Total Crime Rate

508.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 508.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 123.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 123.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 87.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 36.2 10/10
  • Public order 26.3 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 24.7 10/10
  • Other theft 16.5 9/10
  • Theft from the person 14.8 9/10
  • Drugs 13.2 9/10
  • Robbery 13.2 9/10
  • Burglary 11.5 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 11.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.9 5/10
  • Other crime 1.6 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

Roe Green Lane area has the 4th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Hatfield Central , and the 9th highest crime rate of 363 local areas in Welwyn Hatfield .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Roe Green Lane (AL10 0FP) in the last 12 months was 508.2 per 1,000 residents and was 144.7% higher than the Hatfield Central average (207.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 75 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -47.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 106 (≈ 174.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 19.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 26.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Roe Green Lane (AL10 0FP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 165 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (54 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Roe Green Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Bicycle theft A1001 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A1001 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order A1001 Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft A1001 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Oak Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harpsfield Broadway Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parkhouse Bus Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parkhouse Bus Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Parkhouse Bus Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Aldykes Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Parkhouse Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parkhouse Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parkhouse Court

Data Sources

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