Yes, Hoddesdon is a fairly safe place to live, and safer than the borough around it. Recorded crime runs below the Broxbourne average. Anti-social behaviour and theft make up more of the total than they do nationally. Violence and sexual offences are at about the national share. Overall it is an ordinary commuter town where the more serious crime happens about as often as anywhere else.
Police figures for the year to May 2026 put Hoddesdon's crime rate at about 85 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents, from 4,259 crimes in total. That is roughly 13% below the average for the borough of Broxbourne. Both figures come from police.uk, and the published rate uses its own population base.
The borough rate is about 98 crimes per 1,000 residents across Broxbourne, against Hoddesdon's 85. The gap is noticeable without being dramatic. Wormley and Turnford are covered by the same figures as the rest of the town.
The town is fairly built up, with about 5,100 people per square kilometre on average across its neighbourhoods. At the 2021 Census about 3% of residents were unemployed and about 5% of households were overcrowded. That describes a reasonably comfortable town with streets lived close together, and the low unemployment and overcrowding show there is no single problem driving the numbers. This is not a sleepy hamlet, and the crime rate is about what you would expect for a place this busy.
Violence and sexual offences make up about 35% of recorded crime in Hoddesdon, the same as the national share. Bear in mind that this legal category includes common assault where nobody was injured. Anti-social behaviour is about 20% of crime here, against about 16% nationally, and other theft is about 11% against about 7%. Vehicle crime is about 7% against 5%. Criminal damage and arson is about 7%, close to the national figure. Shoplifting is lower than nationally, at about 5% against 8%, even though the town has two shopping centres, the Tower Centre and Fawkon Walk. For a specific street, look at the police's own crime map on a few different months. A single bad month can make one road look worse than it is.
After a crime is reported, Hertfordshire Constabulary charges a suspect in about 11% of cases, compared with about 12% nationally. That puts it 23rd of 42 forces. In about 40% of cases the force closes the file without identifying a suspect. This is a figure for the whole of Hertfordshire, set by how the force works, and it tells you how a reported crime is likely to be handled. It does not tell you how likely you are to be a victim in Hoddesdon.
Hoddesdon is one of the safer parts of Broxbourne. The worst most residents should expect is a noisy neighbour or something taken from the car.