Total Crime Rate

125.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

72.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 125.3 8/10
  • Violent crimes 72.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 58.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.7 8/10
  • Public order 13.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.0 6/10
  • Burglary 5.3 6/10
  • Drugs 5.3 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.3 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.7 2/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Nidderdale area has the 8th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Hemel Hempstead Town , and the 82nd 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 Nidderdale (HP2 5TE) in the last 12 months was 125.3 per 1,000 residents and was 29.7% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 72.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nidderdale (HP2 5TE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Redditch Court, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chilterns (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Nidderdale area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Redditch Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chilterns Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Wharfedale Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mimas Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Titan Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Redditch Court
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Welwyn Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Quantocks Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thatchers Croft Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pentland Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pentland Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thatchers Croft Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mendip Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Borrowdale Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Redditch Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mendip Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Redditch Court
Apr 2026Other crime Mendip Way Under investigation

Data Sources

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