Total Crime Rate
365.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Tower Heights area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Broxbourne and Hoddesdon South , and the 10th highest crime rate of 287 local areas in Broxbourne .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Tower Heights (EN11 8UQ) in the last 12 months was 365.0 per 1,000 residents and was 264.1% 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 Shoplifting with 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -44.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 125.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tower Heights (EN11 8UQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 224 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (46 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Taverners Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burford Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burford Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Burford Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lampits | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lampits | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Taverners Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burford Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Burford Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Amwell Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Taverners Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Taverners Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Taverners Way | Awaiting court outcome |
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