Total Crime Rate
86.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
58.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Furrowfield area has the 15th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Brookmans Park and Little Heath , and the 142nd highest crime rate of 361 local areas in Welwyn Hatfield .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Furrowfield (AL10 0JE) in the last 12 months was 86.4 per 1,000 residents and was 68.0% higher than the Brookmans Park and Little Heath average (51.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -5.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 58.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Furrowfield (AL10 0JE), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 85 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clarke'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarke'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotton Field | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Lukes Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Old French Horn Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Old French Horn Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Old French Horn Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Vixen Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Vixen Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old French Horn Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cecil Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ground Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clarke'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lockley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Cobmead | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Foxhollows | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Strawmead | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stonecross Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stonecross Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wenham Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goldings Crescent | Under investigation |
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