Total Crime Rate
25.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
7.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Grandfield Avenue area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 47 local areas in Nascot , and the 41st lowest crime rate of 271 local areas in Watford .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Grandfield Avenue (WD17 4UE) in the last 12 months was 25.6 per 1,000 residents and was 53.6% lower than the Nascot average (55.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 7.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -90.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grandfield Avenue (WD17 4UE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Molteno Road, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lockhart Road (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Watford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Priory Fields | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lockhart Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Molteno Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Outlook Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Biskra | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Outlook Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Herga Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lockhart Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kenilworth Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lockhart Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Schreiber Grange | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Schreiber Grange | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Molteno Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Molteno Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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