Total Crime Rate

169.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 169.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 56.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.1 9/10
  • Shoplifting 21.1 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.6 7/10
  • Drugs 10.6 8/10
  • Public order 10.6 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.0 8/10
  • Burglary 7.0 7/10
  • Other theft 7.0 6/10
  • Robbery 7.0 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.5 5/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Ross Close area has the 14th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Hatfield Central , and the 45th highest crime rate of 363 local areas in Welwyn Hatfield .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ross Close (AL10 0QT) in the last 12 months was 169.0 per 1,000 residents and was 18.6% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 77.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 69.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ross Close (AL10 0QT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Green Croft (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ross Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Little Mead Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Green Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warren Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little Mead Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little Mead Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little Mead Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little Mead Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little Mead Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Homestead Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chelwood Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chelwood Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chelwood Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Heathcote Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heathcote Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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