Total Crime Rate
49.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Crawford Road area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 59 local areas in Hatfield Central , and the 128th 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 Crawford Road (AL10 0PB) in the last 12 months was 49.9 per 1,000 residents and was 76.0% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 32.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 175.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Crawford Road (AL10 0PB), 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 Hatfield Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harvest Mead | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Mead | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hedges Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lockley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wenham Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | B197 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Homestead Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Stonecross Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cotton Field | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Drovers Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Clarke'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Strawmead | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Heathcote Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hedges Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Heathcote Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Hedges Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Birchway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Mead | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Mead | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Little Mead | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Crawford Road | Under investigation |
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