Total Crime Rate
21.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Broomstick Hall Road area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Waltham Abbey North , and the 53rd lowest crime rate of 376 local areas in Epping Forest .
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 Broomstick Hall Road (EN9 1LN) in the last 12 months was 21.8 per 1,000 residents and was 73.0% lower than the Waltham Abbey North average (80.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Broomstick Hall Road (EN9 1LN), the main crime hotspot is near The Gladeway. Police recorded 27 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Drayson Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | The Gladeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | The Gladeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | The Gladeway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Cobbins | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Rosebank | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Newteswell Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Quendon Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Quendon Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Quendon Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Pasfield | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Rounton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Drayson Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Halfhides | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | The Gladeway | Under investigation |
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