Total Crime Rate
50.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Corncroft 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 Corncroft (AL10 0JQ) 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 Corncroft (AL10 0JQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Little Mead (14 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Mead | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Mead | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Clarke'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harvest Mead | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Hedges Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hedges Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hedges Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Stonecross Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ground Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Little Mead | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Mead | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Mead | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Mead | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Drovers Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Strawmead | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lockley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Crawford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Birchway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cotton Field | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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