Total Crime Rate

84.0 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 84.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.9 8/10
  • Burglary 7.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.8 3/10
  • Public order 3.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Anchor Lane area has the 20th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Apsley and Corner Hall , and the 170th highest crime rate of 468 local areas in Dacorum .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Anchor Lane (HP1 1TY) in the last 12 months was 84.0 per 1,000 residents and was 33.4% lower than the Apsley and Corner Hall average (126.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 49.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 55.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Anchor Lane (HP1 1TY), the main crime hotspot is near The Cornfields. Police recorded 17 crimes here, including 9 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Apsley and Corner Hall

Crime Over Time in Anchor Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Thistlecroft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charles Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hanger Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Hill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heath Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Beechfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charles Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cemetery Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bishops Mead —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bishops Mead Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crouchfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Crouchfield Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bishops Mead Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mayo Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Thistlecroft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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