Total Crime Rate

79.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 79.3 7/10
  • Other theft 22.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.0 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.2 6/10
  • Burglary 13.2 9/10
  • Public order 4.4 4/10
  • Theft from the person 4.4 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Rectory Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Penn & Mill End , and the 89th highest crime rate of 276 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 Rectory Road (WD3 1FH) in the last 12 months was 79.3 per 1,000 residents and was 6.4% higher than the Penn & Mill End average (74.5 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 Public order with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 26.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rectory Road (WD3 1FH), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 36 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Rectory Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (23/23)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Station Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Station Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Goral Mead Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Homestead Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swan Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wensum Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rectory Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Wensum Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parsonage Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Parsonage Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parsonage Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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