Crime in HP2 5LS
How much crime is recorded in HP2 5LS, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Maylands & Adeyfield
- Council
- Dacorum
- Region
- East of England
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,553 (2024)
HP2 5LSHemel Hempstead
How safe is HP2 5LS
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 19.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in the HP2 5LS area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 46% since 2022.
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.