Total Crime Rate

119.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 119.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.9 10/10
  • Other theft 10.2 8/10
  • Burglary 6.8 7/10
  • Drugs 3.4 3/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.4 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Hawthorne Lane area has the 8th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Boxmoor , and the 102nd 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 Hawthorne Lane (HP1 2PY) in the last 12 months was 119.5 per 1,000 residents and was 9.1% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 44.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 116.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hawthorne Lane (HP1 2PY), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 76 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hawthorne Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (26/26)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sacombe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Furlongs —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parkwood Drive —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parkwood Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hawthorn Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chardins Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sacombe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sacombe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bodwell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Martindale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Great Sturgess Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grassy Close Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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