Total Crime Rate

128.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

56.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 128.1 8/10
  • Violent crimes 56.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.9 6/10
  • Burglary 5.3 6/10
  • Drugs 5.3 6/10
  • Public order 5.3 5/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Other theft 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.8 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.8 1/10
  • Robbery 1.8 1/10
  • Theft from the person 1.8 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wenham 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.

Crime Over Time in Wenham Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stockbreach Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Common Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Queensway Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Queensway Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Queensway
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Shoplifting Dog Kennel Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Wellfield Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Birchwood Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Birchwood Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Birchwood Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Common Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Common Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Vixen Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Common Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs The Common Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour The Common
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Queensway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Robin Hood Lane
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Lukes Court Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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