Total Crime Rate
307.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
116.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kenworth Close area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Waltham Cross , and the 13th highest crime rate of 286 local areas in Broxbourne .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Kenworth Close (EN8 8BA) in the last 12 months was 307.7 per 1,000 residents and was 159.0% 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 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -5.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 116.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 24.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kenworth Close (EN8 8BA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ruthven Avenue, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near B176 (21 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 | Shoplifting | Swans Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ruthven Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grenville Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grenville Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Berkley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sterling Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sturlas Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sturlas Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ruthven Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ruthven Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Grenville Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ruthven Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ruthven Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ruthven Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leven Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Grenville Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | B176 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurst Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurst Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Swans Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadlands Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Hurst Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurst Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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