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Hertsmere crime statistics

Published street-level crime across the whole Hertsmere local authority, using ONS geography and resident population estimates.

July 202624 months of published records

Area covered: Hertsmere local authority (2023 boundary).

Counts cover published, geographically assignable Police.uk street-level records. Anti-social behaviour is shown separately and excluded from crime rates. British Transport Police records are included when published; missing force submissions are identified. Boundary source.

July 2026722published crimes, excluding ASB
Anti-social behaviour238separate records in the same month
Annual territorial crimes per 1,000 residents71.6Excludes ASB and transport police · latest 12 months

Hertsmere: what the figures show

Police.uk publishes 722 crime records and 238 anti-social behaviour records for Hertsmere local authority (2023 boundary) in July 2026. Across the latest 12 reporting months, the published territorial-force crime count, excluding British Transport Police, is 7,888.

The resident population used is 110,242, from ONS mid-2025 estimates on the same local-authority geography. Dividing the annual territorial-force crime count (excluding British Transport Police and ASB) by this population gives 71.6 crimes per 1,000 residents. This is a reporting rate, not the probability that a resident will experience crime. Visitors, commuters and nightlife can affect busy areas. Population source.

British Transport Police has missing submissions in this period. Its records are included in the monthly category totals when supplied, but excluded consistently from annual rates and comparisons in both years. The rate covers published territorial-force street-level crimes; it is not an all-crime rate.

Monthly crime trend

24 reporting months, with anti-social behaviour listed separately. A missing month is not shown as a true zero.

View all 24 months and coverage
MonthCrimesASBCoverage
July 2026722238Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
June 2026679180Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
May 2026600187Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
April 2026684183Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
March 2026661178Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
February 2026571119Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
January 2026664132Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
December 2025657141Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
November 2025634120Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
October 2025675134Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
September 2025624132Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
August 2025717157Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
July 2025734233Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
June 2025732190Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
May 2025772206Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
April 2025668177Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
March 2025784180Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
February 2025707125Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
January 2025789128Territorial submission present
December 2024668114Territorial submission present
November 2024786138Territorial submission present
October 2024742192Territorial submission present
September 2024640163Territorial submission present
August 2024720177Territorial submission present

Comparison with the previous year

The latest 12-month published territorial-force crime count changed by -9.2% compared with the preceding 12 months (8,690 → 7,888). Comparisons use crimes excluding ASB and British Transport Police, the same area boundary and 12 months in each period.

Interactive anonymised crime map

Explore the latest month within the outlined boundary. Markers group published approximate locations into small grid cells; they do not identify the exact building or address of an offence.

Map tiles: OpenStreetMap contributors. Crime data: Police.uk. Records without usable coordinates can appear in authority totals but cannot be plotted. Zoom and select a marker to see its category counts.

Crime categories in July 2026

Published category counts; anti-social behaviour is a separate non-crime category
CategoryRecordsShare
Violence and sexual offences31332.6%
Anti-social behaviour23824.8%
Other theft889.2%
Public order697.2%
Vehicle crime687.1%
Criminal damage and arson646.7%
Shoplifting353.6%
Drugs282.9%
Burglary192.0%
Other crime151.6%
Possession of weapons80.8%
Theft from the person70.7%
Robbery50.5%
Bicycle theft30.3%

Outcomes recorded for these crimes

The latest outcome attached to crimes reported in July 2026, as supplied in this archive. These are not all decisions made during that month. ASB has no crime outcome; an unrecorded outcome does not prove an investigation has ended.

Latest supplied outcomes for the selected crime cohort, excluding ASB
CategoryRecordsShare
Under investigation39855.1%
Investigation complete; no suspect identified18826.0%
Unable to prosecute suspect9613.3%
Local resolution223.0%
Awaiting court outcome91.2%
Suspect charged as part of another case50.7%
Action to be taken by another organisation20.3%
Offender given a caution10.1%
Further action is not in the public interest10.1%

Compare nearby local authorities

Nearest area centres, using the same 12-month reporting window and area type. Overlapping neighbourhoods and court areas must not be added together.

AreaAnnual territorial crimesPer 1,000 residents
Barnet28,63870.2
Watford9,50588.3
Harrow16,68561.2
Welwyn Hatfield9,43177.5
St Albans9,65264.0

Rates reflect published street-level records. British Transport Police and ASB are excluded consistently from annual figures. Differences in visitors, reporting and recording practices still limit comparisons.

Local police and neighbourhood team

Hertfordshire Constabulary is the territorial force identified for this area’s reference point.

Published neighbourhood: Potters Bar and Shenley. A whole local authority may be served by multiple teams.

Published neighbourhood team members (12)
  • Carl Rowson — PCSO
  • Charlie Palmer — Police Constable
  • Cheryll Lavell — Supervisor PCSO
  • Chris Ramdeen — PCSO
  • Graham Tippett — PCSO
  • Jack Laycock — Police Constable
  • James Valle — Community Safety Unit Sergeant
  • Jodie Piper — Police Constable
  • Natasha Redman — Hate Crime Officer
  • Noel Buckley — Sergeant
  • Rachael Robertson — Inspector
  • Ryan Davenport — Chief Inspector

Call 999 in an emergency. For non-emergency reporting, use the force’s official website or 101.

Nearby police stations and police locations

Distances are straight-line estimates from the report’s reference point. OpenStreetMap may include operational offices without public counters; confirm visitor access and opening times with the police before travelling.

Station location data © OpenStreetMap contributors, under the Open Database Licence.

How these statistics are collected

We aggregate the Police.uk monthly bulk archive across submitting forces. Local-authority records are assigned with the ONS 2021 LSOA-to-2023 local-authority lookup, with spatial assignment when an LSOA match is absent. Neighbourhood and court-area counts use the published anonymised coordinates inside the displayed boundary. Non-empty duplicate crime identifiers are removed within each reporting month; anonymous ASB records are retained.

Coordinates are anonymised before publication and grouped again for this map. Unreported incidents, records without a usable location, some offence types and missing force submissions are outside these figures. Whole-area geographic coverage does not mean every crime is included.

Missing submissions during the latest 12 months include: British Transport Police. Read current Police.uk coverage notes.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full methodology and population calculation.