Crime · Hemel Hempstead

Reported crime in Hemel Hempstead

Name: Hemel Hempstead crime statistics
Creator: police.uk
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

10,987 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 103 per 1,000 residents.

Total incidents

10,987

Rate / 1,000

103

By category

Category	Incidents	Share
Violence and sexual offences	3,707	34%
Anti social behaviour	2,637	24%
Other theft	867	8%
Shoplifting	825	8%
Criminal damage and arson	683	6%
Vehicle crime	580	5%
Public order	498	5%
Drugs	370	3%
Burglary	306	3%
Other crime	194	2%
Possession of weapons	103	1%
Robbery	93	1%
Theft from the person	87	1%
Bicycle theft	37	0%

Category by month

Category	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Total
Violence and sexual offences	312	298	316	287	267	294	305	293	319	347	331	338	3707
Anti social behaviour	171	209	168	147	154	186	213	235	239	305	347	263	2637
Other theft	71	65	75	83	71	52	78	63	91	57	81	80	867
Shoplifting	66	115	49	45	68	68	95	65	54	41	72	87	825
Criminal damage and arson	47	52	56	69	60	48	62	68	56	54	60	51	683
Vehicle crime	52	45	64	58	52	44	42	51	51	40	57	24	580
Public order	52	42	41	29	24	33	34	39	33	53	67	51	498
Drugs	38	36	39	35	29	36	21	26	19	28	30	33	370
Burglary	26	47	28	30	20	26	28	27	14	17	24	19	306
Other crime	14	14	19	12	16	13	24	13	23	12	19	15	194
Possession of weapons	12	10	5	10	7	9	8	3	5	9	13	12	103
Robbery	4	7	10	6	1	12	7	13	13	3	7	10	93
Theft from the person	10	6	9	5	2	13	9	6	5	10	5	7	87
Bicycle theft	5	5	1	2	4	1		4	3	1	4	7	37
Total	880	951	880	818	775	835	926	906	925	977	1117	997	10987

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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Hemel Hempstead, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 107,166.