Crime Statistics for Bentley Heath, Hertsmere, Hertfordshire, 2024

There were a total of 2 street level crime incidents in Bentley Heath 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 Bentley Heath, 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	1
Vehicle Crime	1
All Crime	2

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 Bentley Heath. 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 Bentley Heath

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Potters Bar (1.39 miles)	137
South Mimms (1.75 miles)	55
Barnet (2.48 miles)	10
Hadley Wood (1.75 miles)	4
Bentley Heath	2
High Barnet (1.86 miles)	1
Dancers Hill (0.62 miles)	1
Hadley (1.86 miles)	1
Monken Hadley (1.24 miles)	1
Chipping Barnet (1.86 miles)	1

Where are the most violent places near Bentley Heath?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Potters Bar	49
South Mimms	6
Hadley Wood	1
Bentley Heath	1
Barnet	0
High Barnet	0
Dancers Hill	0
Hadley	0
Monken Hadley	0
Chipping Barnet	0

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

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 Bentley Heath 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 Bentley Heath compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Borehamwood Cowley Hill	74
2	Potters Bar Oakmere	67
3	Underhill	61
4	Shenley	59
5	East Barnet	54
6	High Barnet	54
7	Borehamwood Kenilworth	47
8	Bentley Heath & The Royds	47
9	Potters Bar Parkfield	46
10	Oakleigh	45
11	Potters Bar Furzefield	33

Which road in Bentley Heath has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Bentley Heath with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Porters Park Drive.