Crime Rates at Wood Close, Hatfield, AL10 8TX

Wood Close area has the 6th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Brookmans Park and Little Heath , and the 67th 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 Wood Close (AL10 8TX) in the last 12 months was 133.7 per 1,000 residents and was 160.1% 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -38.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 82.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wood Close (AL10 8TX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 161 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (60 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.