Total Crime Rate

50.7 per 1,000 5/10 · 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 50.7 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.5 4/10
  • Robbery 7.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.6 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.6 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.6 3/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
  • 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

Cranborne Road area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 41 local areas in Brookmans Park and Little Heath , and the 131st 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 Cranborne Road (AL10 8AP) in the last 12 months was 50.7 per 1,000 residents and was 1.1% lower than the Brookmans Park and Little Heath average (51.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 21.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cranborne Road (AL10 8AP), the main crime hotspot is near Howe Dell. Police recorded 37 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Brookmans Park and Little Heath

Crime Over Time in Cranborne Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Hatfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hatfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cranborne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harvest Mead Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cotton Field Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ground Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Endymion Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Endymion Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Breaks Road —
Sep 2025Robbery Hatfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Goldings Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Howe Dell Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Goldings Crescent Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Endymion Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Old Rectory Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Hedges Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brain Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hedges Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hedges Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Howe Dell Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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