Postcode · Rickmansworth
Crime in WD3 6EL
How much crime is recorded in WD3 6EL, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Hyde Heath, Bellingdon & Latimer
- Council
- Buckinghamshire
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,256 (2024)
WD3 6ELRickmansworth
How safe is WD3 6EL
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 17.1 offences per 1,000 people a year in the WD3 6EL 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
17.1
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
28
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).
WD3 6ELNational
Burglary16.29.1
Violence and sexual offences8.923.6
Vehicle crime3.93.5
Criminal damage and arson3.44.7
Anti-social behaviour3.210.7
Public order2.34.6
Other theft1.04.5
Shoplifting0.38.4
Drugs0.32.4
Robbery0.11.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 23% 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.