Total Crime Rate
8.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
5.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Upper Highway area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Chorleywood North & Sarratt , and the 16th lowest 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 Upper Highway (WD4 8PP) in the last 12 months was 8.6 per 1,000 residents and was 82.3% lower 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 5.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Upper Highway (WD4 8PP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Spur Close, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near High Acres (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Gade Valley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hamilton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Essex Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rosehill Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rosehill Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spur Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spur Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Long Elms Close | Under investigation |
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