Total Crime Rate
72.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
20.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Meadow Road area has the 38th lowest crime rate of 81 local areas in Borehamwood Brookmeadow , and the 136th highest 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 Meadow Road (WD6 1TL) in the last 12 months was 72.5 per 1,000 residents and was 55.4% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 20.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -85.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Meadow Road (WD6 1TL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shenley Road, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brook Close (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Borehamwood Cowley Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brook Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Maxwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Police Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broughinge Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brook Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brook Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brook Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Maxwell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brook Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brook Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tomblin Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Tomblin Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nicholas Hawksmoor Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nicholas Hawksmoor Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brook Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodhill Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holmesley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shenley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartforde Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hartforde Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shenley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shenley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Police Station | — |
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