Crime Rate in Woodside, ward

Woodside has the 5th highest crime rate of 12 wards in Watford district and the 1888th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 157th highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Woodside in the last 12 months was 96.5 per 1,000 residents and was 14.2% lower than the Watford district average (112.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Woodside’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 318 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 40.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 360 (≈ 43.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Woodside ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Boundary Way. Police recorded 104 crimes here, including 48 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.