Total Crime Rate
13.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
5.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Oliver Rise area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 28 local areas in Bennetts End , and the 37th 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 Oliver Rise (HP3 9PU) in the last 12 months was 13.2 per 1,000 residents and was 71.7% lower than the Bennetts End average (46.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 5.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -62.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oliver Rise (HP3 9PU), the main crime hotspot is near Apsley. Police recorded 46 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bennetts End| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Glebe Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Apsley | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Imperial Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mulready Walk | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Apsley | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Apsley | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Minoan Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marina View Terrace | Under investigation |
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