Postcode · Hemel Hempstead
Crime in HP3 0LY
How much crime is recorded in HP3 0LY, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Bovingdon & Chipperfield
- Council
- Dacorum
- Region
- East of England
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,309 (2024)
How safe is HP3 0LY
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 18.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in the HP3 0LY area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
18.2
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
39
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
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).
HP3 0LYNational
Burglary23.29.1
Anti-social behaviour10.910.7
Violence and sexual offences10.423.6
Other theft3.94.5
Criminal damage and arson3.24.7
Vehicle crime2.43.5
Other crime1.11.5
Drugs0.92.4
Public order0.94.6
Shoplifting0.28.4
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
5
10
15
20
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.