Total Crime Rate

96.2 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 96.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.8 5/10
  • Drugs 5.8 6/10
  • Other theft 2.9 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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
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

The Downs area has the 10th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Hatfield East , and the 122nd 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 The Downs (AL10 8JX) in the last 12 months was 96.2 per 1,000 residents and was 13.5% higher than the Hatfield East average (84.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 120.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 46.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Downs (AL10 8JX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Wades (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in The Downs area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (23/23)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Mcdonald Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Wades Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Ash Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Cherry Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grove Lea Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lark Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Wades Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Southdown Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Shallcross Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chilterns Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Garden Avenue —
Sep 2025Other theft Southdown Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Falcon Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southdown Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Other theft Cherry Way Under investigation
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Data Sources

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