Crime Rates at Holly Drive, Potters Bar, EN6 2QL

Holly Drive area has the 13th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Bentley Heath & The Royds , and the 46th highest crime rate of 317 local areas in Hertsmere .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Holly Drive (EN6 2QL) in the last 12 months was 152.1 per 1,000 residents and was 96.1% higher 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 Anti-social behaviour with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 39.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Holly Drive (EN6 2QL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 267 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Firs Lane (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.