Crime Rates at Paston Road, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 5AZ

Paston Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 23 local areas in Hemel Hempstead Town , and the 138th highest crime rate of 470 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 Paston Road (HP2 5AZ) in the last 12 months was 92.0 per 1,000 residents and was 48.4% lower than the Hemel Hempstead Town average (178.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 3 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -30.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 27.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Paston Road (HP2 5AZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Teesdale, where police recorded 92 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fletcher Way (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.