Total Crime Rate

148.4 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 148.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.5 8/10
  • Other theft 33.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.0 8/10
  • Drugs 16.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.5 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.5 8/10
  • Theft from the person 5.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 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

Dragon Road area has the 21st highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Hatfield Central , and the 60th 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 Dragon Road (AL10 9NZ) in the last 12 months was 148.4 per 1,000 residents and was 28.6% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 350.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 54.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 233.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dragon Road (AL10 9NZ), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Dragon Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Albatross Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Halford Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Richards Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Aviation Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oxford Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Fillingham Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fillingham Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Richards Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Richards Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Derry Leys Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Halford Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Halford Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Horsa Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Halford Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albatross Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Barlow Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Barlow Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Barlow Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dragon Moth Road
Sep 2025Other theft Dragon Moth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Dragon Moth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Cunningham Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Errington Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Aviation Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queen Bee Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tiger Moth Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tiger Moth Way
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tiger Moth Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tiger Moth Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tiger Moth Way Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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