Borehamwood Cowley Hill
WardSouth Hertsmere. About 10,070 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.0 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Borehamwood Cowley Hill live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Borehamwood Cowley Hill compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Borehamwood Cowley Hill safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Borehamwood Cowley Hill at a rate of 107.1 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, 123 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Borehamwood Cowley Hill.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (486), anti-social behaviour (247) and other crime (163).
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 Borehamwood Cowley Hill alone. See Hertsmere
Borehamwood Cowley Hill in brief
Borehamwood Cowley Hill had 9,506 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Borehamwood Cowley Hill live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Borehamwood Cowley Hill, 91.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Borehamwood Cowley Hill, 5.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.