Total Crime Rate

119.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 119.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.7 8/10
  • Other theft 8.8 7/10
  • Public order 8.8 7/10
  • Drugs 2.9 2/10
  • Other crime 2.9 3/10
  • Robbery 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Neal Street area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 32 local areas in Central , and the 65th 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 Neal Street (WD18 0AX) in the last 12 months was 119.5 per 1,000 residents and was 65.8% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 52.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 38.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Neal Street (WD18 0AX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 118 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St. Marys View (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Neal Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Watford High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Smith Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Smith Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Pump House Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Wellspring Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Wellspring Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wellspring Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Watford High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Watford High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Smith Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Public order Kings Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Smith Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences George Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Watford Field Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pump House Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft St. Marys View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order St. Marys View Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St. Marys View Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farthing Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Farthing Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Farthing Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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