Total Crime Rate
32.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
13.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Durrants Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 19 local areas in Berkhamsted West , and the 123rd 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 Durrants Road (HP4 3PG) in the last 12 months was 32.8 per 1,000 residents and was 30.1% lower than the Berkhamsted West average (46.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 13.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Durrants Road (HP4 3PG), 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 | Vehicle crime | Ridgeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cobb Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chaucer Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashridge Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coombe Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Coombe Gardens | Under investigation |
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