 2025196
May 202583
June 2025104
July 2025171
August 2025122
September 2025151
October 202582
November 2025152
December 2025113
January 2026103
February 2026172
March 202692
April 202693
May 202663
June 2026196
July 202663
August 202674
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Ware Rural
CategoryMapped crimes
violent crime61
other theft15
vehicle crime14
burglary11
criminal damage arson10
drugs10
other crime8
public order3
What these numbers include

Approximate published locations, not every crime or personal risk.

Anti-social behaviour is separate. Transport police and unusable locations excluded.

An empty ward count means no mapped rows in the complete required force files; it does not prove that no crime occurred.

These are retrieved mapped records, not a guarantee of complete crime reporting. Approximate locations and unmapped incidents limit comparisons.

Missing ward-months invalidate totals and changes. Busy centres attract visitors, so residential population is not a measure of the number of people exposed.

Police data and method →

What could improve local safety →

Projects and proposed responses

A nearby project is not proof of a benefit to the whole ward. Only source-supported ward links are attached here.

No project boundary has been verified against this ward. See projects and their stated locations →

Proposed responses across East Hertfordshire →