Postcode · Hemel Hempstead
Crime in HP3 8RD
How much crime is recorded in HP3 8RD, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Leverstock Green
- Council
- Dacorum
- Region
- East of England
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,373 (2024)
HP3 8RDHemel Hempstead
How safe is HP3 8RD
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 24.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in the HP3 8RD area, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
24.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
40
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 8RDNational
Violence and sexual offences21.723.6
Anti-social behaviour8.610.7
Burglary5.69.1
Criminal damage and arson3.84.7
Other theft1.74.5
Vehicle crime1.53.5
Bicycle theft0.61.0
Shoplifting0.68.4
Drugs0.12.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 154% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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10
20
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40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.