Total Crime Rate

61.2 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 61.2 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.8 8/10
  • Other theft 7.7 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.1 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.6 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.6 1/10
  • Public order 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Talbot Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 59 local areas in Hatfield Central , and the 163rd 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 Talbot Road (AL10 0QY) in the last 12 months was 61.2 per 1,000 residents and was 70.5% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 43.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 54.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 25.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Talbot Road (AL10 0QY), 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 Talbot Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Birchwood Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Birchwood Avenue
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Heathcote Avenue 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 2025Violence and sexual offences Heathcote Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Green Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Homestead Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Birchwood Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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