Total Crime Rate
80.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
43.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Eagle Way area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Hatfield East , and the 151st 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 Eagle Way (AL10 8RD) in the last 12 months was 80.7 per 1,000 residents and was 3.2% lower than the Hatfield East average (83.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 43.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Eagle Way (AL10 8RD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 70 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Wades (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swallow Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lark Rise | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rickfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Falcon Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Wades | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swallow Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Acacia Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Acacia Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Northdown Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chilterns | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cotswolds | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Grove Lea | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cotswolds | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotswolds | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roberts Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roberts Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roberts Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kestrel Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kestrel Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Swallow Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Lea | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Wades | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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