Being followed home and drugs worry Watford residents

Do you agree with their fears? Has crime got worse in Watford?

Getting followed home and being threatened with a fire extinguisher are just two problems women claimed they experienced in Watford.headed into the town centre on Monday, January 30 to find out people’s views on crime in the area.Watford chief inspector Andy Wiseman said efforts have been made to make people feel safer and deter offenders.Both women interviewed said they do not feel safe going out alone when it is dark.

Watford chief inspector Andy Wiseman said a visible police presence in Watford town centre is a"priority for the force" when concerns were put to him. Holly Levy, 25, a bartender who lives in Watford, said: “I’ve been followed home before, shouted at and had things thrown at me.”And while Noora Hassett, 72, who also lives in Watford, said she hasn’t experienced any crime recently, she did describe an incident she experienced before Covid.She said: “I was followed by two young lads under the underpass. They had a fire extinguisher and lifted it up.

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