Postcode · Hemel Hempstead
Crime in HP3 9TY
How much crime is recorded in HP3 9TY, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Nash Mills & Bennetts End
- Council
- Dacorum
- Region
- East of England
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,893 (2024)
How safe is HP3 9TY
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 15.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in the HP3 9TY 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
15.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
50
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 9TYNational
Anti-social behaviour25.110.7
Violence and sexual offences14.523.6
Other theft3.74.5
Criminal damage and arson2.24.7
Drugs1.62.4
Vehicle crime1.13.5
Public order0.94.6
Burglary0.49.1
Shoplifting0.18.4
Robbery0.11.4
Theft from the person0.12.1
Other crime0.01.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 8% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.