Total Crime Rate

365.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 365.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 107.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 82.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 47.5 10/10
  • Public order 30.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 27.5 10/10
  • Theft from the person 15.0 9/10
  • Other theft 12.5 8/10
  • Drugs 10.0 8/10
  • Robbery 10.0 9/10
  • Burglary 7.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.0 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.0 5/10
  • Other crime 2.5 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.5 2/10
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

Tower 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.

Crime Over Time in Tower Heights area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Taverners Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burford Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burford Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Burford Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lampits Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lampits Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Taverners Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burford Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Burford Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Amwell Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Taverners Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Taverners Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Taverners Way Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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