Total Crime Rate
97.2 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Colne 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 areaβs 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 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.
View Crime In Oxhey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Bridge Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Frogmore Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | B462 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Frogmore Avenue | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Matthews Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Matthews Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Matthews Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Matthews Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Matthews Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bushey | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Verini Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Bushey And Oxhey Railway Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Edinburgh Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bridge Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Edinburgh Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Edinburgh Mews | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dalton Way | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Edinburgh Mews | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dalton Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Edinburgh Mews | Under investigation |
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