Total Crime Rate

128.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 128.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.5 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 25.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.7 7/10
  • Other crime 9.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.5 4/10
  • Drugs 5.5 6/10
  • Other theft 5.5 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.7 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.8 1/10
  • Burglary 1.8 1/10
  • Robbery 1.8 1/10
  • Shoplifting 1.8 1/10
  • Theft from the person 1.8 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Maylands Avenue area has the 10th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Adeyfield East , and the 93rd highest crime rate of 468 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 Maylands Avenue (HP2 7DE) in the last 12 months was 128.4 per 1,000 residents and was 34.0% lower than the Adeyfield East average (194.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 55.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Maylands Avenue (HP2 7DE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Duxons Turn, where police recorded 124 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wood Lane End (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Maylands Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Wood Lane End Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Duxons Turn Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Wood Lane End Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Wood Lane End Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Wood Lane End Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wood Lane End Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Other crime Maylands Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maylands Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maylands Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maylands Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Maylands Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Maylands Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mcdonald Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mcdonald Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Mcdonald Way Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mcdonald Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Duxons Turn Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Duxons Turn Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Duxons Turn
Sep 2025Shoplifting Duxons Turn Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Duxons Turn Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Duxons Turn Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Duxons Turn Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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