Police recorded 4,008 violence and sexual offences offences in Watford in the 12 months to June 2026, up 14.8% (516) on the previous 12 months. That is 37.2 per 1,000 residents against 34.7 for England and Wales.
Home Office · data.police.uk
street-level crime archive, category “Violence and sexual offences”
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
670 (partial)
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June 2012
1,312
14.1
2012
June 2013
1,299
13.6
2013
June 2014
1,158
11.8
2014
June 2015
1,699
17.1
2015
June 2016
2,050
20.4
2016
June 2017
2,316
22.9
2017
June 2018
2,861
28.1
2018
June 2019
2,997
29.3
2019
June 2020
2,898
28.3
2020
June 2021
2,778
27.1
2021
June 2022
3,428
33.2
2022
June 2023
3,231
30.7
2023
June 2024
3,115
29.2
2024
June 2025
3,492
32.4
2025
June 2026
4,008
37.2
2025
What this measures
Offences against the person, from common assault and harassment to wounding, together with rape and other sexual offences. These are grouped together in the police.uk data and cannot be separated here.
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.