Total Crime Rate

97.2 per 1,000 7/10 Β· High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 97.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.5 7/10
  • Burglary 4.7 5/10
  • Drugs 2.4 1/10
  • Other theft 2.4 1/10
  • Public order 2.4 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.4 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Colne Bridge Retail Park area has the 13th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Oxhey , and the 93rd 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 Colne Bridge Retail Park (WD17 2JG) in the last 12 months was 97.2 per 1,000 residents and was 64.4% higher than the Oxhey average (59.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (β‰ˆ 42.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Colne Bridge Retail Park (WD17 2JG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Edinburgh Mews (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Colne Bridge Retail Park area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Bridge Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Frogmore Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft B462 Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Frogmore Avenue Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Matthews Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Matthews Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Matthews Close β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Matthews Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Matthews Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bushey β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Verini Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Bushey And Oxhey Railway Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Edinburgh Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bridge Place β€”
Sep 2025Drugs Edinburgh Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Edinburgh Mews β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridge Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dalton Way β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Edinburgh Mews β€”
Sep 2025Other theft Dalton Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Edinburgh Mews Under investigation

Data Sources

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