Crime Statistics for Waltham Cross, London, Enfield, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Waltham Cross in October 2024. There were a total of 571 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Waltham Cross, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime196
Anti Social Behaviour96
Shoplifting48
Public Order40
Other Theft39
Vehicle Crime35
Burglary22
Drugs20
Theft From The Person18
Criminal Damage Arson16
Other Crime15
Bicycle Theft10
Robbery10
Possession Of Weapons6
All Crime571

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Waltham Cross. 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 Waltham Cross

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Enfield Wash (1.24 miles)1017
Holdbrook (0.88 miles)710
Freezy Water (0.88 miles)656
Waltham Cross532
Enfield Lock (1.39 miles)467
Lea Navigation (1.55 miles)280
Bulls Cross (0.88 miles)269
New River (0.19 miles)268
Cheshunt (1.24 miles)251
Churchgate (1.39 miles)140

35.04%
of Waltham Cross residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Waltham Cross?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Holdbrook251
Freezy Water245
Enfield Wash222
Waltham Cross196
Enfield Lock114
Cheshunt109
Lea Navigation96
New River81
Bulls Cross66
Churchgate41

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Waltham Cross?

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 Waltham Cross 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 Waltham Cross compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Waltham Cross and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Waltham Cross is ranked #2.

#WardScore
1Cheshunt South and Theobalds73
2Waltham Cross72
3Turkey Street72
4Enfield Highway70
5Waltham Abbey South West69
6Rosedale and Bury Green66
7Waltham Abbey Honey Lane63
8Cheshunt North57
9Enfield Lock56
10Chase55
11Town40

Which road in Waltham Cross has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Waltham Cross with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Monarch's Way.

Last updated: October 2024
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