Total Crime Rate

202.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 202.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 73.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 55.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 35.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.0 8/10
  • Other crime 10.5 9/10
  • Other theft 7.0 6/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Hempstead Road area has the highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Kings Langley , and the 40th highest crime rate of 468 local areas in Dacorum .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hempstead Road (WD4 8AL) in the last 12 months was 202.8 per 1,000 residents and was 211.1% higher than the Kings Langley average (65.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 42.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 76.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 29.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hempstead Road (WD4 8AL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Embankment, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Abbots View (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hempstead Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rose Lane —
Sep 2025Drugs Dickinson Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Dickinson Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Croxley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nash Mills Lane Under investigation
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Data Sources

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