Crime in WD1 5

The WD1 5 postcode sector, in the WD (Watford) postcode area, with most records published by Hertfordshire Constabulary.

Updated October 2026.

Police published 360 street-crime records for WD1 5 from September 2025 to August 2026. That is 22.0% more than in the 12 months before. Police locations are approximate.

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Last 12 published months

September 2025 to August 2026. Street-crime records include anti-social behaviour.

Street-crime records

360

Share of WD1

8.5%

Year-on-year

+22.0%

WD1 5 holds 8.5% of the 4,222 records assigned to WD1 in the same window.

Month-by-month totals

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Month	Street-crime records
September 2025	28
October 2025	55
November 2025	17
December 2025	13
January 2026	29
February 2026	25
March 2026	7
April 2026	35
May 2026	77
June 2026	9
July 2026	36
August 2026	29

Street-crime records per 1,000 residents

No Census 2021 residents are recorded for these postcodes, 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.

Category mix compared

Each column is a share of that area's own records in the same window, so areas of different sizes compare fairly. Force: Hertfordshire Constabulary.

Category	WD1 5	WD1	Force
Shoplifting	69.7%	10.4%	8.3%
Violence and sexual offences	10.3%	32.4%	33.9%
Anti-social behaviour	7.5%	20.3%	20.5%
Public order	3.1%	6.9%	5.3%
Drugs	2.5%	4.3%	3.6%
Criminal damage and arson	2.2%	5.3%	6.4%
Vehicle crime	1.7%	5.0%	5.3%
Burglary	1.1%	2.7%	3.3%

Year by year

Calendar-year totals for WD1 5 (December 2013 to August 2026).

Year	Street-crime records
2021	115
2022	120
2023	208
2024	280
2025	360
2026 (part year)	247

Limits to keep in mind

Published locations are approximate; they are snapped to anonymous map points before release, and each record is assigned to a sector by its nearest postcode. A sector is small, so counts near its edges are indicative.
These are counts of published police records, not all crime, and not a safety score.
Full detail is on the methodology page and in what a postcode district crime page shows, which covers sectors too.

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CrimeMapsUK. WD1 5 postcode sector: published street-crime records, September 2025 to August 2026. Source: data.police.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0. Retrieved 30 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/wd1-5/

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