Total Crime Rate

130.6 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 130.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 38.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.7 6/10
  • Other theft 15.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.7 8/10
  • Other crime 6.4 8/10
  • Public order 6.4 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.4 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.2 4/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Robbery 3.2 4/10
  • Shoplifting 3.2 2/10
  • Theft from the person 3.2 4/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Mortimer Hill area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 16 local areas in Aldbury and Wigginton , and the 89th highest crime rate of 468 local areas in Dacorum .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Mortimer Hill (HP23 5JB) in the last 12 months was 130.6 per 1,000 residents and was 125.4% higher than the Aldbury and Wigginton average (57.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 38.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mortimer Hill (HP23 5JB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dunsley Place, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shugars Green (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Mortimer Hill area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thomas Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mortimer Rise —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hazely Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dunsley Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Dunsley Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Dunsley Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Cedars Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nightingale Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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