Total Crime Rate
128.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
56.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wenham Place area has the 7th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Brookmans Park and Little Heath , and the 75th highest crime rate of 361 local areas in Welwyn Hatfield .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wenham Place (AL10 0DD) in the last 12 months was 128.1 per 1,000 residents and was 149.2% higher than the Brookmans Park and Little Heath average (51.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 56.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wenham Place (AL10 0DD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 160 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (60 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stockbreach Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Common | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queensway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Queensway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queensway | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dog Kennel Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wellfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birchwood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Birchwood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Birchwood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Common | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Common | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Vixen Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Common | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | The Common | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Common | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queensway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Robin Hood Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Lukes Court | Under investigation |
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