Total Crime Rate

693.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 693.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 350.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 129.2 10/10
  • Other theft 44.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 36.9 9/10
  • Public order 33.2 10/10
  • Robbery 25.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.5 9/10
  • Theft from the person 14.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.8 9/10
  • Burglary 7.4 7/10
  • Other crime 7.4 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.4 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.7 5/10
  • Drugs 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

Leeming Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 81 local areas in Borehamwood Brookmeadow , and the 4th highest crime rate of 315 local areas in Hertsmere .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Leeming Road (WD6 4DU) in the last 12 months was 693.7 per 1,000 residents and was 304.2% higher than the Borehamwood Brookmeadow average (171.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 95 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -44.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 53 (≈ 195.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Leeming Road (WD6 4DU), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 157 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Leeming Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/40)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Bennington Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barnsdale Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alconbury Close —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bennington Drive —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Winthorpe Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Catterick Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Allerton Close —
Sep 2025Drugs Beech Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beech Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beech Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beech Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beech Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clifton Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Clifton Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Welham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Barnsdale Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Allerton Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northgate Path Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Belford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Aycliffe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Leeming Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Leeming Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Northgate Path Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Campions Under investigation
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Data Sources

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