Total Crime Rate
170.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
85.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Queens Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Waltham Cross , and the 37th 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 Queens Road (EN8 7HP) in the last 12 months was 170.9 per 1,000 residents and was 43.9% higher than the Waltham Cross average (118.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 85.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Queens Road (EN8 7HP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 108 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Waltham Cross| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waltham Cross Bus Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Waltham Cross Bus Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Waltham Cross Bus Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Abbey Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A1010 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eleanor Cross Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parkside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parkside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waltham Cross Bus Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | York Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | York Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | York Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | King Edward Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Waltham Cross Bus Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | King'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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