Total Crime Rate

98.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

49.2 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 98.4 8/10
  • Violent crimes 49.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.3 8/10
  • Drugs 12.3 9/10
  • Burglary 8.2 8/10
  • Public order 8.2 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Middlefield area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 59 local areas in Hatfield Central , and the 125th 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 Middlefield (AL10 0EF) in the last 12 months was 98.4 per 1,000 residents and was 52.1% lower than the Hatfield Central average (205.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 49.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Middlefield (AL10 0EF), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 128 crimes here, including 60 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Middlefield area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Lemsford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs The Common Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour The Common
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stockbreach Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stockbreach Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stockbreach Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stockbreach Close
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Minims Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Worcester Road
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lemsford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oak Tree Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Minims Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Middlefield
Apr 2026Robbery Jasmine Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Jasmine Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Jasmine Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Wellfield Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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