Total Crime Rate

70.7 per 1,000 6/10 · 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 70.7 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.2 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.7 7/10
  • Public order 6.4 5/10
  • Other theft 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Long Chaulden area has the 18th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Boxmoor , and the 199th 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 Long Chaulden (HP1 2NX) in the last 12 months was 70.7 per 1,000 residents and was 46.2% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 38.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Long Chaulden (HP1 2NX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Newlands Road, where police recorded 20 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 (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rowcroft Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Pastures Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Valleyside Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rowcroft Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Newlands Road —
Sep 2025Public order Briarcliff Under investigation
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Data Sources

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