Berkhamsted Castle
WardCentral Dacorum. About 6,039 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.8 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Berkhamsted Castle live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Berkhamsted Castle compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Berkhamsted Castle safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Berkhamsted Castle at a rate of 66.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 84.8 per 1,000 people across Dacorum.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 36 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Berkhamsted Castle.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (109), shoplifting (83) and anti-social behaviour (77).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Dacorum
These figures are published for the whole of Dacorum, not for each ward, so they describe all of Dacorum and not Berkhamsted Castle alone. See Dacorum
Berkhamsted Castle in brief
Berkhamsted Castle had 6,105 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Berkhamsted Castle live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Berkhamsted Castle, 68.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Berkhamsted Castle, 1.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.