Total Crime Rate

57.8 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 57.8 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.3 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.7 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.7 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.7 7/10
  • Drugs 5.8 6/10
  • Other theft 5.8 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.9 1/10
  • Public order 1.9 1/10
  • Robbery 1.9 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Furzehill Road area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 81 local areas in Borehamwood Brookmeadow , and the 143rd 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 Furzehill Road (WD6 2DJ) in the last 12 months was 57.8 per 1,000 residents and was 66.3% lower than the Borehamwood Brookmeadow average (171.6 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 Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 23.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Furzehill Road (WD6 2DJ), the main crime hotspot is near Whitehouse Avenue. Police recorded 94 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Furzehill Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order B5378 Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson B5378 Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Whitehouse Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Whitehouse Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Drayton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting B5378 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Goldfinch Way
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brownlow Road
Sep 2025Theft from the person Dunnock Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Whitehouse Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons B5378 Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Coleridge Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons B5378 Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Oakwood Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oakwood Avenue Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oakwood Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs B5378 Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs B5378 Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Whitehouse Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Whitehouse Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Whitehouse Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Centenary Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Centenary Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Centenary Place

Data Sources

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