Total Crime Rate
290.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
87.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Harold Mews area has the 4th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Waltham Cross , and the 15th highest crime rate of 286 local areas in Broxbourne .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Harold Mews (EN8 7AS) in the last 12 months was 290.1 per 1,000 residents and was 144.2% higher than the Waltham Cross average (118.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 108.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -23.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 87.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -85.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Harold Mews (EN8 7AS), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 141 crimes here, including 52 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Waltham Cross| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ruthven Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ruthven Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ruthven Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ruthven Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ruthven Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ruthven Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ruthven Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sturlas Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sturlas Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ruthven Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Waltham Cross Bus Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Waltham Cross Bus Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Waltham Cross Bus Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Waltham Cross Bus Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Waltham Cross Bus Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Waltham Cross Bus Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waltham Cross Bus Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waltham Cross Bus Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waltham Cross Bus Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Monarch'S Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Abridge Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
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