Total Crime Rate

37.6 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

14.5 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 37.6 4/10
  • Violent crimes 14.5 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.6 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 8.7 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.8 5/10
  • Public order 5.8 5/10
  • Drugs 2.9 2/10
  • Other theft 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Shenley Road area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 81 local areas in Borehamwood Brookmeadow , and the 89th lowest crime rate of 317 local areas in Hertsmere .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Shenley Road (WD6 1AR) in the last 12 months was 37.6 per 1,000 residents and was 76.9% lower than the Borehamwood Brookmeadow average (162.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 14.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shenley Road (WD6 1AR), the main crime hotspot is near Whitehouse Avenue. Police recorded 106 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Shenley Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/54)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Theft from the person Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Brook Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grosvenor Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Eldon Avenue —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Eldon Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Brook Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Brook Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Brook Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Brook Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Whitehouse Avenue —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brook Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brook Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brook Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brook Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Mildred Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Mildred Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grosvenor Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Whitehouse Avenue —
Apr 2026Shoplifting B5378 Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Grosvenor Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Grosvenor Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Grosvenor Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Grosvenor Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Grosvenor Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Grosvenor Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Grosvenor Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whitehouse Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Whitehouse Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Whitehouse Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Whitehouse Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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