Crime Statistics for Bennetts End, Dacorum, Hertfordshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Bennetts End in October 2024. There were a total of 274 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Bennetts End, 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	107
Anti Social Behaviour	56
Vehicle Crime	22
Shoplifting	20
Burglary	18
Other Theft	16
Criminal Damage Arson	12
Robbery	6
Other Crime	6
Public Order	5
Drugs	4
Possession Of Weapons	2
All Crime	274

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 Bennetts End. 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 Bennetts End

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Highfield (1.86 miles)	706
Hemel Hempstead (1.24 miles)	628
Adeyfield (1.39 miles)	418
Hammerfield (1.75 miles)	313
Bennetts End	263
Apsley (0.62 miles)	236
Rucklers Lane (0.62 miles)	161
Two Waters (0.62 miles)	118
Boxmoor (1.39 miles)	107
Pimlico (1.86 miles)	12

Where are the most violent places near Bennetts End?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Hemel Hempstead	256
Highfield	242
Apsley	164
Adeyfield	120
Bennetts End	107
Hammerfield	82
Rucklers Lane	58
Two Waters	41
Boxmoor	37
Pimlico	5

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

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 Bennetts End 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 Bennetts End compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Bennetts End and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Bennetts End is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	Hemel Hempstead Town	73
2	Adeyfield West	66
3	Boxmoor	62
4	Bennetts End	58
5	Apsley and Corner Hall	52
6	Kings Langley	51
7	Nash Mills	50
8	Gade Valley	49
9	Gadebridge	43
10	Chaulden and Warners End	43
11	Abbots Langley & Bedmond	42

Which road in Bennetts End has the highest level of crime?

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