Public access to policing data for England and Wales.
The HP18 1 postcode sector, in the HP (Hemel Hempstead) postcode area, with most records published by Thames Valley Police.
Updated October 2026.
Police published 57 street-crime records for HP18 1 from September 2025 to August 2026. That is 9.5% fewer than in the 12 months before. Police locations are approximate.
September 2025 to August 2026. Street-crime records include anti-social behaviour.
Street-crime records
57
Share of HP18
6.3%
Year-on-year
-9.5%
HP18 1 holds 6.3% of the 898 records assigned to HP18 in the same window.
| Month | Street-crime records |
|---|---|
| September 2025 | 0 |
| October 2025 | 4 |
| November 2025 | 7 |
| December 2025 | 3 |
| January 2026 | 11 |
| February 2026 | 3 |
| March 2026 | 9 |
| April 2026 | 3 |
| May 2026 | 4 |
| June 2026 | 5 |
| July 2026 | 7 |
| August 2026 | 1 |
912 people lived here in the Census 2021, fewer than 1,000: too few residents for a stable rate, so no rate is shown.
Rates cover England and Wales only. Residents: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021 postcode estimates, Open Government Licence v3.0. How rates are built.
Each column is a share of that area's own records in the same window, so areas of different sizes compare fairly. Force: Thames Valley Police.
| Category | HP18 1 | HP18 | Force |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 36.8% | 50.7% | 38.0% |
| Shoplifting | 26.3% | 1.9% | 9.9% |
| Public order | 8.8% | 5.7% | 7.8% |
| Other theft | 8.8% | 11.2% | 7.8% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 7.0% | 9.1% | 10.8% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 5.3% | 7.7% | 7.1% |
| Robbery | 3.5% | 0.7% | 1.1% |
| Theft from the person | 1.8% | 0.3% | 0.8% |
Calendar-year totals for HP18 1 (December 2013 to August 2026).
| Year | Street-crime records |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 39 |
| 2023 | 52 |
| 2024 | 59 |
| 2025 | 59 |
| 2026 (part year) | 43 |
Highest and lowest published crime rates by postcode district in Thames Valley
Covers 100.0% of the 912 Census 2021 residents of HP18 1.
Of these residents in England, 0.0% live in the most deprived 20% of England's neighbourhoods and 79.7% in the least deprived 20%.
Share of residents in each decile, from 1 (most deprived) to 10 (least deprived) of England's small areas.
Deciles rank neighbourhoods within one nation, so English and Welsh deciles don't compare. They describe areas, not the people living in them, and crime is one of the things the index measures, so this mix partly overlaps the crime figures above. How this is built.
This page updates as new months are published, so a citation needs the months shown and the date you read it. One click selects the whole citation. The CSV holds this page's monthly and category figures for HP18 1 postcode sector, with the same source and months.
CrimeMapsUK. HP18 1 postcode sector: published street-crime records, September 2025 to August 2026. Source: data.police.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0. Retrieved 31 October 2026. Police locations are approximate; records are assigned to the area by nearest postcode. Postcode centroids from the ONS Postcode Directory. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. https://crimemapsuk.com/crime/sectors/hp18-1/