Total Crime Rate
215.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Spectre Court area has the 11th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Hatfield Central , and the 27th 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 Spectre Court (AL10 9NU) in the last 12 months was 215.3 per 1,000 residents and was 3.7% higher than the Hatfield Central average (207.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 85.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 241.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Spectre Court (AL10 9NU), the main crime hotspot is near Aviation Avenue. Police recorded 73 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hatfield Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Halford Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Oxford Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Horsa Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Albans Road West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Albans Road West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Aviation Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Aviation Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tiger Moth Way | 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Tiger Moth Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Tiger Moth Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tiger Moth Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Halford Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dragon Moth Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Errington Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Cunningham Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albatross Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Albatross Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dragon Moth Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Halford Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dragon Moth Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Halford Court | Under investigation |
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