Total Crime Rate

121.1 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 121.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 47.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.5 7/10
  • Burglary 7.9 8/10
  • Public order 7.9 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.3 7/10
  • Drugs 5.3 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.3 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.6 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other 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

Winstre Road area has the 25th highest crime rate of 81 local areas in Borehamwood Brookmeadow , and the 66th 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 Winstre Road (WD6 5DR) in the last 12 months was 121.1 per 1,000 residents and was 29.5% lower 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 47.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Winstre Road (WD6 5DR), the main crime hotspot is near Canterbury Road. Police recorded 56 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Winstre Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grove Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Canterbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Digswell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Fairburn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fairburn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Fairburn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairburn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairburn Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Canterbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grove Road Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Public order Crown Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Canterbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Canterbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Canterbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warenford Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Aberford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Aberford Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ranskill Road
Sep 2025Public order Hartforde Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bradbury Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Winstre Road
Sep 2025Drugs Grove Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Digswell Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Canterbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Hornbeam Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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