Total Crime Rate
87.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
34.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Pauls Road area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 23 local areas in Hemel Hempstead Town , and the 150th highest crime rate of 470 local areas in Dacorum .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around St Pauls Road (HP2 5DB) in the last 12 months was 87.1 per 1,000 residents and was 51.2% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -7.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 34.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Pauls Road (HP2 5DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fernville Lane, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Broad Street (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hemel Hempstead Town| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Christchurch Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Maltings | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Normandy Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Normandy Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Normandy Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Grover Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Randalls Ride | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Grover Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Downside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gilroy Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Long Mimms | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | East Mimms | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glamis Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broad Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broad Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broad Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kilday Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Westview Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heather Way | — |
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