Crime Rates at Hanover Gardens, Abbots Langley, WD5 0AX

Hanover Gardens area has the 8th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Abbots Langley & Bedmond , and the 22nd 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 Hanover Gardens (WD5 0AX) in the last 12 months was 143.4 per 1,000 residents and was 109.4% higher than the Abbots Langley & Bedmond average (68.5 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 Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 94.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 130.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hanover Gardens (WD5 0AX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Lawrence Close, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parsonage Close (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.