Total Crime Rate

54.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 54.0 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.1 4/10
  • Drugs 5.1 6/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.6 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Crop Common area has the 20th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Brookmans Park and Little Heath , and the 145th lowest crime rate of 363 local areas in Welwyn Hatfield .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Crop Common (AL10 0DF) in the last 12 months was 54.0 per 1,000 residents and was 5.3% higher than the Brookmans Park and Little Heath average (51.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 36.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Crop Common (AL10 0DF), the main crime hotspot is near Goldings Crescent. Police recorded 22 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Brookmans Park and Little Heath

Crime Over Time in Crop Common area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Goldings Crescent Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Clarke'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hedges Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Stonecross Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cotton Field Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cranborne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Goldings Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hedges Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Hedges Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harvest Mead Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Strawmead Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Endymion Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Endymion Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lockley Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Endymion Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ground Lane Under investigation

Data Sources

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