Crime · Watford

Reported crime in Watford

Name: Watford crime statistics
Creator: police.uk
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

15,188 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 103 per 1,000 residents.

Total incidents

15,188

Rate / 1,000

103

By category

Category	Incidents	Share
Violence and sexual offences	5,077	33%
Anti social behaviour	3,101	20%
Shoplifting	1,284	8%
Other theft	1,145	8%
Criminal damage and arson	926	6%
Public order	888	6%
Vehicle crime	804	5%
Drugs	613	4%
Burglary	410	3%
Other crime	227	1%
Theft from the person	199	1%
Bicycle theft	196	1%
Robbery	190	1%
Possession of weapons	128	1%

Category by month

Category	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Total
Violence and sexual offences	415	435	399	420	392	389	426	388	426	486	491	410	5077
Anti social behaviour	223	244	189	197	219	188	268	252	278	316	364	363	3101
Shoplifting	97	121	78	85	99	79	88	93	158	112	129	145	1284
Other theft	88	99	75	96	88	81	83	90	118	112	115	100	1145
Criminal damage and arson	88	93	69	71	69	62	82	82	68	83	93	66	926
Public order	93	82	69	48	47	65	59	73	84	96	96	76	888
Vehicle crime	72	49	65	63	55	63	63	90	85	60	59	80	804
Drugs	50	33	53	64	70	44	60	53	44	54	38	50	613
Burglary	27	40	31	27	59	46	23	31	29	24	31	42	410
Other crime	16	13	15	19	21	27	25	21	20	22	17	11	227
Theft from the person	14	21	21	27	14	13	16	14	11	14	21	13	199
Bicycle theft	22	10	7	13	18	11	17	13	9	30	22	24	196
Robbery	15	10	13	17	14	7	9	18	20	17	23	27	190
Possession of weapons	11	13	8	10	8	8	10	10	14	14	13	9	128
Total	1231	1263	1092	1157	1173	1083	1229	1228	1364	1440	1512	1416	15188

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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Watford, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 147,402.