Crime Statistics for Rucklers Lane, Dacorum, Hertfordshire, 2024

There were a total of 90 street level crime incidents in Rucklers Lane 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	27
Violent Crime	19
Burglary	9
Shoplifting	9
Criminal Damage Arson	8
Vehicle Crime	6
Public Order	5
Other Theft	4
Robbery	1
Drugs	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	90

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 Rucklers Lane. 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 Rucklers Lane

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Hemel Hempstead (1.86 miles)	359
Adeyfield (1.96 miles)	289
Bennetts End (0.62 miles)	126
Two Waters (0.88 miles)	116
Rucklers Lane	90
Boxmoor (1.75 miles)	89
Apsley (0.88 miles)	86
Bedmond (1.96 miles)	50
Tower Hill (2.24 miles)	8
Pimlico (1.96 miles)	5

Where are the most violent places near Rucklers Lane?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Hemel Hempstead	96
Adeyfield	77
Bennetts End	31
Two Waters	25
Rucklers Lane	19
Bedmond	19
Boxmoor	18
Apsley	18
Tower Hill	6
Pimlico	2

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

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 Rucklers Lane 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 Rucklers Lane compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Hemel Hempstead Town	73
2	Adeyfield West	66
3	Boxmoor	62
4	Bennetts End	58
5	Apsley and Corner Hall	52
6	Kings Langley	51
7	Nash Mills	50
8	Gade Valley	49
9	Gadebridge	43
10	Chaulden and Warners End	43
11	Abbots Langley & Bedmond	42

Which road in Rucklers Lane has the highest level of crime?

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