Watford 012B
NeighbourhoodSouth Watford. 1,876 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.4 square kilometres.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025
In the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Watford 012B is in decile 4.
How Watford 012B compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Watford 012B safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Watford 012B at a rate of 72.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 64.1 per 1,000 people across Oxhey.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 10 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Watford 012B.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (60), anti-social behaviour (23) and vehicle crime (16).
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 Watford
These figures are published for the whole of Watford, not for each neighbourhood, so they describe all of Watford and not Watford 012B alone. See Watford
Watford 012B in brief
Watford 012B has a deprivation score of 23.2 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
Watford 012B had 1,784 usual residents at the census.
In Watford 012B, 99.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Watford 012B, 5.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.