Total Crime Rate
160.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
57.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ashridge Rise area has the highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Berkhamsted West , and the 53rd highest crime rate of 470 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 Ashridge Rise (HP4 3JT) in the last 12 months was 160.7 per 1,000 residents and was 242.8% higher than the Berkhamsted West average (46.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 57.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ashridge Rise (HP4 3JT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Durrants Road, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Coombe Gardens (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coombe Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cobb Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ridgeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Torwood Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chaucer Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coombe Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coombe Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coombe Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashridge Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coombe Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coombe Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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