Total Crime Rate
39.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
21.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Teresa Gardens area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Waltham Cross , and the 78th lowest crime rate of 286 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 Teresa Gardens (EN8 8EQ) in the last 12 months was 39.6 per 1,000 residents and was 66.7% lower than the Waltham Cross average (118.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 21.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Teresa Gardens (EN8 8EQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Windward Close, where police recorded 71 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Great Eastern Road (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 | Possession of weapons | Hurst Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dewgrass Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurst Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurst Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurst Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Windward Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dewgrass Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dewgrass Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadlands Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Eastern Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Great Eastern Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Great Eastern Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cameron Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Creasy Court | Under investigation |
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