Total Crime Rate
1355.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Granville Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Central , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 275 local areas in Watford .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Granville Road (WD18 0GU) in the last 12 months was 1355.6 per 1,000 residents and was 288.4% higher 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 114 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 3 cases , down -40.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 40.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -44.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 158 (≈ 556.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Granville Road (WD18 0GU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 413 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (127 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Pump House Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Pump House Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Wellspring Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wellspring Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wellspring Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wiggenhall Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Elfrida Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lord Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Pump House Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lord Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Farraline Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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