Total Crime Rate

60.1 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

31.7 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 60.1 6/10
  • Violent crimes 31.7 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.5 6/10
  • Drugs 19.0 10/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.2 2/10
  • Public order 3.2 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Old 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

Crime Over Time in Old Highway area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Bernard Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Old Highway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Haward Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Haward Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Aylsham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ogard Road
Apr 2026Burglary Ogard Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ogard Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Pindar Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Pindar Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Salisbury Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Salisbury Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rye House
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rye House Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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