Total Crime Rate

143.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 143.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 56.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.9 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 34.1 10/10
  • Public order 7.6 6/10
  • Burglary 3.8 4/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

High Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Watling , and the 71st highest crime rate of 468 local areas in Dacorum .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (AL3 8JG) in the last 12 months was 143.9 per 1,000 residents and was 53.4% higher than the Watling average (93.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 45.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 74.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (AL3 8JG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gladstone Mews, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fleming Drive (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in High Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fleming Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Fleming Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wesley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Albert Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fleming Drive Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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