Total Crime Rate
134.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
62.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fiddle Bridge Lane area has the 25th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Hatfield Central , and the 66th 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 Fiddle Bridge Lane (AL10 0SP) in the last 12 months was 134.6 per 1,000 residents and was 34.5% 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -19.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 62.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fiddle Bridge Lane (AL10 0SP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 72 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Jasmine Gardens (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Comet Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Mead | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Mead | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grove Mead | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Grove Mead | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Worcester Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coombe Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Comet Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lemsford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Days Mead | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Coombe Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Coombe Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coombe Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lemsford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Briars Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Minims | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Feather Dell | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Croft Field | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stockbreach Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Minims | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Middlefield | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Briars Wood | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Middlefield | — |
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