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WD5 5

37 people · Watford

Watford Council · Liberal Democrat (directly-elected mayor)   32/36 seats · 89% · OCD 2026
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How safe is it? This postcode sector

We don’t hold a separate crime rate for WD5 5, so this is the wider Watford district: 11.7 per 1,000 residents a month — above the 9.9 average across districts Acreright covers. The trend and category mix here are WD5 5’s own.

Crime rate

617721824928Aug 2025Jul 2026892
Monthly recorded crimes across the whole postcode sector
District crime rate11.7 / 1,000 / mo
Average across Acreright-covered districts9.9
Per-1,000 rate is the wider Watford district — we don’t hold a separate population-based rate for WD5 5 · police.uk / ONS

By category, 12 months from Watford

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 Watford district, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office

Where crime clusters

On or nearCrimes
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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