Total Crime Rate
428.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
207.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Street area has the highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Penn & Mill End , and the 4th highest crime rate of 277 local areas in Three Rivers .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (WD3 1BB) in the last 12 months was 428.6 per 1,000 residents and was 513.7% higher than the Penn & Mill End average (69.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 68 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 90 (≈ 207.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (WD3 1BB), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 102 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Rickmansworth Town| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bury Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Northway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Station Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bury Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Bury Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chorleywood Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wensum Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chorleywood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parsonage Road | Under investigation |
StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.