Total Crime Rate

49.4 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 49.4 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.1 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.7 5/10
  • Other theft 5.8 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.9 2/10
  • Other crime 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 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 lowest crime rate of 32 local areas in Central , and the 94th lowest crime rate of 275 local areas in Watford .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sutton Road (WD17 2QQ) in the last 12 months was 49.4 per 1,000 residents and was 85.8% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -56.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 29.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sutton Road (WD17 2QQ), 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 Sutton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Queens Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Octavia Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Pankhurst Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pankhurst Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pankhurst Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Queens Road
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orphanage Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orphanage Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Orphanage Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Watford Junction Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Queen'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Burglary Queen'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Queen'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Queen'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ebury Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Ebury Road Under investigation
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 Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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