Total Crime Rate

22.8 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

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 22.8 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.7 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 6.9 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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 lowest crime rate of 28 local areas in Bennetts End , and the 67th lowest crime rate of 468 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 Great Elms Road (HP3 9UJ) in the last 12 months was 22.8 per 1,000 residents and was 62.0% lower 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 6.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Great Elms Road (HP3 9UJ), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 78 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Great Elms Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rumballs Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hill Common Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Childwick Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Robins Road
Sep 2025Public order Robins Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Robins Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Robins Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hill Common Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Winchdells Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Candlefield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rumballs Road
Sep 2025Burglary Rumballs Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rumballs Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Rumballs Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Howe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rumballs Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Market Oak Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Elmwood Grove
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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