Crime Rates at Medway Road, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 6ED

Medway Road area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 23 local areas in Grovehill , and the 220th lowest crime rate of 468 local areas in Dacorum .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Medway Road (HP2 6ED) in the last 12 months was 55.2 per 1,000 residents and was 45.4% lower than the Grovehill average (101.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -38.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 26.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 85.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Medway Road (HP2 6ED), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Avon Square, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Basildon Square (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.