Total Crime Rate

59.4 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

All offences · 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 59.4 6/10
  • Other theft 13.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.9 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.6 5/10
  • Shoplifting 6.6 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 6.6 2/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 5/10
  • Public order 3.3 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bradshaw Road area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Callowland , and the 120th lowest crime rate of 275 local areas in Watford .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bradshaw Road (WD24 4DE) in the last 12 months was 59.4 per 1,000 residents and was 40.3% lower than the Callowland average (99.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 13.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -69.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bradshaw Road (WD24 4DE), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 60 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bradshaw Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Salisbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Regent Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Regent Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Regent Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victoria Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Salisbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Chiswell Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Chiswell Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bradshaw Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bradshaw Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Osborne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lowestoft Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lowestoft Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lowestoft Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brixton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Yarmouth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yarmouth Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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