Total Crime Rate
118.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
64.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Little Bushey Lane area has the 8th highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Aldenham West , and the 73rd 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 Little Bushey Lane (WD23 3RY) in the last 12 months was 118.4 per 1,000 residents and was 37.2% higher 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 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 114.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 64.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Little Bushey Lane (WD23 3RY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rossway Drive, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Birches (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bushey Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Birches | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pentland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hubert Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pentland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pentland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pentland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pentland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pentland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pentland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cheviot Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Birches | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rossway Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rossway Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rossway Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Birches | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Birches | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheviot Close | Under investigation |
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