Total Crime Rate
15.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Coleridge Way area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 81 local areas in Borehamwood Brookmeadow , and the 17th lowest crime rate of 315 local areas in Hertsmere .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Coleridge Way (WD6 2AF) in the last 12 months was 15.9 per 1,000 residents and was 90.8% lower than the Borehamwood Brookmeadow average (171.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 4.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Coleridge Way (WD6 2AF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Byron Avenue, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Whitehall Close (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Borehamwood Brookmeadow| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Dunnock Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brownlow Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehall Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Drayton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Goldfinch Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Coleridge Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Road | — |
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