Crime in Three Rivers: statistics, rates and trends

Violence and sexual offences (2,264), anti-social behaviour (1,290) and shoplifting (660) made up 65% of all recorded crime. Its crime rate ranks 230th of the 302 districts covered by this site (1 = highest), in the lowest quarter.

The year to August 2026 had the most recorded crime in Three Rivers of any year here (6,482 crimes). Between the years to August 2018 and 2026 it rose 5%, while across England and Wales it fell 4%.

Month by month

No category with at least 20 crimes was notably above the England and Wales rate, and theft from the person (81% below) and robbery (70% below) were well below it. On the year before, drugs rose from 122 to 243 and possession of weapons rose from 33 to 44, while robbery fell from 69 to 39 and other crime fell from 133 to 113.

What each category covers: crime categories.

5,019 crimes, excluding fraud, were recorded by the police in Three Rivers in the year ending March 2026, according to the Home Office's police recorded crime statistics. That is 52.4 per 1,000 residents, lower than the England and Wales rate of 83.2. The total was down 1% on the year ending March 2025 (5,088), against a fall of 2% across England and Wales. Among the 272 districts of England and Wales with a figure for that year, Three Rivers had the 43rd lowest rate (the street-level ranking above is among the 302 districts with street-level pages on this site, over the 12 months to August 2026).

Of the crimes recorded in the Hertfordshire Police area in the year ending March 2026, 1.4% were not assigned to a district. Those crimes are counted in the force and England and Wales totals but in no district, so the figure for Three Rivers is a slight undercount.

Offences recorded in Three Rivers, the year ending March 2026

The largest category was violence without injury, with 840 offences (17% of the total). No category with at least 20 offences had a rate a quarter or more above the England and Wales rate. Rates were lowest relative to the national rate for theft from the person (0.18 times), robbery of personal property (0.24 times) and possession of weapons (0.38 times).

The largest rises on the year were in possession of weapons (+24%) and possession of drugs (+18%). The largest falls were in robbery of personal property (from 50 to 21) and non-residential burglary (−21%). Robbery of business property and shoplifting are not compared with the year ending March 2025: from April 2025 the Home Office Counting Rules were clarified so that a theft from a shop in which violence is used or threatened against staff or anyone else is recorded as robbery of business property rather than shoplifting (ONS).

Recorded crime in Three Rivers since the year ending March 2013

The chart shows police recorded crime per 1,000 residents in each year ending March from 2013 to 2026. Three Rivers's rate was below the England and Wales rate in every one of those 14 years. Changes in how forces record crime move these figures as well as changes in crime (methodology).

Districts in the Hertfordshire Police area, the year ending March 2026

Of the 10 districts in the Hertfordshire Police area with a figure for the year ending March 2026, Three Rivers had the 3rd lowest rate.

Source: Home Office police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables (released 23 July 2026), gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0. Financial years, excluding fraud; how they differ from the street-level figures: methodology.

Every one of the 8 nearest districts has a higher crime rate than Three Rivers.

Of the 20 areas within Three Rivers, Maple Cross had the highest crime rate (114.5 per 1,000) and Moor Park & Eastbury the lowest (33.6), 3 times apart.

The 10 locations below account for 22% of the crime recorded in Three Rivers over the 12 months to August 2026; the most were recorded at “Supermarket” (421).

Of the 5,192 crimes in Three Rivers with a recorded outcome, 38% ended with the investigation complete and no suspect identified, against 35% across England and Wales; 4.2% were awaiting a court outcome (England and Wales: 5.2%). The 1,290 anti-social behaviour reports have no outcome and are left out.

Three Rivers has an estimated population of 95,807 (ONS, mid-2024). Compared with England and Wales it has fewer households without a car (12%, against 23%), less private renting (13%, against 20%) and fewer residents with no qualifications (13%, against 18%). On the England IoD 2025, the small areas (LSOAs) that make up Three Rivers average decile 7.8 (1 = most deprived), less deprived than average.

Police-recorded crime from data.police.uk (September 2017 to August 2026), ONS population estimates and Census 2021. Definitions and limitations: methodology.