Crime Statistics for Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Broxbourne in September 2024. There were a total of 143 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Vehicle Crime, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime CategoryIncidents
Vehicle Crime33
Violent Crime32
Anti Social Behaviour30
Criminal Damage Arson12
Drugs8
Other Theft6
Burglary6
Other Crime4
Robbery4
Possession Of Weapons4
Public Order4
All Crime143

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Broxbourne. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Broxbourne

We've taken the ten nearest places to Broxbourne and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Broxbourne has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Hailey (1.96 miles)261
Turnford (1.86 miles)203
Rye Park (1.39 miles)154
Spitalbrook (0.88 miles)146
Broxbourne123
Keysers Estate (0.88 miles)108
Lea Navigation (1.19 miles)103
Hoddesdon (0.62 miles)72
Lower Nazeing (1.96 miles)15
Goose Green (1.39 miles)11

11.51%
of Broxbourne and Hoddesdon South residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Broxbourne?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Broxbourne and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Hailey85
Turnford55
Spitalbrook52
Rye Park48
Broxbourne32
Keysers Estate29
Lea Navigation27
Hoddesdon25
Goose Green6
Lower Nazeing3

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Broxbourne?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Broxbourne to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Broxbourne compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Broxbourne and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Broxbourne is ranked #6.

#WardScore
1Cheshunt South and Theobalds73
2Wormley and Turnford58
3Waltham Abbey North East58
4Cheshunt North57
5Hoddesdon Town and Rye Park49
6Broxbourne and Hoddesdon South49
7Flamstead End46
8Hoddesdon North42
9Lower Nazeing41
10Goffs Oak28
11Hertford Heath15

Which road in Broxbourne has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Broxbourne with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.

Last updated: September 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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