Total Crime Rate
107.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
60.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hollingsworth 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.
View Crime In Watford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nottingham Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Harris Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarke Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clarke Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarke Green | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hemming Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goodrich Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Fern Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Greenwood Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Meadow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sparrow Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sparrow Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sparrow Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rushton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gullet Wood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sparrow Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harris Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leveret Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ross Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leveret Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leveret Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rushton Avenue | — |
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