Total Crime Rate
641.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Clarkfield area has the highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Chorleywood South & Maple Cross , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 276 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 Clarkfield (WD3 8FH) in the last 12 months was 641.7 per 1,000 residents and was 1091.8% higher than the Chorleywood South & Maple Cross average (53.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 48 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 4000.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 195.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 261.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Clarkfield (WD3 8FH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Uxbridge Road, where police recorded 152 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Clarkfield (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chorleywood South & Maple Cross| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Springwell Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Springwell Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Middleton Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Uxbridge Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Uxbridge Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Maxwell Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Uxbridge Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarkfield | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Uxbridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cress End | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cress End | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Uxbridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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