Total Crime Rate

124.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 124.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.5 7/10
  • Public order 13.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.6 7/10
  • Drugs 7.9 7/10
  • Other crime 5.3 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.3 8/10
  • Burglary 2.7 1/10
  • Robbery 2.7 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

St Pauls Way area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 32 local areas in Central , and the 60th highest crime rate of 275 local areas in Watford .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around St Pauls Way (WD24 4GL) in the last 12 months was 124.3 per 1,000 residents and was 64.4% 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 21 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 Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 76.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 45.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Pauls Way (WD24 4GL), the main crime hotspot is near Orphanage Road. Police recorded 55 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in St Pauls Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Ebury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Pankhurst Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orphanage Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orphanage Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ebury Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Queens Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Queens Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Trinity Hall Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pankhurst Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pankhurst Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Queen'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Orphanage Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Octavia Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Raphael Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brocklesbury Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Brocklesbury Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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