Total Crime Rate
17.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Aberdale Gardens area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 69 local areas in Bentley Heath & The Royds , and the 27th lowest crime rate of 317 local areas in Hertsmere .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Aberdale Gardens (EN6 2JG) in the last 12 months was 17.7 per 1,000 residents and was 77.2% 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 Bicycle theft with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Aberdale Gardens (EN6 2JG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Allandale Crescent, where police recorded 9 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Santers Lane (8 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 | Other theft | The Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Santers Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | The Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aberdale Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Weston Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Slades | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Great Slades | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Santers Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Santers Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Santers Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brooklands Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Allandale Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Allandale Crescent | Local resolution |
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