Total Crime Rate

27.0 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

10.8 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 27.0 3/10
  • Violent crimes 10.8 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.4 3/10
  • Public order 5.4 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 5.4 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
  • 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

New Road area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Ashridge , and the 94th lowest crime rate of 470 local areas in Dacorum .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around New Road (HP4 3QY) in the last 12 months was 27.0 per 1,000 residents and was 18.0% lower than the Ashridge average (33.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 10.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around New Road (HP4 3QY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Park Rise, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Loxley Road (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in New Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Friars Field Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Park Rise —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Merling Croft Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Herons Elm Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Park Rise Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Park Rise Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Park Rise Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Alma Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Loxley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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