Crime Rates at Piltdown Road, Watford, WD19 6LD

Piltdown 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 Piltdown Road (WD19 6LD) 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 Piltdown Road (WD19 6LD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Prestwick Road, where police recorded 76 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.