Total Crime Rate
315.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Willow Way area has the 4th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Bentley Heath & The Royds , and the 16th highest crime rate of 315 local areas in Hertsmere .
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 Willow Way (EN6 2PR) in the last 12 months was 315.3 per 1,000 residents and was 297.7% higher than the Bentley Heath & The Royds average (79.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 46 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 600.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 55 (≈ 175.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 103.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Willow Way (EN6 2PR), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 136 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holly Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holly Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hunter Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Firs Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Firs Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Firs Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holly Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Winston Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Melrose Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunnybank Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Melrose Avenue | Under investigation |
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