Total Crime Rate
2726.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Clarendon Road area has the highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Central , and the highest crime rate of 275 local areas in Watford .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Clarendon Road (WD17 1JY) in the last 12 months was 2726.5 per 1,000 residents and was 681.1% higher 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 167 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 4 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 212 (≈ 950.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 76.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Clarendon Road (WD17 1JY), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 577 crimes here, including 177 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prince Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Market Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prince Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lord Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lord Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wells Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wells Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wells Yard | Under investigation |
| 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 | Drugs | Nightclub | 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 | Bicycle theft | Wells Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wells Yard | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | New Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Percy Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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