Crime in WD1 8

The WD1 8 postcode sector, in the WD (Watford) postcode area, with most records published by Hertfordshire Constabulary.

Updated October 2026.

Police published 802 street-crime records for WD1 8 from September 2025 to August 2026. That is 10.3% 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

802

Share of WD1

19.0%

Year-on-year

+10.3%

WD1 8 holds 19.0% 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	79
October 2025	69
November 2025	58
December 2025	57
January 2026	65
February 2026	65
March 2026	69
April 2026	69
May 2026	55
June 2026	81
July 2026	73
August 2026	62

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 8	WD1	Force
Violence and sexual offences	40.3%	32.4%	33.9%
Anti-social behaviour	18.7%	20.3%	20.5%
Public order	11.8%	6.9%	5.3%
Other theft	6.1%	6.1%	7.9%
Vehicle crime	5.1%	5.0%	5.3%
Criminal damage and arson	5.0%	5.3%	6.4%
Shoplifting	3.1%	10.4%	8.3%
Drugs	2.7%	4.3%	3.6%

Year by year

Calendar-year totals for WD1 8 (December 2013 to August 2026).

Year	Street-crime records
2021	766
2022	733
2023	659
2024	776
2025	756
2026 (part year)	539

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 8 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/wd1-8/

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