Total Crime Rate
126.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Clarendon Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Central , and the 56th highest crime rate of 275 local areas in Watford .
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 Clarendon Road (WD17 1HZ) in the last 12 months was 126.5 per 1,000 residents and was 63.8% lower than the Central average (349.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 53.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 29.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Clarendon Road (WD17 1HZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 459 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (148 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wellstones | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wells Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wells Yard | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Wells Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wells Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wells Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wells Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wells Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellstones | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wells Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wells Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Watford House Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Beechen Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Beechen Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Beechen Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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