Total Crime Rate

92.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 92.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.6 6/10
  • Other theft 11.6 8/10
  • Burglary 7.7 7/10
  • Drugs 3.9 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.9 6/10
  • Public order 3.9 3/10
  • Robbery 3.9 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Forbes Avenue area has the 21st highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Bentley Heath & The Royds , and the 110th 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 Forbes Avenue (EN6 5NH) in the last 12 months was 92.7 per 1,000 residents and was 16.9% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 54.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 40.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Forbes Avenue (EN6 5NH), the main crime hotspot is near Wayside. Police recorded 26 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Forbes Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Marshe Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cotton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marshe Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chace Avenue Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Penshurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stamford Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Penshurst Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fetherstone Close —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Leeside —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leeside Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bowmans Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Leeside Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Wayside Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Wayside Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wayside Under investigation
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Data Sources

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