Total Crime Rate

57.6 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 57.6 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.0 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.6 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.8 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 1.8 1/10
  • Drugs 1.8 1/10
  • Public order 1.8 1/10
  • Theft from the person 1.8 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Brownlow Road area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 81 local areas in Borehamwood Brookmeadow , and the 142nd lowest crime rate of 315 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 Brownlow Road (WD6 2DE) in the last 12 months was 57.6 per 1,000 residents and was 66.5% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 19.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brownlow Road (WD6 2DE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 121 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (40 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Brownlow Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Centenary Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons B5378 Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons B5378 Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order B5378 Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting B5378 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Goldfinch Way —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brownlow Road —
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Centenary Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs B5378 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Station Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Elstree And Borehamwood Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Dunnock Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Coleridge Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Keystone Passage Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Keystone Passage Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keystone Passage Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Centenary Place —
Sep 2025Drugs B5378 Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Parking Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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