Total Crime Rate
225.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025The Pines area has the 12th highest crime rate of 81 local areas in Borehamwood Brookmeadow , and the 25th 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 The Pines (WD6 4RR) in the last 12 months was 225.9 per 1,000 residents and was 31.6% higher 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 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 77.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 63.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around The Pines (WD6 4RR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Maydwell Lodge, where police recorded 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beech Drive (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Borehamwood Brookmeadow| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stevenage Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Beech Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stevenage Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Beechfield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Alconbury Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Pines | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Pines | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Pines | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Maydwell Lodge | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Drive | Under investigation |
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