Yes, Bushey is a safe place, and comfortably so. Crime here runs about a quarter below the rest of the borough. The types of offence look much like the national pattern. Whoever does the charging, the paperwork moves at the national pace. When trouble does turn up in Bushey, it is the ordinary, everyday kind.
Hertfordshire Constabulary recorded 1,924 crimes in Bushey in the year to May 2026, which the published figures put at about 67 offences per 1,000 residents. That is roughly 27% below the Hertsmere average. The rate is calculated on its own statistical population base, so it is the published number and shouldn't be worked out again from the town's head count.
Hertsmere borough as a whole runs at about 91 crimes per 1,000 residents over the same twelve months, against Bushey's 67. The borough figure covers the whole of Hertsmere, and Bushey is one of the places keeping it down.
Bushey is a fairly built-up town, with an average density of about 4,900 people per square kilometre across its neighbourhoods. Unemployment stood at about 3% and overcrowded homes at about 4% at the 2021 census. Those figures describe the town and explain nothing about its crime. Bushey is a tightly packed place, full of people with jobs and enough room at home.
By type, violence and sexual offences made up about 37% of Bushey's recorded crime, against about 35% across England and Wales. That category is the largest almost everywhere and takes in common assault where nobody was hurt. Anti-social behaviour was about 19% against 16% nationally, other theft 9% against 7%, and criminal damage and arson about 7%, level with the national share. Vehicle crime came to about 7% against 5% nationally and drugs about 5% against 4%. Cars are where Bushey runs a little above the national pattern, and in a town where about 44% of households have more than one, the thieves are perhaps choosing from a well-stocked driveway.
After a report, Hertfordshire Constabulary charges a suspect in about 11% of cases, against about 12% nationally, which puts it 23rd of 42 forces in England and Wales. About 40% of its cases close with no suspect identified. Those are the force's figures for the whole county, and they describe what happens after a crime is reported. They say nothing about how often crime happens in Bushey itself.
Bushey is a safe place to live. Crime here is ordinary in kind and noticeably lower than across the rest of the borough.