Total Crime Rate
118.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
73.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Drovers Way area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 59 local areas in Hatfield Central , and the 92nd highest crime rate of 361 local areas in Welwyn Hatfield .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Drovers Way (AL10 0PX) in the last 12 months was 118.7 per 1,000 residents and was 42.2% lower than the Hatfield Central average (205.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 73.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Drovers Way (AL10 0PX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clarke'S Road, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Little Mead (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Branch Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stonecross Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clarke'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cecil Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clarke'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Strawmead | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Branch Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stonecross Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stonecross Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornerfield | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobmead | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Drovers Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Drovers Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Cobmead | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ground Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Warren Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarke'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Mead | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lockley Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Branch Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Branch Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotton Field | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Great Heath | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Branch Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lockley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hillfield | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hillfield | — |
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