Total Crime Rate
105.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
39.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cranborne Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Brookmans Park and Little Heath , and the 112th highest crime rate of 361 local areas in Welwyn Hatfield .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cranborne Road (AL10 8AP) in the last 12 months was 105.1 per 1,000 residents and was 104.4% higher than the Brookmans Park and Little Heath average (51.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 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 ( 150.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 39.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cranborne Road (AL10 8AP), the main crime hotspot is near Breaks Road. Police recorded 49 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Etheldreda'S Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wheatfield | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old French Horn Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Old French Horn Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Old French Horn Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Old French Horn Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Howe Dell | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotton Field | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Etheldreda'S Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Howe Dell | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Howe Dell | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Howe Dell | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cranborne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ground Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goldings Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wheatfield | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Endymion Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Breaks Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Breaks Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Endymion Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Endymion Road | — |
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