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

Sutton 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 Sutton Road (WD17 2QE) 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 Sutton Road (WD17 2QE), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Sutton Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/131)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lord Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clarendon Road —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clarendon Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clarendon Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wellstones —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wellstones —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Beechen Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beechen Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beechen Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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