Total Crime Rate
118.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
73.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cornerfield 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 Cornerfield (AL10 0UG) 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 Cornerfield (AL10 0UG), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 119 crimes here, including 39 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Drovers Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Warren Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Drovers Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornerfield | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Mead | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Stonecross Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clarke'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clarke'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heathcote Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heathcote Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarke'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lockley Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Great Heath | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lockley Crescent | Under investigation |
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