Crime Statistics for Waterdale, Three Rivers, Hertfordshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Waterdale in August 2024. There were a total of 139 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 Waterdale, 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	53
Anti Social Behaviour	31
Public Order	17
Other Theft	9
Criminal Damage Arson	7
Robbery	7
Burglary	6
Vehicle Crime	4
Other Crime	3
Drugs	1
Shoplifting	1
All Crime	139

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Garston (1.86 miles)	325
Waterdale	139
Abbots Langley (1.39 miles)	125
Leavesden Green (1.75 miles)	118
Bedmond (1.39 miles)	59
Bricket Wood (1.24 miles)	50
Park Street (2.24 miles)	48
Chiswell Green (1.75 miles)	34
Pimlico (2.24 miles)	15
Potters Crouch (1.86 miles)	5

Where are the most violent places near Waterdale?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Garston	97
Waterdale	53
Abbots Langley	47
Leavesden Green	41
Chiswell Green	28
Bricket Wood	18
Bedmond	17
Park Street	15
Pimlico	8
Potters Crouch	2

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

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 Waterdale 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 Waterdale compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Waterdale and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Waterdale is ranked #9.

#	Ward	Score
1	Woodside	66
2	Leggatts	62
3	Stanborough	59
4	Meriden	57
5	Redbourn	56
6	Callowland	55
7	Park Street	53
8	Gade Valley	49
9	Leavesden	45
10	Abbots Langley & Bedmond	42
11	St Stephen	36

Which road in Waterdale has the highest level of crime?

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