Total Crime Rate
28.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
6.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Orchard Gardens area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 16 local areas in Aldbury and Wigginton , and the 99th lowest crime rate of 470 local areas in Dacorum .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Orchard Gardens (HP23 5FF) in the last 12 months was 28.3 per 1,000 residents and was 43.5% lower than the Aldbury and Wigginton average (50.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 6.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Orchard Gardens (HP23 5FF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dorian Close, where police recorded 3 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Whytingham Road (1 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
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