Total Crime Rate
54.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Clarkes Road 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 Clarkes Road (AL10 0HN) 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 Clarkes Road (AL10 0HN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clarke'S Road, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stonecross Road (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Brookmans Park and Little Heath| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Clarke'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Hedges Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Strawmead | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Stonecross Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ground Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Endymion Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hedges Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hedges Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harvest Mead | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cranborne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lockley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Endymion Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Endymion Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cotton Field | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Branch Close | — |
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