Total Crime Rate

100.4 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 100.4 8/10
  • Shoplifting 48.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.9 4/10
  • Robbery 7.4 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.4 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.7 2/10
  • Burglary 3.7 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.7 3/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Other theft 3.7 4/10
  • Public order 3.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Covert Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Ashridge , and the 127th 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 Covert Road (HP4 3RR) in the last 12 months was 100.4 per 1,000 residents and was 223.0% higher than the Ashridge average (31.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 26.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 129.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Covert Road (HP4 3RR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Park Rise, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Mary'S Avenue (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Covert Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alma Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Park Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Alma Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alma Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Herons Elm —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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