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/

15,150 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 103 per 1,000 residents.

Total incidents

15,150

Rate / 1,000

103

By category

Category	Incidents	Share
Violence and sexual offences	5,162	34%
Anti social behaviour	2,994	20%
Shoplifting	1,231	8%
Other theft	1,150	8%
Criminal damage and arson	957	6%
Public order	882	6%
Vehicle crime	855	6%
Drugs	592	4%
Burglary	407	3%
Other crime	237	2%
Theft from the person	196	1%
Bicycle theft	195	1%
Robbery	163	1%
Possession of weapons	129	1%

Category by month

Category	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Total
Violence and sexual offences	493	493	415	435	399	420	392	389	426	388	426	486	5162
Anti social behaviour	370	250	223	244	189	197	219	188	268	252	278	316	2994
Shoplifting	100	121	97	121	78	85	99	79	88	93	158	112	1231
Other theft	112	108	88	99	75	96	88	81	83	90	118	112	1150
Criminal damage and arson	94	96	88	93	69	71	69	62	82	82	68	83	957
Public order	94	72	93	82	69	48	47	65	59	73	84	96	882
Vehicle crime	102	88	72	49	65	63	55	63	63	90	85	60	855
Drugs	29	38	50	33	53	64	70	44	60	53	44	54	592
Burglary	31	39	27	40	31	27	59	46	23	31	29	24	407
Other crime	17	21	16	13	15	19	21	27	25	21	20	22	237
Theft from the person	14	17	14	21	21	27	14	13	16	14	11	14	196
Bicycle theft	30	15	22	10	7	13	18	11	17	13	9	30	195
Robbery	12	11	15	10	13	17	14	7	9	18	20	17	163
Possession of weapons	8	15	11	13	8	10	8	8	10	10	14	14	129
Total	1506	1384	1231	1263	1092	1157	1173	1083	1229	1228	1364	1440	15150

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