The overall crime rate in Hemel Hempstead city is 117.2 crimes per 1,000. Most crimes, 2.6k crimes were violent crimes which is 27.9% of all crimes committed in the area. Violent crime rate is at 93% of national crime rate. Robbery crime was the fastest growing crime and it increased by 46.3% over the last twelve months.The category of "antisocial behaviour crime" is the highest ranking crime category when category crime rate is compared to the national average. "Antisocial behaviour crime" rate is at 194% of national crime rate which puts Hemel Hempstead on 8. position out of 99 England's and Wales' cities in this crime category. "Antisocial behaviour crime" makes up 26.3% of all crimes committed in the area. The total number of "antisocial behaviour crime" is 2.5k cases and has decreased by 8.5% when compared year-over-year in the period of October 2023 - September 2024.
Crime statistic | Share of all crimes | Ranking (99 cities) | % of national crime rate | Crime volume | % annual change |
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Violent crime | 27.9% | 12. lowest | 93% | 2.6k | 9.2% |
Antisocial behaviour crime | 26.3% | 8. highest | 194% | 2.5k | -8.5% |
Shoplifting crime | 10.2% | 47. highest | 147% | 961 | -6.1% |
Criminal damage and arson crime | 7.9% | 51. lowest | 118% | 744 | 11.0% |
Other theft crime | 6.6% | 42. lowest | 102% | 626 | -23.2% |
Vehicle crime | 6.6% | 38. highest | 125% | 624 | -2.7% |
Public order crime | 4.3% | 7. lowest | 69% | 411 | 25.3% |
Burglary crime | 3.4% | 46. lowest | 94% | 324 | -3.0% |
Drugs crime | 2.2% | 29. lowest | 91% | 205 | 4.6% |
Other crime | 1.6% | 27. lowest | 95% | 153 | 20.5% |
Robbery crime | 1.3% | 27. highest | 113% | 120 | 46.3% |
Theft from the person crime | 0.8% | 45. highest | 43% | 78 | -23.5% |
Possession of weapons crime | 0.5% | 7. lowest | 69% | 51 | -29.2% |
Bicycle theft crime | 0.4% | 12. lowest | 49% | 40 | -29.8% |
Crime statistic | Share of all crimes | Crime rate ranking | % of national crime rate | Crime volume | % annual change |
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This graph compares crime rate in Hemel Hempstead city to the national crime rate for each crime statistic.
Crime statistic | Hemel Hempstead city crime rate | England and Wales - national crime rate |
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Anti-social behaviour | 30.8 | 15.9 |
Bicycle theft | 0.5 | 1.0 |
Burglary | 4.0 | 4.3 |
Criminal damage and arson | 9.2 | 7.8 |
Drugs | 2.5 | 2.8 |
Other crime | 1.9 | 2.0 |
Other theft | 7.8 | 7.6 |
Possession of weapons | 0.6 | 0.9 |
Public order | 5.1 | 7.3 |
Robbery | 1.5 | 1.3 |
Shoplifting | 11.9 | 8.1 |
Theft from the person | 1.0 | 2.3 |
Vehicle crime | 7.7 | 6.2 |
Violent crime | 32.7 | 35.1 |