Crime Rates at Firs Lane, Potters Bar, EN6 2QH

Firs Lane area has the 20th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Bentley Heath & The Royds , and the 106th highest crime rate of 315 local areas in Hertsmere .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Firs Lane (EN6 2QH) in the last 12 months was 95.9 per 1,000 residents and was 20.9% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 47.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 79.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Firs Lane (EN6 2QH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 141 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Byers Close (105 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.