Bushey St James
WardSouth west Hertsmere. About 7,981 people in 4.4 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 33% of people in Bushey St James live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Bushey St James compares
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Is Bushey St James safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bushey St James at a rate of 70.6 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, 28 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Bushey St James.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (227), anti-social behaviour (121) and other crime (69).
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 Bushey St James alone. See Hertsmere
Bushey St James in brief
Bushey St James had 7,696 usual residents at the census.
About 33% of people in Bushey St James live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Bushey St James, 97.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Bushey St James, 2.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.