Total Crime Rate
15.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
15.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Aberdale Gardens area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 69 local areas in Bentley Heath & The Royds , and the 19th lowest crime rate of 317 local areas in Hertsmere .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Aberdale Gardens (EN6 2JF) in the last 12 months was 15.4 per 1,000 residents and was 80.1% lower than the Bentley Heath & The Royds average (77.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 5 cases , down -28.6% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 15.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Aberdale Gardens (EN6 2JF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Allandale Crescent, where police recorded 9 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Shrublands (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bentley Heath & The Royds| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Allandale Crescent | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brooklands Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Great Slades | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Slades | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aberdale Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | The Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Allandale Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Weston Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | The Drive | Under investigation |
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