Total Crime Rate
115.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
27.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Windmill Lane area has the 13th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Cheshunt North , and the 74th 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 Windmill Lane (EN8 9AD) in the last 12 months was 115.2 per 1,000 residents and was 16.3% lower than the Cheshunt North average (137.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 33.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 27.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Windmill Lane (EN8 9AD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Windmill Lane, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shalcross Drive (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cheshunt South and Theobalds| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Downfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shalcross Drive | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ousden Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shalcross Drive | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shalcross Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shalcross Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ousden Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shalcross Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shalcross Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Girton Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shalcross Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shalcross Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moxom Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moxom Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bullwell Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Downfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Windmill Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakdene | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Oakdene | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windmill Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Girton Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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