Hemel Hempstead Town
WardEast Dacorum. About 8,272 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.5 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Hemel Hempstead Town live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Hemel Hempstead Town compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Hemel Hempstead Town safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Hemel Hempstead Town at a rate of 195.6 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, 136 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Hemel Hempstead Town.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (446), anti-social behaviour (386) and other crime (209).
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 Hemel Hempstead Town alone. See Dacorum
Hemel Hempstead Town in brief
Hemel Hempstead Town had 7,191 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Hemel Hempstead Town live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Hemel Hempstead Town, 90.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Hemel Hempstead Town, 4.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.