Crime Statistics for Shenley, Hertsmere, Hertfordshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Shenley, Hertsmere

There were a total of 29 street level crime incidents in Shenley in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Anti Social Behaviour, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime CategoryIncidents
Anti Social Behaviour13
Violent Crime6
Burglary4
Vehicle Crime3
Criminal Damage Arson1
Drugs1
Possession Of Weapons1
All Crime29

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 Shenley. 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 Shenley

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Borehamwood (1.86 miles)305
Broad Colney (2.24 miles)89
London Colney (2.78 miles)71
Shenleybury (0.88 miles)52
Radlett (1.96 miles)44
Shenley29
South Mimms (1.96 miles)29
Batlers Green (2.77 miles)28
Colney Street (2.77 miles)7
Dancers Hill (2.56 miles)0

25.11%
of Borehamwood Cowley Hill residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Shenley?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Borehamwood88
Broad Colney36
Shenleybury24
London Colney22
Radlett6
Shenley6
Batlers Green4
Colney Street3
South Mimms1
Dancers Hill0

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

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 Shenley 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 Shenley compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Shenley and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Residents in Shenley have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Aldenham West.

#WardScore
1Borehamwood Cowley Hill74
2Borehamwood Brookmeadow72
3Borehamwood Hillside62
4Underhill61
5Shenley59
6London Colney56
7Aldenham East51
8Borehamwood Kenilworth47
9Elstree40
10Potters Bar Furzefield33
11Aldenham West27

Which road in Shenley has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Shenley 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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