Total Crime Rate

53.6 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 53.6 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.3 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.7 7/10
  • Other theft 10.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.1 4/10
  • Burglary 7.1 7/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Long Chaulden area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 37 local areas in Boxmoor , and the 215th lowest crime rate of 468 local areas in Dacorum .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Long Chaulden (HP1 2NT) in the last 12 months was 53.6 per 1,000 residents and was 59.2% 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 14.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -55.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 10.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Long Chaulden (HP1 2NT), 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 Long Chaulden area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Valleyside Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Great Sturgess Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hawthorn Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parkwood Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parkwood Drive —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Martindale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Briarcliff Under investigation
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Data Sources

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