Total Crime Rate
105.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
55.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Galley Hill area has the 8th highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Gadebridge , and the 111th 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 Galley Hill (HP1 3LA) in the last 12 months was 105.0 per 1,000 residents and was 40.4% higher than the Gadebridge average (74.8 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 Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 55.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Galley Hill (HP1 3LA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bingham Close, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sacombe Road (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Gadebridge| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hedge Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bodwell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Orchard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bingham Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bingham Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Nokes | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tollpit End | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sweetbriar Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chasden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sweetbriar Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rayburn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sacombe Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sacombe Road | — |
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