Crime Rates at Forbes Avenue, Potters Bar, EN6 5NQ

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 5NQ) 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 5NQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Oakmere Avenue, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wayside (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.