Crime Statistics for Watford, Hertfordshire, 2024

There were a total of 496 street level crime incidents in Watford in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Watford, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	144
Anti Social Behaviour	106
Shoplifting	73
Other Theft	41
Vehicle Crime	26
Criminal Damage Arson	21
Theft From The Person	19
Drugs	17
Burglary	14
Public Order	10
Bicycle Theft	9
Possession Of Weapons	7
Other Crime	6
Robbery	3
All Crime	496

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 Watford. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

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 Watford

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Watford	496
North Watford (0.62 miles)	261
Garston (1.39 miles)	230
Watford Heath (2.24 miles)	155
Holywell (1.39 miles)	139
Leavesden Green (1.96 miles)	106
Bushey (2.24 miles)	92
Croxley Green (2.24 miles)	70
Patchetts Green (2.48 miles)	56
Aldenham (1.96 miles)	52

Where are the most violent places near Watford?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Watford	144
North Watford	79
Garston	66
Holywell	59
Watford Heath	44
Leavesden Green	33
Bushey	23
Croxley Green	15
Aldenham	14
Patchetts Green	13

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

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 Watford 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 Watford compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Watford and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Watford is ranked #6.

#	Ward	Score
1	Central	79
2	Leggatts	62
3	Vicarage	59
4	Callowland	55
5	Holywell	55
6	Park	49
7	Tudor	48
8	Nascot	47
9	Oxhey	45
10	Durrants	22
11	Dickinsons	22

Which road in Watford has the highest level of crime?

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