Total Crime Rate

228.5 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 228.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 133.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 64.7 10/10
  • Burglary 12.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.6 6/10
  • Drugs 8.6 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Wood Common area has the 10th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Hatfield Central , and the 26th highest crime rate of 363 local areas in Welwyn Hatfield .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wood Common (AL10 0UD) in the last 12 months was 228.5 per 1,000 residents and was 10.0% higher 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 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 19.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 133.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 19.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 23.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wood Common (AL10 0UD), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 108 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Wood Common area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little Mead Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Little Mead Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hillfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hillfield —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little Mead Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little Mead Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little Mead Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Clarke'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warren Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Great Heath —
Sep 2025Public order Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Homestead Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little Mead Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Drovers Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lockley Crescent Under investigation

Data Sources

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