Total Crime Rate

88.6 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 88.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.7 9/10
  • Other crime 9.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.3 4/10
  • Burglary 6.3 6/10
  • Public order 6.3 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Small Acre area has the 13th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Boxmoor , and the 157th highest crime rate of 468 local areas in Dacorum .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Small Acre (HP1 2LP) in the last 12 months was 88.6 per 1,000 residents and was 32.6% lower than the Boxmoor average (131.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( 55.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 50.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 77.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Small Acre (HP1 2LP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parkwood Drive, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Valleyside (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Small Acre area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Great Sturgess Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Valleyside Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Briarcliff Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hawthorn Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parkwood Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parkwood Drive —
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Data Sources

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