Crime Rate in Peartree, ward

Peartree has the 3rd highest crime rate of 16 wards in Welwyn Hatfield district and the 1279th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 98th highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Peartree in the last 12 months was 114.6 per 1,000 residents and was 11.8% higher than the Welwyn Hatfield district average (102.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Peartree’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 366 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 5 cases , up 66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 123.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -23.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 428 (≈ 51.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Peartree ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 100 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Otto Road (38 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.