Total Crime Rate

83.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

23.3 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

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 83.7 7/10
  • Violent crimes 23.3 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.6 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.0 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.0 8/10
  • Theft from the person 9.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.3 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.7 7/10
  • Drugs 4.7 5/10
  • Other theft 4.7 5/10
  • Public order 4.7 4/10
  • Burglary 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
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

Nightingale Place area has the 12th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Chorleywood North & Sarratt , and the 78th highest crime rate of 277 local areas in Three Rivers .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Nightingale Place (WD3 7DG) in the last 12 months was 83.7 per 1,000 residents and was 72.7% higher than the Chorleywood North & Sarratt average (48.5 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 23.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nightingale Place (WD3 7DG), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Nightingale Place area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour High Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences High Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour High Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chorleywood Close Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chorleywood Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour High Street —
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting High Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Station Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Other theft Station Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Station Road —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Parsonage Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Wensum Way Under investigation
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Data Sources

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