Total Crime Rate

69.3 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 69.3 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.1 6/10
  • Drugs 3.0 2/10
  • Other theft 3.0 2/10
  • Public order 3.0 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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

Crown Road area has the 31st lowest crime rate of 81 local areas in Borehamwood Brookmeadow , and the 143rd highest crime rate of 315 local areas in Hertsmere .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Crown Road (WD6 5JJ) in the last 12 months was 69.3 per 1,000 residents and was 59.6% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 48.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Crown Road (WD6 5JJ), the main crime hotspot is near Edwintree Court. Police recorded 35 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Crown Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Hornbeam Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Stanborough Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Crown Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bradbury Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Grove Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grove Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Winstre Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Digswell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grove Road Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Public order Hartforde Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bracken Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Woolmer Close —
Sep 2025Public order Digswell Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Edwintree Court —
Sep 2025Other theft Edwintree Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Edwintree Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edwintree Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edwintree Court Under investigation

Data Sources

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