Postcode · Potters Bar
Crime in EN6 4EE
How much crime is recorded in EN6 4EE, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Cuffley & Northaw
- Council
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Region
- East of England
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,058 (2024)
How safe is EN6 4EE
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 16.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in the EN6 4EE area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
16.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
26
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
EN6 4EENational
Burglary19.09.1
Violence and sexual offences8.923.6
Anti-social behaviour3.710.7
Other theft2.34.5
Vehicle crime2.23.5
Public order1.64.6
Criminal damage and arson1.34.7
Drugs0.52.4
Theft from the person0.32.1
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
5
10
15
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.