Crime Statistics for Watford, Hertfordshire, March 2021

The aim of this article is to provide a brief overview of street level crime in Watford using the latest Police statistics. Police data is usually published two months in arrears, so March 2021 are the latest figures. The data published by the Police are incidents that were reported to them in that month, not the crimes that were prosecuted and/or had further action taken. In by far the majority of incidents, no further action is taken.

There were a total of 378 street level crime incidents in Watford in March 2021. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour. Below are these incidents broken down by category.

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	104
Anti Social Behaviour	89
Vehicle Crime	29
Criminal Damage Arson	28
Public Order	26
Other Theft	22
Shoplifting	19
Burglary	14
Drugs	12
Bicycle Theft	11
Possession Of Weapons	8
Other Crime	8
Robbery	5
Theft From The Person	3
All Crime	378

Map of street level crime incidents in March 2021

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	378
Garston (1.39 miles)	268
North Watford (0.62 miles)	251
Holywell (1.39 miles)	169
Watford Heath (2.24 miles)	147
Bushey (2.24 miles)	136
Leavesden Green (1.96 miles)	131
Croxley Green (2.24 miles)	100
Patchetts Green (2.48 miles)	73
Aldenham (1.96 miles)	64

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	123
Garston	88
North Watford	82
Holywell	50
Leavesden Green	37
Watford Heath	36
Bushey	32
Aldenham	24
Croxley Green	23
Patchetts Green	18