Total Crime Rate

141.5 per 1,000 9/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· 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 141.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.5 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.4 9/10
  • Other theft 12.3 8/10
  • Shoplifting 9.2 5/10
  • Drugs 6.2 6/10
  • Other crime 6.2 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.2 8/10
  • Public order 6.2 5/10
  • Theft from the person 6.2 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Marlborough Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Central , and the 48th highest crime rate of 275 local areas in Watford .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Marlborough Road (WD18 0QX) in the last 12 months was 141.5 per 1,000 residents and was 59.4% 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 14 (β‰ˆ 43.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Marlborough Road (WD18 0QX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 352 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (148 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Marlborough Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wellstones β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wellstones β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gaumont Approach β€”
Sep 2025Burglary Gaumont Approach Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wellstones Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wellstones Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wellstones Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Wellstones Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Wellstones Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Wellstones Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wellstones β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wellstones β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wells Yard β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wellstones β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wellstones β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wellstones β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket β€”
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area β€”
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Wells Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Clifton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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