Total Crime Rate

56.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 56.0 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.3 6/10
  • Other theft 4.9 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.9 5/10
  • Burglary 2.4 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Gallows Hill area has the 19th highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Chorleywood North & Sarratt , and the 127th highest crime rate of 276 local areas in Three Rivers .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Gallows Hill (WD4 8LU) in the last 12 months was 56.0 per 1,000 residents and was 14.3% higher than the Chorleywood North & Sarratt average (49.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 114.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 36.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 114.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gallows Hill (WD4 8LU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Little How Croft, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hazelbury Avenue (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Gallows Hill area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little How Croft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Rosehill Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hazelbury Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little How Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little How Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Little How Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gallows Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gade View Gardens —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rosehill Gardens Offender given a caution
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Data Sources

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