Total Crime Rate

87.1 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

34.3 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 87.1 7/10
  • Violent crimes 34.3 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.2 8/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Drugs 2.6 2/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

St 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.

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Crime Over Time in St Pauls Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Christchurch Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Union Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour The Maltings
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Normandy Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Normandy Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Normandy Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Grover Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Randalls Ride Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Grover Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Downside Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Gilroy Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Long Mimms Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences East Mimms Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Glamis Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Broad Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Broad Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Mary'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Broad Street
Apr 2026Public order Kilday Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Westview Rise Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Heather Way

Data Sources

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