Total Crime Rate
82.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
32.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fishers Close area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Waltham Cross , and the 110th highest 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 Fishers Close (EN8 7NL) in the last 12 months was 82.5 per 1,000 residents and was 30.5% lower 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 32.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fishers Close (EN8 7NL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fishers Close, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Queen'S Drive (13 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 | Queen'S Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Queen'S Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fishers Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barbel Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Barbel Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Barbel Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Joshua Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Berwick Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Berwick Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Berwick Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queen'S Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lea Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | River Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Long Croft Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lea Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gordon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Long Croft Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Long Croft Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
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