Crime in WD2 2

The WD2 2 postcode sector, in the WD (Watford) postcode area, with most records published by Hertfordshire Constabulary.

Updated October 2026.

Police published 175 street-crime records for WD2 2 from September 2025 to August 2026. That is 19.4% 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

175

Share of WD2

6.6%

Year-on-year

-19.4%

WD2 2 holds 6.6% of the 2,649 records assigned to WD2 in the same window.

Month-by-month totals

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Month	Street-crime records
September 2025	9
October 2025	19
November 2025	17
December 2025	15
January 2026	17
February 2026	15
March 2026	12
April 2026	7
May 2026	14
June 2026	14
July 2026	19
August 2026	17

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 2	WD2	Force
Violence and sexual offences	41.1%	36.7%	33.9%
Anti-social behaviour	24.0%	18.1%	20.5%
Vehicle crime	6.9%	6.5%	5.3%
Other theft	6.3%	13.8%	7.9%
Public order	5.7%	5.1%	5.3%
Drugs	4.6%	3.9%	3.6%
Burglary	4.6%	3.2%	3.3%
Criminal damage and arson	2.9%	6.6%	6.4%

Year by year

Calendar-year totals for WD2 2 (December 2013 to August 2026).

Year	Street-crime records
2021	338
2022	228
2023	166
2024	196
2025	214
2026 (part year)	115

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 2 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/wd2-2/

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