Total Crime Rate
106.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bushbarns area has the 10th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Goffs Oak , and the 73rd highest crime rate of 287 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 Bushbarns (EN7 6EA) in the last 12 months was 106.7 per 1,000 residents and was 74.9% higher than the Goffs Oak average (61.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 64.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 31.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bushbarns (EN7 6EA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shanklin Close, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bushbarns (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bushbarns | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Shanklin Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cussons Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cussons Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cussons Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosedale Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Rosedale Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bushbarns | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Park/Open Space | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Valence Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Elderbeck Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shanklin Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wolsey Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wolsey Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wolsey Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bushbarns | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hunters Reach | Under investigation |
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