Total Crime Rate
52.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
26.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Penn & Mill End , and the 125th highest crime rate of 277 local areas in Three Rivers .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (WD3 1BD) in the last 12 months was 52.9 per 1,000 residents and was 24.3% lower 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 26.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (WD3 1BD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Station Road, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wensum Way (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Rickmansworth Town| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chorleywood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chorleywood Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Station Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parsonage Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wensum Way | Under investigation |
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