Total Crime Rate

50.1 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 50.1 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.2 7/10
  • Burglary 2.8 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.8 1/10
  • Public order 2.8 1/10
  • Robbery 2.8 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.8 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Furrowfield area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 41 local areas in Brookmans Park and Little Heath , and the 129th 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 Furrowfield (AL10 0JE) in the last 12 months was 50.1 per 1,000 residents and was 2.2% lower 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 41.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Furrowfield (AL10 0JE), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 71 crimes here, including 30 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 Furrowfield area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Crawford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Goldings Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Birchway Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ground Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Drugs B197 Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cotton Field Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Clarke'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wenham Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harvest Mead Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Goldings Crescent Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lockley Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Strawmead Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Stonecross Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hedges Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hedges Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Hedges Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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