A Solar Court flat on King George's Avenue, Watford, is shut for three months after a closure order on 29 October. Anyone who enters can be arrested.
A flat in Solar Court, on King George’s Avenue in Watford’s Holywell ward, has been closed for three months. Nobody is allowed to enter it. Anyone who does can be arrested.
Magistrates at St Albans granted the closure order on Thursday 29 October. Hertfordshire Constabulary said the flat was linked to persistent anti-social behaviour and drug-related activity. The force announced the order on its own website the following day.
What the police have said
According to the force’s statement:
- the order was granted at St Albans Magistrates’ Court on Thursday 29 October
- it bars anyone from entering the flat for three months
- the application was made by the force’s Community Safety Unit, supported by the Neighbourhood Policing Team and Chime Housing
- it followed numerous complaints about the tenant and visitors to the address
Sergeant Andrew Blackwood, of the Community Safety Unit, said officers had been called to the address “on numerous occasions due to drug related activity and anti-social behaviour, which was having a detrimental effect on those living in the area.”
“Residents should not have to tolerate this sort of behaviour and the impact on their lives in this way,” he said. He added that the force and its partners had “worked extremely hard to gather evidence to support the closure order application.”
The force has not named the tenant, and neither do we. A closure order is a civil order about a property. It is not a criminal conviction.
How a closure order works
Closure orders come from the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. A magistrates’ court can make one when people at a premises have caused nuisance or disorder, or are likely to.
- An order may not last more than three months when first made.
- Police or the council can go back to court to extend it by up to three months at a time.
- The total cannot go beyond six months.
So the Solar Court order runs until late January 2027 unless the court extends it.
What the figures show for the area
Anti-social behaviour reports on the streets around King George’s Avenue have been slightly higher this year than last. Our count of police.uk street-level data finds 80 anti-social behaviour reports within 500 metres of the road from January to August 2026. The same eight months of 2025 had 69.
Drug offences recorded in the same area rose from 11 to 13 over those months. March 2026 was the busiest month for anti-social behaviour, with 16 reports.
police.uk places each report at an approximate point on a nearby street rather than at an exact address. King George’s Avenue itself has no point of its own in the data. These figures describe the surrounding streets. They cannot be linked to any single flat. August 2026 is the latest month published.
What it means for you
If you live in or near Solar Court, the flat should now stay empty until at least late January. If you see anyone going in, that is a breach of a court order, and the police say they can arrest for it.
The force asked residents to keep reporting anti-social behaviour. You can:
- report it online through the Hertfordshire Constabulary website
- use the force’s online web chat
- call 101, the non-emergency number
Always call 999 if a crime is happening or someone is in danger.
Anti-social behaviour and drug-related incidents are already among the neighbourhood priorities Watford’s policing teams set in September.
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