Crime in WD2 5

The WD2 5 postcode sector, in the WD (Watford) postcode area, with most records published by Hertfordshire Constabulary.

Updated October 2026.

Police published 534 street-crime records for WD2 5 from September 2025 to August 2026. That is 21.6% 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

534

Share of WD2

19.1%

Year-on-year

+21.6%

WD2 5 holds 19.1% 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	52
October 2025	47
November 2025	30
December 2025	42
January 2026	42
February 2026	31
March 2026	38
April 2026	38
May 2026	40
June 2026	56
July 2026	66
August 2026	52

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 5	WD2	Force
Violence and sexual offences	36.7%	36.5%	33.9%
Anti-social behaviour	21.5%	19.1%	20.5%
Criminal damage and arson	8.4%	6.4%	6.4%
Public order	6.6%	5.2%	5.3%
Vehicle crime	6.4%	5.8%	5.3%
Other theft	5.2%	13.5%	7.9%
Shoplifting	3.9%	2.1%	8.3%
Drugs	3.7%	4.5%	3.6%

Year by year

Calendar-year totals for WD2 5 (December 2013 to August 2026).

Year	Street-crime records
2021	384
2022	419
2023	355
2024	441
2025	473
2026 (part year)	363

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 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/wd2-5/

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