Potters Bar Oakmere
WardEast Hertsmere. About 5,941 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.6 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Potters Bar Oakmere live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Potters Bar Oakmere compares
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Is Potters Bar Oakmere safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Potters Bar Oakmere at a rate of 109.1 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, 57 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Potters Bar Oakmere.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (307), anti-social behaviour (151) and other crime (94).
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 Potters Bar Oakmere alone. See Hertsmere
Potters Bar Oakmere in brief
Potters Bar Oakmere had 5,792 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Potters Bar Oakmere live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Potters Bar Oakmere, 98.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Potters Bar Oakmere, 5.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.