Total Crime Rate
127.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
43.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cranborne Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Bentley Heath & The Royds , and the 63rd 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 Cranborne Road (EN6 3AB) in the last 12 months was 127.5 per 1,000 residents and was 64.5% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 43.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cranborne Road (EN6 3AB), the main crime hotspot is near Cranborne Crescent. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Potters Bar Furzefield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranborne Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicarage Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranborne Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Cranborne Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cranborne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bornedene | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicarage Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicarage Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranborne Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranborne Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranborne Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranborne Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cranborne Crescent | Under investigation |
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