Crime Rate in Leggatts, ward

Leggatts has the 5th lowest crime rate of 12 wards in Watford district and the 3235th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 309th highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Leggatts in the last 12 months was 72.0 per 1,000 residents and was 36.0% lower than the Watford district average (112.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Leggatts’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 236 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 292 (≈ 34.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Leggatts ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Brushrise. Police recorded 54 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.