Total Crime Rate

1000.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

47.6 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 1000.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 919.4 10/10
  • Violent crimes 47.6 7/10
  • Public order 18.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.3 5/10
  • Burglary 11.0 9/10
  • Robbery 11.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.3 6/10
  • Other theft 7.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.7 2/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

St Georges Drive area has the highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Carpenders Park , and the highest crime rate of 277 local areas in Three Rivers .

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 St Georges Drive (WD19 5TP) in the last 12 months was 1000.0 per 1,000 residents and was 924.4% higher than the Carpenders Park average (97.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 251 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 47.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 166.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Georges Drive (WD19 5TP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 272 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Prestwick Road (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in St Georges Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/52)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Prestwick Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Prestwick Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Prestwick Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Prestwick Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Prestwick Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Prestwick Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Prestwick Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Prestwick Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Prestwick Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Carpenders Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Attenborough Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Attenborough Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Attenborough Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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