Total Crime Rate
93.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cardiff Way area has the 21st highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Abbots Langley & Bedmond , and the 67th highest crime rate of 276 local areas in Three Rivers .
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 Cardiff Way (WD5 0TT) in the last 12 months was 93.6 per 1,000 residents and was 36.7% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 3 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 71.4% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 44.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 76.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cardiff Way (WD5 0TT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near College Road, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Copse (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Abbots Langley & Bedmond| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hope Green | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Woodside Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hope Green | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Old Forge Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Copse | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cardiff Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cardiff Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cardiff Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cardiff Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Kenford Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Woodside Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cardiff Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ganders Ash | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Park/Open Space | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Stewart Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stewart Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Stud Green | Under investigation |
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