Total Crime Rate

200.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

60.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 200.0 9/10
  • Violent crimes 60.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 60.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.4 8/10
  • Other theft 26.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.9 9/10
  • Drugs 14.5 9/10
  • Burglary 9.6 8/10
  • Public order 9.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.2 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.2 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.4 2/10
  • Other crime 2.4 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Upton Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Central , and the 26th highest crime rate of 271 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 Upton Road (WD18 0JP) in the last 12 months was 200.0 per 1,000 residents and was 42.3% lower than the Central average (346.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 60.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Upton Road (WD18 0JP), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 301 crimes here, including 147 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Upton Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/163)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Wells Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Merton Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clark Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Monmouth Road —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Victoria Passage Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Victoria Passage Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wellstones Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Watford House Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Watford House Lane —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wellstones —
Apr 2026Burglary Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Wellstones Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Wellstones Under investigation
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Data Sources

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