Crime Rate in Waltham Cross, ward

Waltham Cross has the 2nd highest crime rate of 10 wards in Broxbourne district and the 1268th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 96th highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Waltham Cross in the last 12 months was 115.0 per 1,000 residents and was 25.2% higher than the Broxbourne district average (91.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Waltham Cross’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 440 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 13 cases , down -7.1% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Robbery ( -48.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 550 (≈ 44.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Waltham Cross ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 176 crimes here, including 70 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.