Crime in WD18 8
How much crime is recorded in WD18 8, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Watford
- Region
- East of England
- Population
- 6,609 (2024)
WD18 8Postcode sector · Watford
How safe is WD18 8
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 29.1 offences per 1,000 people a year in WD18 8, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 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 31% since 2022.
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.
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Postcodes in this sector
- WD18 8AD
- WD18 8AG
- WD18 8AJ
- WD18 8AL
- WD18 8AN
- WD18 8AP
- WD18 8AQ
- WD18 8AR
- WD18 8AS
- WD18 8AT
- WD18 8AU
- WD18 8AW
- WD18 8AX
- WD18 8AY
- WD18 8AZ
- WD18 8BB
- WD18 8BD
- WD18 8BE
- WD18 8BF
- WD18 8FQ
- WD18 8GA
- WD18 8JA
- WD18 8JB
- WD18 8JF
- WD18 8JG
- WD18 8JU
- WD18 8JY
- WD18 8PH
- WD18 8PX
- WD18 8QU
- WD18 8QZ
- WD18 8RH
- WD18 8RL
- WD18 8RT
- WD18 8SA
- WD18 8SL
- WD18 8SN
- WD18 8SS
- WD18 8TF
- WD18 8UA
- WD18 8UJ
- WD18 8UW
- WD18 8WH
- WD18 8WJ
- WD18 8WL
- WD18 8WN
- WD18 8WP
- WD18 8WQ