Total Crime Rate
130.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Paddick Close area has the 9th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Broxbourne and Hoddesdon South , and the 51st 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 Paddick Close (EN11 8RP) in the last 12 months was 130.3 per 1,000 residents and was 29.9% higher than the Broxbourne and Hoddesdon South average (100.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 88.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Paddick Close (EN11 8RP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Paddick Close, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Langton Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hillside | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Winterscroft Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Langton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Langton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Langton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Langton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Langton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Langton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Kennedy Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Paddick Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Paddick Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hillside | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hillside | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Waterfall Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woollens Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hillside | — |
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