Crime category | Share of all crimes | Ranking (95 postcode areas) | % of national crime rate | Crime volume | % annual change |
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Violent crime → | 27.4% | 14. lowest | 81% | 7.1k | -4.1% |
Antisocial behaviour crime → | 24.1% | 14. highest | 160% | 6.2k | 3.0% |
Other theft crime → | 9.1% | 16. highest | 118% | 2.4k | -0.1% |
Vehicle crime → | 8.4% | 24. highest | 138% | 2.2k | 2.8% |
Shoplifting crime → | 7.4% | 36. highest | 108% | 1.9k | 21.5% |
Criminal damage and arson crime → | 6.6% | 23. lowest | 87% | 1.7k | -5.9% |
Public order crime → | 4.2% | 4. lowest | 55% | 1.1k | -16.7% |
Burglary crime → | 4.1% | 44. highest | 98% | 1.0k | 2.9% |
Drugs crime → | 2.3% | 44. lowest | 89% | 596 | 12.9% |
Bicycle theft crime → | 1.7% | 15. highest | 161% | 448 | 4.9% |
Other crime → | 1.5% | 41. lowest | 87% | 391 | 35.8% |
Theft from the person crime → | 1.4% | 23. highest | 70% | 360 | 2.0% |
Robbery crime → | 1.0% | 35. highest | 79% | 254 | 16.5% |
Possession of weapons crime → | 0.8% | 43. highest | 96% | 215 | 20.1% |
Crime category | Share of all crimes | Crime rate ranking | % of national crime rate | Crime volume | % annual change |
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The category of "bicycle theft crime" is the highest ranking crime category when category crime rate is compared to the national average. "Bicycle theft crime" rate is at 161% of national crime rate which puts Watford on 15. position out of 95 England's and Wales' postcode areas in this crime category. "Bicycle theft crime" makes up 1.7% of all crimes committed in the area. The total number of "bicycle theft crime" is 448 cases and has increased by 4.9% when compared year-over-year in the period of February 2023 - January 2024.