Crime in WD2 1

The WD2 1 postcode sector, in the WD (Watford) postcode area, with most records published by Hertfordshire Constabulary.

Updated October 2026.

Police published 159 street-crime records for WD2 1 from September 2025 to August 2026. That is 18.9% fewer 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

159

Share of WD2

5.7%

Year-on-year

-18.9%

WD2 1 holds 5.7% of the 2,800 records assigned to WD2 in the same window.

Month-by-month totals

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Month	Street-crime records
September 2025	11
October 2025	9
November 2025	7
December 2025	26
January 2026	14
February 2026	20
March 2026	8
April 2026	11
May 2026	16
June 2026	9
July 2026	19
August 2026	9

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	WD2 1	WD2	Force
Violence and sexual offences	29.6%	36.5%	33.9%
Anti-social behaviour	18.2%	19.1%	20.5%
Other theft	11.3%	13.5%	7.9%
Drugs	11.3%	4.5%	3.6%
Burglary	8.2%	2.9%	3.3%
Vehicle crime	6.3%	5.8%	5.3%
Criminal damage and arson	5.0%	6.4%	6.4%
Public order	4.4%	5.2%	5.3%

Year by year

Calendar-year totals for WD2 1 (December 2013 to August 2026).

Year	Street-crime records
2021	126
2022	127
2023	133
2024	269
2025	169
2026 (part year)	106

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. WD2 1 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/wd2-1/

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