Crime Rates at Prestwick Road, South Oxhey, Watford, WD19 6LB

Prestwick Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Carpenders Park , and the 59th highest crime rate of 276 local areas in Three Rivers .

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 Prestwick Road (WD19 6LB) in the last 12 months was 98.7 per 1,000 residents and was 5.5% higher than the Carpenders Park average (93.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 31.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Prestwick Road (WD19 6LB), the main crime hotspot is near Prestwick Road. Police recorded 76 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.