Total Crime Rate

84.3 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 84.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 40.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.8 5/10
  • Other crime 5.8 7/10
  • Other theft 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Great Elms Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Bennetts End , and the 167th highest crime rate of 468 local areas in Dacorum .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Great Elms Road (HP3 9TY) in the last 12 months was 84.3 per 1,000 residents and was 40.3% higher than the Bennetts End average (60.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 40.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 29.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Great Elms Road (HP3 9TY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sanders Road, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lower Barn (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Great Elms Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Great Elms Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Elmwood Grove —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Upper Barn —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Meadow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Georgewood Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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