Total Crime Rate

113.2 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 113.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.6 5/10
  • Shoplifting 18.9 6/10
  • Burglary 16.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.4 7/10
  • Public order 9.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.1 8/10
  • Drugs 7.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.1 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.7 3/10
  • Other theft 4.7 5/10
  • Other crime 2.4 1/10
  • Robbery 2.4 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Hillfield Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Adeyfield West , and the 107th 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 Hillfield Road (HP2 4AA) in the last 12 months was 113.2 per 1,000 residents and was 46.6% higher than the Adeyfield West average (77.3 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 crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 35.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 87.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 138.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hillfield Road (HP2 4AA), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 267 crimes here, including 114 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hillfield Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maynard Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marlowes Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King Harry Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person King Harry Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting King Harry Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting King Harry Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting King Harry Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting King Harry Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order King Harry Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson King Harry Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour King Harry Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marlowes Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marlowes Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walnut Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marlowes Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Marlowes Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Marlowes Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marlowes —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marlowes —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marlowes —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Drugs Dacorum Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dacorum Way —

Data Sources

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