Crime Statistics for Aldenham, Hertsmere, Hertfordshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Aldenham, Hertsmere

There were a total of 38 street level crime incidents in Aldenham in January 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 Aldenham, 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 Crime9
Vehicle Crime7
Anti Social Behaviour6
Other Theft3
Shoplifting3
Criminal Damage Arson2
Burglary2
Public Order2
Robbery1
Bicycle Theft1
Possession Of Weapons1
Other Crime1
All Crime38

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

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

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Aldenham

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Watford (1.96 miles)559
North Watford (1.86 miles)316
Garston (1.39 miles)234
Bushey (1.86 miles)133
Fulwell (0.88 miles)55
Patchetts Green (0.88 miles)55
Radlett (1.96 miles)44
Aldenham38
Batlers Green (1.24 miles)28
Round Bush (0.62 miles)22

23.92%
of Bushey North residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Aldenham?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Watford148
North Watford92
Garston78
Bushey45
Fulwell22
Patchetts Green22
Aldenham9
Round Bush8
Radlett6
Batlers Green4

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

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 Aldenham 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 Aldenham compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Aldenham and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Aldenham is ranked #3.

#WardScore
1Central79
2Leggatts62
3Bushey North60
4Stanborough59
5Meriden57
6Callowland55
7Bushey St James53
8Park49
9Tudor48
10Nascot47
11Oxhey45

Which road in Aldenham has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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