Total Crime Rate
64.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Grosvenor Road area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 32 local areas in Central , and the 129th lowest crime rate of 275 local areas in Watford .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Grosvenor Road (WD17 2QS) in the last 12 months was 64.9 per 1,000 residents and was 81.4% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 225.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 40.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 275.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -86.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grosvenor Road (WD17 2QS), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 407 crimes here, including 85 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beechen Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pankhurst Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gladstone Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gladstone Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Duke Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Pankhurst Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Queen'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Queen'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Queen'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ebury Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ebury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | St. Marys View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St. Marys View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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