Total Crime Rate
52.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
32.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dorchester Avenue area has the 20th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Hoddesdon North , and the 116th lowest crime rate of 286 local areas in Broxbourne .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Dorchester Avenue (EN11 9EQ) in the last 12 months was 52.6 per 1,000 residents and was 9.8% lower than the Hoddesdon North average (58.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -38.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 32.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dorchester Avenue (EN11 9EQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 106 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stockfield Avenue (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hoddesdon Town and Rye Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cherry Tree Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Belcher Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ditchfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ditchfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ditchfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tovey Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Century Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kenning Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kenning Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stockfield Avenue | Under investigation |
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