Total Crime Rate

337.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 337.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 213.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.3 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.5 9/10
  • Theft from the person 15.5 9/10
  • Other theft 11.6 8/10
  • Public order 11.6 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.6 8/10
  • Burglary 7.8 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.9 6/10
  • Robbery 3.9 5/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Lower Kings Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Berkhamsted Castle , and the 18th highest crime rate of 468 local areas in Dacorum .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lower Kings Road (HP4 2AE) in the last 12 months was 337.2 per 1,000 residents and was 469.3% higher than the Berkhamsted Castle average (59.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 55 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -68.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 38.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -41.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lower Kings Road (HP4 2AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 61 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Church Lane (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lower Kings Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Church Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Berkhamsted Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Church Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Church Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Church Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Church Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Castle Hill Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Castle Hill Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greene Field Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Black Prince Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lincoln Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lincoln Court —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Police Station —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Police Station Under investigation
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Data Sources

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