Total Crime Rate

118.3 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 118.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.1 7/10
  • Burglary 10.8 9/10
  • Other crime 8.1 9/10
  • Drugs 5.4 6/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Public order 2.7 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Wetherby Road area has the 27th highest crime rate of 81 local areas in Borehamwood Brookmeadow , and the 69th highest 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 Wetherby Road (WD6 4LQ) in the last 12 months was 118.3 per 1,000 residents and was 31.1% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 51.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -55.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wetherby Road (WD6 4LQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Organ Hall Road (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wetherby Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Theobold Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Micklefield Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wetherby Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Organ Hall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Organ Hall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cromwell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gibbons Close —
Sep 2025Burglary Farrant Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Stanley Gardens Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sinderby Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stretton Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rossington Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sinderby Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Micklefield Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Micklefield Way —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Felton Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tuxford Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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