Total Crime Rate
138.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
54.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Winterscroft Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Broxbourne and Hoddesdon South , and the 54th highest crime rate of 286 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 Winterscroft Road (EN11 8RH) in the last 12 months was 138.7 per 1,000 residents and was 30.8% higher than the Broxbourne and Hoddesdon South average (106.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 54.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Winterscroft Road (EN11 8RH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lord Street, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Langton Road (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hoddesdon North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woollens Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | West Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Jersey Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Norris Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Norris Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | West Hill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Langton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Langton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Langton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Langton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lord Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lord Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lord Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Winterscroft Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Norris Rise | Under investigation |
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