Total Crime Rate
10.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
7.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hargreaves Close area has the lowest crime rate of 37 local areas in Goffs Oak , and the 9th lowest crime rate of 286 local areas in Broxbourne .
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 Hargreaves Close (EN7 5BB) in the last 12 months was 10.4 per 1,000 residents and was 85.3% lower than the Goffs Oak average (70.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 7.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 22.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hargreaves Close (EN7 5BB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dark Lane, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bury Green Road (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Rosedale and Bury Green| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tudor Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hawthorne Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Woodside | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cromwell Avenue | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Portland Drive | Under investigation |
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