Police recorded 179 theft from the person offences in Watford in the 12 months to June 2026, down 12.3% (25) on the previous 12 months. That is 1.7 per 1,000 residents against 1.7 for England and Wales.
Home Office · data.police.uk
street-level crime archive, category “Theft from the person”
local authority via LSOA lookup
population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 107,658
Monthly, May 2013 to June 2026
Offences recorded in this category each month, from the street-level archivePublished valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value
Each year since 2011
Year to
Offences
Per 1,000
Population year
June 2011
0 (partial)
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June 2012
2,024
21.7
2012
June 2013
2,286
23.9
2013
June 2014
2,075
21.2
2014
June 2015
2,152
21.6
2015
June 2016
2,014
20.0
2016
June 2017
2,512
24.9
2017
June 2018
2,701
26.6
2018
June 2019
2,800
27.4
2019
June 2020
2,274
22.2
2020
June 2021
1,711
16.7
2021
June 2022
2,209
21.4
2022
June 2023
2,281
21.7
2023
June 2024
2,197
20.6
2024
June 2025
2,167
20.1
2025
June 2026
2,219
20.6
2025
What this measures
Theft of property directly from a person without force, such as pickpocketing.
Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics.
A higher recorded rate does not mean an area is more dangerous.