Crime Statistics for Batchworth, Three Rivers, Hertfordshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Batchworth in October 2024. There were a total of 296 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Batchworth, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	56
Shoplifting	56
Other Theft	48
Anti Social Behaviour	48
Drugs	24
Public Order	24
Criminal Damage Arson	12
Robbery	8
Vehicle Crime	8
Other Crime	8
Theft From The Person	4
All Crime	296

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Batchworth. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Batchworth

We've taken the ten nearest places to Batchworth and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Batchworth has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Holywell (1.96 miles)	245
Batchworth	148
Moneyhill (1.24 miles)	77
Croxley Green (0.88 miles)	72
Colne (1.5 miles)	55
Harefield Grove (1.96 miles)	40
Loudwater (1.39 miles)	36
Maple Cross (2.24 miles)	32
Batchworth Heath (1.39 miles)	29
Moor Park (1.39 miles)	16

Where are the most violent places near Batchworth?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Batchworth and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Holywell	65
Batchworth	56
Moneyhill	36
Colne	17
Croxley Green	15
Maple Cross	14
Harefield Grove	13
Loudwater	13
Batchworth Heath	8
Moor Park	5

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Batchworth?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Batchworth to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Batchworth compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Batchworth and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Batchworth is ranked #8.

#	Ward	Score
1	Vicarage	59
2	Holywell	55
3	Harefield	46
4	Oxhey Hall & Hayling	44
5	Penn & Mill End	36
6	Chorleywood South & Maple Cross	34
7	Northwood	33
8	Rickmansworth Town	33
9	Durrants	22
10	Dickinsons	22
11	Moor Park & Eastbury	16

Which road in Batchworth has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Batchworth with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.