Total Crime Rate

123.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

66.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 123.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 66.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.2 9/10
  • Other theft 18.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.1 8/10
  • Drugs 9.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.0 3/10
  • Public order 6.0 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Link Walk area has the 8th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Brookmans Park and Little Heath , and the 82nd 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 Link Walk (AL10 8TS) in the last 12 months was 123.5 per 1,000 residents and was 140.3% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 66.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Link Walk (AL10 8TS), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 124 crimes here, including 46 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Link Walk area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Queensway
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wood Vale
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Old French Horn Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Old French Horn Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Goldings Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Wheatfield Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wheatfield
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Breaks Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Rectory Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Lukes Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Link Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Link Drive Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Old French Horn Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Formal action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Other theft Old French Horn Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Breaks Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Queensway Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Cranborne Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Howe Dell Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Howe Dell Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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