Total Crime Rate
508.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
203.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Street area has the highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Gadebridge , and the 11th 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 High Street (HP1 3EJ) in the last 12 months was 508.1 per 1,000 residents and was 579.6% higher than the Gadebridge average (74.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 74 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 88 (≈ 203.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (HP1 3EJ), the main crime hotspot is near Further/Higher Educational Building. Police recorded 110 crimes here, including 43 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hemel Hempstead Town| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Figtree Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Figtree Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Bounce | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sun Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cherry Bounce | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Half Moon Yard | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Half Moon Yard | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Half Moon Yard | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Half Moon Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Half Moon Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mulberry Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Figtree Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Theatre/Concert Hall | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Figtree Hill | Under investigation |
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