Total Crime Rate

59.6 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 59.6 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.5 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

London Road area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Hatfield Villages , and the 159th lowest 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 London Road (AL6 9JA) in the last 12 months was 59.6 per 1,000 residents and was 47.3% lower than the Hatfield Villages average (113.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 350.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 26.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around London Road (AL6 9JA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Prospect Place (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in London Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maran Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Stuart Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Stuart Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime London Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lancaster Way —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Node Way Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Node Way Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Node Way Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Node Way Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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