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/

10,959 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 102 per 1,000 residents.

Total incidents

10,959

Rate / 1,000

102

By category

Category	Incidents	Share
Violence and sexual offences	3,714	34%
Anti social behaviour	2,599	24%
Other theft	863	8%
Shoplifting	812	7%
Criminal damage and arson	685	6%
Vehicle crime	609	6%
Public order	485	4%
Drugs	354	3%
Burglary	334	3%
Other crime	197	2%
Robbery	98	1%
Possession of weapons	89	1%
Theft from the person	83	1%
Bicycle theft	37	0%

Category by month

Category	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Total
Violence and sexual offences	376	300	312	298	316	287	267	294	305	293	319	347	3714
Anti social behaviour	330	242	171	209	168	147	154	186	213	235	239	305	2599
Other theft	73	84	71	65	75	83	71	52	78	63	91	57	863
Shoplifting	98	48	66	115	49	45	68	68	95	65	54	41	812
Criminal damage and arson	57	56	47	52	56	69	60	48	62	68	56	54	685
Vehicle crime	62	48	52	45	64	58	52	44	42	51	51	40	609
Public order	56	49	52	42	41	29	24	33	34	39	33	53	485
Drugs	18	29	38	36	39	35	29	36	21	26	19	28	354
Burglary	32	39	26	47	28	30	20	26	28	27	14	17	334
Other crime	28	9	14	14	19	12	16	13	24	13	23	12	197
Robbery	14	8	4	7	10	6	1	12	7	13	13	3	98
Possession of weapons	6	5	12	10	5	10	7	9	8	3	5	9	89
Theft from the person	6	2	10	6	9	5	2	13	9	6	5	10	83
Bicycle theft	8	3	5	5	1	2	4	1		4	3	1	37
Total	1164	922	880	951	880	818	775	835	926	906	925	977	10959

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