Total Crime Rate
21.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
10.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wright Close area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 71 local areas in Aldenham West , and the 37th lowest crime rate of 317 local areas in Hertsmere .
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 Wright Close (WD23 2FH) in the last 12 months was 21.7 per 1,000 residents and was 74.8% lower than the Aldenham West average (86.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 10.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wright Close (WD23 2FH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Edinburgh Mews, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lambert Court (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bushey North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aldenham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chalk Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plantation Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aldenham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plantation Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wellsfield | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hillside Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bushey Grove Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plantation Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Plantation Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lambert Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bennetts Field | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chalk Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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