Crime in HP3 8LY
How much crime is recorded in HP3 8LY, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Leverstock Green
- Council
- Dacorum
- Region
- East of England
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,309 (2024)
HP3 8LYHemel Hempstead
How safe is HP3 8LY
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 10.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in the HP3 8LY area, less than half the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 2 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Lower than most 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
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.