Total Crime Rate

120.0 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 120.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.0 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.0 7/10
  • Burglary 15.0 10/10
  • Public order 15.0 9/10
  • Drugs 10.0 8/10
  • Other theft 10.0 8/10
  • Robbery 5.0 7/10
  • Shoplifting 5.0 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Mandela Place area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 32 local areas in Central , and the 64th 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 Mandela Place (WD24 4GS) in the last 12 months was 120.0 per 1,000 residents and was 65.6% 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 45.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mandela Place (WD24 4GS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Raphael Drive, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pankhurst Place (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Mandela Place area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Brocklesbury Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Trinity Hall Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Pankhurst Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Raphael Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pankhurst Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pankhurst Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brocklesbury Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ebury Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Ebury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Octavia Court Under investigation
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Data Sources

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