Total Crime Rate
639.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
278.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fairway Avenue area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 81 local areas in Borehamwood Brookmeadow , and the 4th 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 Fairway Avenue (WD6 1PR) in the last 12 months was 639.0 per 1,000 residents and was 293.3% higher than the Borehamwood Brookmeadow average (162.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 47 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 57 (β 278.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fairway Avenue (WD6 1PR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near B5378, where police recorded 62 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Canterbury Road (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Borehamwood Brookmeadow| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brook Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brook Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eldon Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | B5378 | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | B5378 | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | B5378 | β |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B5378 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B5378 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B5378 | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brook Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brook Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brook Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brook Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brook Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brook Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brook Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brook Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grosvenor Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grosvenor Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grosvenor Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grosvenor Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grosvenor Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grosvenor Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grosvenor Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grosvenor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grosvenor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
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