Total Crime Rate

519.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 519.2 10/10
  • Other theft 106.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 104.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 93.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 70.2 10/10
  • Drugs 29.8 10/10
  • Theft from the person 25.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 25.5 10/10
  • Public order 19.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.0 9/10
  • Other crime 10.6 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.4 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.3 6/10
  • Robbery 4.3 6/10
  • Burglary 2.1 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Queens Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Central , and the 11th 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 Queens Road (WD17 2NX) in the last 12 months was 519.2 per 1,000 residents and was 48.7% higher than the Central average (349.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 50 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 63 (≈ 134.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 184.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Queens Road (WD17 2NX), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 298 crimes here, including 63 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Queens Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/57)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Ebury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pankhurst Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pankhurst Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ebury Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Queens Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Queens Road —
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orphanage Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Octavia Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orphanage Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Orphanage Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Pankhurst Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Queen'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gladstone Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Duke Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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