Waltham Cross
TownTown in Broxbourne, East of England.
Waltham Cross is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Waltham Cross add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.
Radon Affected Area by town
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Waltham Cross live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Waltham Cross compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Waltham Cross safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Waltham Cross at a rate of 123.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 80.2 per 1,000 people across East of England.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 122 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Waltham Cross.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (428), anti-social behaviour (289) and other crime (227).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Waltham Cross was 119.6 per 1,000 people.
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.
Deprivation in Waltham Cross, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Waltham Cross has no single figure. Of its 7 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in Waltham Cross
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broxbourne 012A | 2,382 | 63.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 80.4% |
| Broxbourne 012D | 1,801 | 46.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Broxbourne 013A | 2,143 | 137.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 90.5% |
| Broxbourne 013B | 2,005 | 260.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 82.5% |
| Broxbourne 013D | 1,581 | 73.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.4% |
| Broxbourne 013E | 1,521 | 93.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 47.3% |
| Broxbourne 013F | 1,329 | 153.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 86.3% |
Your MP
- Lewis CockingConservativeMP for Broxbourne
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Council1
Postcode districts covering Waltham Cross1
Middle areas in Waltham Cross1
Towns near Waltham Cross6
Waltham Cross in brief
Waltham Cross is a town in Broxbourne, East of England.
About 12,422 people lived in Waltham Cross in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £371,000 in 2025 across 149 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 123.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Waltham Cross was £371,000 in 2025.
Waltham Cross had 11,936 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Waltham Cross live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Waltham Cross, 83.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.