Crime Rates at Elm Drive, Cheshunt, Waltham Cross, EN8 0SB

Elm Drive area has the lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in Cheshunt North , and the 2nd lowest crime rate of 287 local areas in Broxbourne .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Elm Drive (EN8 0SB) in the last 12 months was 3.2 per 1,000 residents and was 97.4% lower than the Cheshunt North average (122.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2024, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Elm Drive (EN8 0SB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kennedy Close, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Montgomery Drive (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.