Total Crime Rate

93.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 93.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.1 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.2 8/10
  • Public order 20.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.8 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.8 5/10
  • Drugs 2.9 2/10
  • Other crime 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Ebury Road area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 32 local areas in Central , and the 102nd 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 Ebury Road (WD17 2SB) in the last 12 months was 93.0 per 1,000 residents and was 73.3% 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 Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -30.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 49.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 112.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ebury Road (WD17 2SB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Loates Lane, where police recorded 58 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lord Street (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ebury Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lord Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Queen'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lord Street
Sep 2025Burglary Queen'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gladstone Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Trinity Hall Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gladstone Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ebury Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Ebury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Queen'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pankhurst Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pankhurst Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stephenson Way
Sep 2025Burglary Queen'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Pankhurst Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lower Derby Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Lower Derby Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Brocklesbury Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brocklesbury Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Octavia Court Under investigation

Data Sources

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