Waltham Cross
WardSouth Broxbourne. About 12,422 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.0 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Waltham Cross live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Waltham Cross compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Waltham Cross safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Waltham Cross at a rate of 119.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 93.5 per 1,000 people across Broxbourne.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 125 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Waltham Cross.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (450), anti-social behaviour (303) and other crime (235).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Broxbourne
These figures are published for the whole of Broxbourne, not for each ward, so they describe all of Broxbourne and not Waltham Cross alone. See Broxbourne
Waltham Cross in brief
Waltham Cross had 11,936 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Waltham Cross live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Waltham Cross, 83.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Waltham Cross, 4.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.