Crime Statistics for Borehamwood, Hertsmere, Hertfordshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Borehamwood, Hertsmere

There were a total of 305 street level crime incidents in Borehamwood in January 2024. 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 Borehamwood, 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 Crime88
Anti Social Behaviour72
Vehicle Crime36
Criminal Damage Arson25
Other Theft20
Shoplifting20
Public Order14
Burglary13
Other Crime6
Bicycle Theft3
Drugs3
Robbery2
Theft From The Person2
Possession Of Weapons1
All Crime305

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 Borehamwood. 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 Borehamwood

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Borehamwood305
Rowley Green (1.39 miles)128
Barnet Gate (1.76 miles)82
Ducks Island (2.77 miles)60
Shenleybury (2.56 miles)52
Radlett (2.24 miles)44
Arkley (2.24 miles)39
Shenley (1.86 miles)29
Batlers Green (2.56 miles)28
Dancers Hill (2.77 miles)0

29.18%
of Borehamwood Brookmeadow residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Borehamwood?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Borehamwood88
Shenleybury24
Rowley Green22
Ducks Island22
Barnet Gate19
Radlett6
Shenley6
Arkley5
Batlers Green4
Dancers Hill0

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

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 Borehamwood 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 Borehamwood compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Borehamwood Cowley Hill74
2Borehamwood Brookmeadow72
3Borehamwood Hillside62
4Underhill61
5Aldenham East51
6Edgware49
7Hale48
8Borehamwood Kenilworth47
9Elstree40
10Potters Bar Furzefield33
11Bushey Heath19

Which road in Borehamwood has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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