Crime Statistics for Loudwater, Three Rivers, Hertfordshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Loudwater, Three Rivers

There were a total of 39 street level crime incidents in Loudwater in January 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 Loudwater, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime13
Anti Social Behaviour8
Other Theft7
Burglary4
Vehicle Crime4
Criminal Damage Arson1
Public Order1
Robbery1
All Crime39

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Loudwater. 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 Loudwater

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Croxley Green (1.39 miles)100
Batchworth (1.39 miles)78
Moneyhill (1.39 miles)49
Colne (2.24 miles)41
Loudwater39
Heronsgate (2.24 miles)13
Chorleywood (1.86 miles)12
Chorleywood Bottom (1.96 miles)12
Chorleywood West (2.48 miles)10
Chandler’s Cross (1.39 miles)6

19.81%
of Rickmansworth Town residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Loudwater?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Croxley Green27
Batchworth22
Moneyhill22
Colne21
Loudwater13
Heronsgate6
Chorleywood5
Chorleywood West5
Chorleywood Bottom4
Chandler’s Cross1

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

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 Loudwater 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 Loudwater compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Vicarage59
2Holywell55
3Oxhey Hall & Hayling44
4Penn & Mill End36
5Chorleywood South & Maple Cross34
6Rickmansworth Town33
7Durrants22
8Dickinsons22
9Chalfont Common18
10Moor Park & Eastbury16
11Chalfont St Giles14

Which road in Loudwater has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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