Goffs Oak
WardSouth west Broxbourne. About 9,884 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 16 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Goffs Oak live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Goffs Oak compares
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Is Goffs Oak safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Goffs Oak at a rate of 66.9 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, 39 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Goffs Oak.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (246), anti-social behaviour (140) and other crime (70).
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 Goffs Oak alone. See Broxbourne
Goffs Oak in brief
Goffs Oak had 9,278 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Goffs Oak live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Goffs Oak, 92.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Goffs Oak, 2.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.