Total Crime Rate

115.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 115.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 20.9 10/10
  • Public order 10.5 7/10
  • Other theft 7.0 6/10
  • Burglary 3.5 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.5 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.5 5/10
  • Robbery 3.5 5/10
  • Theft from the person 3.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Castle Close area has the 6th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Hoddesdon North , and the 64th highest crime rate of 287 local areas in Broxbourne .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Castle Close (EN11 0ND) in the last 12 months was 115.0 per 1,000 residents and was 103.8% higher than the Hoddesdon North average (56.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 55.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Castle Close (EN11 0ND), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Cuthberts Road, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Theleway Close (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Castle Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Ogard Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Castle Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ogard Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Castle Close Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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