Total Crime Rate

140.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 140.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 37.0 9/10
  • Other theft 36.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.5 5/10
  • Shoplifting 9.9 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.2 6/10
  • Drugs 6.3 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.5 7/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Robbery 3.6 5/10
  • Public order 2.7 1/10
  • Other crime 1.8 1/10
  • Theft from the person 1.8 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.9 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.9 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

Bishops Rise area has the 4th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Hatfield East , and the 67th highest crime rate of 363 local areas in Welwyn Hatfield .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bishops Rise (AL10 9BU) in the last 12 months was 140.0 per 1,000 residents and was 65.1% higher than the Hatfield East average (84.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 30.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bishops Rise (AL10 9BU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bishops Rise area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willow Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lark Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chilterns Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willow Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Roberts Way North Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Mcdonald Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Roberts Way South Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willow Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grove Lea Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willow Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rickfield Close —
Sep 2025Drugs Roberts Way South Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Falcon Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willow Way Under investigation
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Data Sources

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