Total Crime Rate
80.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bishops Rise area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Hatfield East , and the 150th 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 9HH) in the last 12 months was 80.8 per 1,000 residents and was 4.8% lower 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -55.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 38.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bishops Rise (AL10 9HH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Reservoir Court (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hatfield East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Grove Mead | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hillcrest | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Grove Mead | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Ley | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Grove Mead | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Grove Mead | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Aldykes | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rickfield Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Roberts Way North | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Oak Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Oak Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hillcrest | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chennells | Under investigation |
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