Crime Statistics for Colne, Three Rivers, Hertfordshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Colne in October 2024. There were a total of 55 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Colne, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	17
Anti Social Behaviour	8
Shoplifting	8
Other Theft	6
Criminal Damage Arson	4
Other Crime	4
Burglary	3
Vehicle Crime	2
Robbery	1
Drugs	1
Public Order	1
All Crime	55

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Colne. 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 Colne

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Batchworth (1.5 miles)	148
Moneyhill (0.93 miles)	77
Colne	55
Harefield Grove (1.09 miles)	40
Harefield (1.65 miles)	39
South Harefield (2.24 miles)	33
Maple Cross (0.75 miles)	32
Batchworth Heath (1.82 miles)	29
Chorleywood Bottom (2.03 miles)	22
Heronsgate (1.6 miles)	13

Where are the most violent places near Colne?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Batchworth	56
Moneyhill	36
Colne	17
South Harefield	15
Harefield	14
Maple Cross	14
Harefield Grove	13
Batchworth Heath	8
Chorleywood Bottom	8
Heronsgate	7

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

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 Colne 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 Colne compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Colne and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Colne is ranked #3.

#	Ward	Score
1	Denham	49
2	Harefield	46
3	Penn & Mill End	36
4	Chorleywood South & Maple Cross	34
5	Northwood	33
6	Rickmansworth Town	33
7	Central	31
8	Chalfont Common	18
9	Moor Park & Eastbury	16
10	Chalfont St Giles	14
11	Austenwood	2

Which road in Colne has the highest level of crime?

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