Total Crime Rate
273.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Crawley Drive area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Grovehill , and the 28th highest crime rate of 468 local areas in Dacorum .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Crawley Drive (HP2 6BU) in the last 12 months was 273.8 per 1,000 residents and was 170.6% higher than the Grovehill average (101.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 67.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 70.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 14.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Crawley Drive (HP2 6BU), the main crime hotspot is near Redditch Court. Police recorded 69 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Grovehill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Frome Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Dawley Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Avon Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Avon Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Redditch Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Redditch Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Peterlee Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Basildon Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bracknell Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bracknell Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Redditch Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Runcorn Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stevenage Rise | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Redditch Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Runcorn Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Harlow Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Great Palmers | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Great Palmers | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Basildon Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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