Watford

102,246 people · median £402,000

Watford Council · Liberal Democrat (directly-elected mayor) 32/36 seats · 89% · OCD 2026

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How safe is it? This district

Crime runs at 11.7 per 1,000 residents a month — above the 9.9 average across districts Acreright covers. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.

Crime rate

Monthly recorded crimes across the whole district

Per 1,000 / month11.7

Average across Acreright-covered districts9.9

Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months district

Violence and sexual offences

3,173

Anti-social behaviour

1,726

Other theft

788

Shoplifting

692

Criminal damage and arson

614

Public order

553

Recorded crimes by category across the whole district, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office

Where crime clusters

On or near	Crimes
Parking Area	365
Supermarket	234
Shopping Area	201
Hospital	126
Sports/Recreation Area	81

Busiest anonymised "on or near" markers over the last 6 months — click a row to centre the crime map there · retail-heavy spots naturally rank high (shoplifting concentrates where the shops are), and some forces log crimes at their police station, so a station can rank high without the crime happening there · police.uk

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