Total Crime Rate
60.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
31.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Old Highway area has the 15th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Hoddesdon North , and the 139th lowest crime rate of 286 local areas in Broxbourne .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Old Highway (EN11 0LS) in the last 12 months was 60.1 per 1,000 residents and was 3.1% higher than the Hoddesdon North average (58.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 31.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Old Highway (EN11 0LS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bosanquet Road, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rumbold Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hoddesdon Town and Rye Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bernard Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Old Highway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Haward Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haward Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aylsham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ogard Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ogard Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ogard Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Pindar Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pindar Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Salisbury Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Salisbury Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rye House | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rye House | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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