Crime Statistics for Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, 2024

There were a total of 359 street level crime incidents in Hemel Hempstead 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 Category	Incidents
Anti Social Behaviour	102
Violent Crime	96
Shoplifting	37
Vehicle Crime	29
Criminal Damage Arson	29
Public Order	17
Drugs	13
Burglary	11
Other Theft	10
Robbery	4
Theft From The Person	4
Other Crime	4
Possession Of Weapons	2
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	359

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 Hemel Hempstead. 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 Hemel Hempstead

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Hemel Hempstead	359
Highfield (0.62 miles)	352
Adeyfield (0.62 miles)	289
Hammerfield (1.24 miles)	225
Cupid Green (1.39 miles)	223
Bennetts End (1.24 miles)	126
Two Waters (1.39 miles)	116
Boxmoor (1.39 miles)	89
Apsley (1.39 miles)	86
Warners End (1.86 miles)	77

Where are the most violent places near Hemel Hempstead?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Hemel Hempstead	96
Highfield	95
Adeyfield	77
Hammerfield	60
Cupid Green	57
Bennetts End	31
Two Waters	25
Warners End	23
Boxmoor	18
Apsley	18

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

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 Hemel Hempstead 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 Hemel Hempstead compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Hemel Hempstead and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Residents in Hemel Hempstead have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Chaulden and Warners End.

#	Ward	Score
1	Hemel Hempstead Town	73
2	Highfield	70
3	Grovehill	70
4	Adeyfield West	66
5	Boxmoor	62
6	Bennetts End	58
7	Apsley and Corner Hall	52
8	Nash Mills	50
9	Adeyfield East	50
10	Gadebridge	43
11	Chaulden and Warners End	43

Which road in Hemel Hempstead has the highest level of crime?

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