Total Crime Rate

122.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

63.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 122.6 8/10
  • Violent crimes 63.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.5 8/10
  • Other theft 14.7 9/10
  • Public order 9.8 7/10
  • Robbery 9.8 9/10
  • Burglary 4.9 5/10
  • Drugs 4.9 5/10
  • Other crime 4.9 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Drayton Road area has the 26th highest crime rate of 81 local areas in Borehamwood Brookmeadow , and the 69th highest crime rate of 317 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 Drayton Road (WD6 2BZ) in the last 12 months was 122.6 per 1,000 residents and was 24.6% lower than the Borehamwood Brookmeadow average (162.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 63.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Drayton Road (WD6 2BZ), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 227 crimes here, including 75 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Drayton Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/66)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Shoplifting B5378 Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour B5378 —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour B5378 —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour B5378 —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Centenary Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Keystone Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Keystone Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Keystone Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Keystone Passage Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Mildred Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Glenhaven Avenue —
Apr 2026Drugs Glenhaven Avenue Local resolution
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Glenhaven Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Glenhaven Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Glenhaven Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Glenhaven Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Glenhaven Avenue Awaiting court outcome
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Data Sources

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