Crime Statistics for Loudwater, Three Rivers, Hertfordshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Loudwater in September 2024. There were a total of 29 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 Loudwater, 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	11
Shoplifting	4
Vehicle Crime	3
Anti Social Behaviour	2
Burglary	2
Other Theft	2
Theft From The Person	1
Robbery	1
Criminal Damage Arson	1
Other Crime	1
Drugs	1
All Crime	29

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Loudwater. 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 Loudwater

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Moneyhill (1.39 miles)	122
Batchworth (1.39 miles)	117
Croxley Green (1.39 miles)	77
Colne (2.24 miles)	35
Chorleywood West (2.48 miles)	34
Loudwater	29
Chorleywood (1.86 miles)	22
Chorleywood Bottom (1.96 miles)	21
Heronsgate (2.24 miles)	6
Chandler’s Cross (1.39 miles)	5

Where are the most violent places near Loudwater?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Moneyhill	72
Batchworth	34
Croxley Green	23
Chorleywood West	12
Loudwater	11
Colne	7
Chorleywood	5
Chorleywood Bottom	5
Heronsgate	1
Chandler’s Cross	1

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

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 Loudwater 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 Loudwater compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Loudwater and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Loudwater is ranked #6.

#	Ward	Score
1	Vicarage	59
2	Holywell	55
3	Oxhey Hall & Hayling	44
4	Penn & Mill End	36
5	Chorleywood South & Maple Cross	34
6	Rickmansworth Town	33
7	Durrants	22
8	Dickinsons	22
9	Chalfont Common	18
10	Moor Park & Eastbury	16
11	Chalfont St Giles	14

Which road in Loudwater has the highest level of crime?

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