Total Crime Rate

124.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

63.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 124.0 8/10
  • Violent crimes 63.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.3 9/10
  • Public order 11.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.3 7/10
  • Burglary 5.5 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.5 4/10
  • Other crime 5.5 7/10
  • Other theft 5.5 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Boxted Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Boxmoor , and the 86th highest crime rate of 470 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 Boxted Road (HP1 2QL) in the last 12 months was 124.0 per 1,000 residents and was 4.0% lower than the Boxmoor average (129.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 37.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 63.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 130.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Boxted Road (HP1 2QL), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 82 crimes here, including 42 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Boxted Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sacombe Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Boxted Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sacombe Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chardins Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Chardins Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hawthorn Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hawthorn Lane —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parkwood Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Parkwood Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Bodwell Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parkwood Drive —
Apr 2026Burglary Harepark Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hollybush Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour School End Crescent —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour School End Crescent —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
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Data Sources

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