Total Crime Rate

107.1 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 107.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.6 8/10
  • Other theft 11.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.9 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.0 5/10
  • Drugs 6.0 6/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Shoplifting 3.0 2/10
  • Theft from the person 3.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Ground Lane area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 59 local areas in Hatfield Central , and the 97th highest crime rate of 363 local areas in Welwyn Hatfield .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ground Lane (AL10 0HQ) in the last 12 months was 107.1 per 1,000 residents and was 48.4% lower than the Hatfield Central average (207.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -55.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 50.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ground Lane (AL10 0HQ), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Ground Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Endymion Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lockley Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime North Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Endymion Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Stonecross Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hedges Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Strawmead Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Branch Close
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ground Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Endymion Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hedges Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Clarke'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cotton Field Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Drovers Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harvest Mead Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Hedges Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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