Total Crime Rate
147.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cunningham Avenue area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Hatfield Central , and the 62nd highest crime rate of 363 local areas in Welwyn Hatfield .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cunningham Avenue (AL10 9LR) in the last 12 months was 147.0 per 1,000 residents and was 29.2% lower than the Hatfield Central average (207.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 325.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 63.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cunningham Avenue (AL10 9LR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Errington Close, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Walker Grove (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hatfield Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Horsa Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Richards Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Richards Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Flamingo Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Flamingo Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Halford Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Halford Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Halford Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Richards Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Cunningham Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Errington Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albatross Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Albatross Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Bee Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | The Runway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Halford Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tiger Moth Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Barlow Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tiger Moth Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tiger Moth Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nimrod Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tiger Moth Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Tiger Moth Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Barlow Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Tiger Moth Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Barlow Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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