Total Crime Rate
165.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
75.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Harcourt Road area has the highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Bushey North , and the 39th highest crime rate of 317 local areas in Hertsmere .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Harcourt Road (WD23 3PP) in the last 12 months was 165.2 per 1,000 residents and was 190.9% higher than the Bushey North average (56.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 75.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Harcourt Road (WD23 3PP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Moat Close, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lea Close (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bushey St James| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Purlings Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Palmer Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moat Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crabtree Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crabtree Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Purlings Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lea Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lea Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lea Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lea Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ryder Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmer Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmer Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lea Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harcourt Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Great Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farrington Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Farrington Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farrington Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Farrington Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harcourt Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Harcourt Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Herne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Harcourt Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Harcourt Road | Under investigation |
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