Crime Statistics for Shenleybury, Hertsmere, Hertfordshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Shenleybury, Hertsmere

There were a total of 52 street level crime incidents in Shenleybury 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 Shenleybury, 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 Crime24
Anti Social Behaviour14
Vehicle Crime6
Drugs2
Other Theft2
Possession Of Weapons1
Criminal Damage Arson1
Burglary1
Other Crime1
All Crime52

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 Shenleybury. 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 Shenleybury

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Borehamwood (2.56 miles)305
Broad Colney (1.39 miles)89
London Colney (1.96 miles)71
Tyttenhanger (2.48 miles)67
Shenleybury52
Radlett (1.75 miles)44
Shenley (0.88 miles)29
South Mimms (2.48 miles)29
Frogmore (2.24 miles)20
Colney Street (1.96 miles)7

17.36%
of Aldenham West residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Shenleybury?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Borehamwood88
Broad Colney36
Shenleybury24
Tyttenhanger23
London Colney22
Radlett6
Shenley6
Frogmore6
Colney Street3
South Mimms1

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

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 Shenleybury 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 Shenleybury compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Shenleybury and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Resident in Shenleybury have the lowest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Borehamwood Cowley Hill.

#WardScore
1Borehamwood Cowley Hill74
2Borehamwood Brookmeadow72
3Borehamwood Hillside62
4Cunningham62
5Shenley59
6London Colney56
7Park Street53
8Aldenham East51
9Borehamwood Kenilworth47
10Elstree40
11Aldenham West27

Which road in Shenleybury has the highest level of crime?

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

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