Crime Statistics for Hammerfield, Dacorum, Hertfordshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Hammerfield, Dacorum

There were a total of 225 street level crime incidents in Hammerfield in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Anti Social Behaviour, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime CategoryIncidents
Anti Social Behaviour70
Violent Crime60
Shoplifting39
Criminal Damage Arson15
Other Theft10
Public Order7
Vehicle Crime6
Drugs5
Burglary3
Other Crime3
Robbery3
Theft From The Person2
Possession Of Weapons1
Bicycle Theft1
All Crime225

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Hammerfield. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Hammerfield

We've taken the ten nearest places to Hammerfield and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Hammerfield has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Hemel Hempstead (1.24 miles)359
Highfield (1.39 miles)352
Hammerfield225
Boxmoor (0.62 miles)89
Two Waters (1.39 miles)86
Apsley (1.39 miles)86
Warners End (0.62 miles)51
Chaulden (0.88 miles)27
Fields End (1.24 miles)21
Bourne End (1.39 miles)9

12.7%
of Chaulden and Warners End residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Hammerfield?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Hammerfield and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Hemel Hempstead96
Highfield95
Hammerfield60
Warners End19
Boxmoor18
Two Waters18
Apsley18
Chaulden11
Fields End11
Bourne End2

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Hammerfield?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Hammerfield to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Hammerfield compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Hammerfield and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Hammerfield is ranked #9.

#WardScore
1Hemel Hempstead Town73
2Highfield70
3Grovehill70
4Adeyfield West66
5Boxmoor62
6Bennetts End58
7Apsley and Corner Hall52
8Gadebridge43
9Chaulden and Warners End43
10Bovingdon, Flaunden and Chipperfield35
11Berkhamsted East32

Which road in Hammerfield has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Hammerfield with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Old Fishery Lane.

Last updated: February 2024
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