Total Crime Rate

83.3 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 83.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.1 7/10
  • Burglary 9.3 8/10
  • Other theft 5.6 5/10
  • Theft from the person 3.7 5/10
  • Drugs 1.9 1/10
  • Robbery 1.9 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.9 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Briars Lane area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 59 local areas in Hatfield Central , and the 148th highest crime rate of 363 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 Briars Lane (AL10 8EY) in the last 12 months was 83.3 per 1,000 residents and was 59.9% lower 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 38.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 61.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 31.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Briars Lane (AL10 8EY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lamb Close, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cedar Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Briars Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sorrel Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holliers Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Hillside Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Lamb Close Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lamb Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lamb Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lamb Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Hillcrest Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hillcrest —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rickfield Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lamb Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holliers Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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