Crime Statistics for Leavesden Green, Watford, Hertfordshire, 2024

There were a total of 106 street level crime incidents in Leavesden Green 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 Leavesden Green, 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	33
Anti Social Behaviour	22
Burglary	9
Criminal Damage Arson	9
Vehicle Crime	8
Shoplifting	6
Other Theft	5
Other Crime	5
Drugs	4
Public Order	3
Possession Of Weapons	1
Robbery	1
All Crime	106

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 Leavesden Green. 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 Leavesden Green

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Watford (1.96 miles)	559
North Watford (1.39 miles)	261
Garston (1.39 miles)	230
Abbots Langley (0.62 miles)	122
Leavesden Green	106
Waterdale (1.75 miles)	102
Bedmond (1.86 miles)	50
Langleybury (1.24 miles)	8
Bucks Hill (2.48 miles)	5
Chandler’s Cross (2.24 miles)	1

Where are the most violent places near Leavesden Green?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Watford	148
North Watford	79
Garston	66
Abbots Langley	45
Waterdale	35
Leavesden Green	33
Bedmond	19
Bucks Hill	3
Langleybury	1
Chandler’s Cross	0

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

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 Leavesden Green 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 Leavesden Green compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Leavesden Green and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Leavesden Green is ranked #2.

#	Ward	Score
1	Central	79
2	Woodside	66
3	Leggatts	62
4	Stanborough	59
5	Meriden	57
6	Callowland	55
7	Park	49
8	Tudor	48
9	Nascot	47
10	Leavesden	45
11	Durrants	22

Which road in Leavesden Green has the highest level of crime?

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