Total Crime Rate
42.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
25.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Verini Close area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 71 local areas in Aldenham West , and the 99th lowest crime rate of 317 local areas in Hertsmere .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Verini Close (WD23 2FL) in the last 12 months was 42.5 per 1,000 residents and was 50.8% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 125.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 25.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 125.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Verini Close (WD23 2FL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Frogmore Avenue, 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 | Plantation Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Frogmore Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plantation Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chalk Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chalk Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Frogmore Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aldenham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aldenham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wellsfield | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bushey Grove Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lambert Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Plantation Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterfields Way | Under investigation |
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