Total Crime Rate
173.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Burnet Close area has the 6th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Apsley and Corner Hall , and the 52nd 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 Burnet Close (HP3 9ES) in the last 12 months was 173.9 per 1,000 residents and was 37.9% higher than the Apsley and Corner Hall average (126.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 266.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 62.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 333.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 55.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Burnet Close (HP3 9ES), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fern Drive, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Toms Croft (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Apsley and Corner Hall| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fern Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Chase | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Fern Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Fern Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fern Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fern Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pinewood Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Jarman Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jarman Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Toms Croft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Toms Croft | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Jennings Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Toms Croft | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnet Close | Under investigation |
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