Shenley
WardNorth Hertsmere. About 5,323 people in 35 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 43% of people in Shenley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Shenley compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Shenley safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Shenley at a rate of 125.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 89.1 per 1,000 people across Hertsmere.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 75 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Shenley.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were other crime (301), violence and sexual offences (127) and anti-social behaviour (101).
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 Hertsmere
These figures are published for the whole of Hertsmere, not for each ward, so they describe all of Hertsmere and not Shenley alone. See Hertsmere
Shenley in brief
Shenley had 5,391 usual residents at the census.
About 43% of people in Shenley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Shenley, 84.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Shenley, 2.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.