Crime Statistics for Round Bush, Hertsmere, Hertfordshire, 2024

There were a total of 46 street level crime incidents in Round Bush in March 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Vehicle Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Round Bush, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	20
Vehicle Crime	7
Criminal Damage Arson	4
Other Theft	4
Anti Social Behaviour	4
Burglary	3
Public Order	2
Shoplifting	2
All Crime	46

Map of street level crime incidents in March 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Round Bush. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Round Bush

We've taken the ten nearest places to Round Bush and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Round Bush has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Watford (2.55 miles)	519
North Watford (2.48 miles)	259
Garston (1.96 miles)	211
Bushey (1.96 miles)	104
Aldenham (0.62 miles)	71
Fulwell (0.62 miles)	70
Patchetts Green (0.62 miles)	70
Round Bush	46
Radlett (1.39 miles)	38
Batlers Green (0.62 miles)	26

Where are the most violent places near Round Bush?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Round Bush and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Watford	165
North Watford	85
Garston	68
Aldenham	34
Bushey	30
Fulwell	23
Patchetts Green	23
Round Bush	20
Batlers Green	12
Radlett	10

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Round Bush?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Round Bush to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Round Bush compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Round Bush and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Round Bush is ranked #4.

#	Ward	Score
1	Central	79
2	Bushey North	60
3	Stanborough	59
4	Meriden	57
5	Callowland	55
6	Bushey St James	53
7	Aldenham East	51
8	Tudor	48
9	Nascot	47
10	Oxhey	45
11	Bushey Park	29

Which road in Round Bush has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Round Bush with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Ravenscroft.