Total Crime Rate

130.6 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 130.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 41.4 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.9 9/10
  • Burglary 12.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.2 2/10
  • Other theft 3.2 2/10
  • Public order 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Beech Drive area has the 24th highest crime rate of 81 local areas in Borehamwood Brookmeadow , and the 58th 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 Beech Drive (WD6 4QX) in the last 12 months was 130.6 per 1,000 residents and was 23.9% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 54.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -39.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Beech Drive (WD6 4QX), 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.

View Crime In Borehamwood Brookmeadow

Crime Over Time in Beech Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Fairburn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Leeming Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Aycliffe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Aycliffe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bennington Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairburn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairburn Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bennington Drive —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Leeming Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Leeming Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Catterick Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Leeming Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fairburn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alconbury Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Pines —
Sep 2025Other crime Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Winthorpe Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Fairburn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northgate Path Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Barnsdale Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Linton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Linton Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barnsdale Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Northgate Path Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Pines —

Data Sources

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