Total Crime Rate

107.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

60.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 107.9 8/10
  • Violent crimes 60.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.1 8/10
  • Burglary 5.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.3 4/10
  • Other theft 5.3 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.3 5/10
  • Drugs 2.6 2/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Hollingsworth Mews area has the 5th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Stanborough , and the 78th highest crime rate of 271 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 Hollingsworth Mews (WD25 0AB) in the last 12 months was 107.9 per 1,000 residents and was 98.7% higher than the Stanborough average (54.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 60.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hollingsworth Mews (WD25 0AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clarke Green, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sheriff Way (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hollingsworth Mews area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Nottingham Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Harris Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clarke Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Clarke Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Clarke Green
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hemming Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Goodrich Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Fern Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Greenwood Drive
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Meadow Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sparrow Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sparrow Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Sparrow Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rushton Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gullet Wood Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sparrow Walk
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Harris Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Leveret Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ross Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Leveret Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Leveret Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rushton Avenue

Data Sources

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