Crime Rates at Woodford Road, Watford, WD17 1PD

Woodford Road area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 32 local areas in Central , and the 61st 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 Woodford Road (WD17 1PD) in the last 12 months was 123.6 per 1,000 residents and was 64.6% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Bicycle theft ( -76.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 61.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -65.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3200.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Woodford Road (WD17 1PD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bus/Coach Station, where police recorded 89 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Station Road (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.