Total Crime Rate

127.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 127.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 40.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.5 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.7 7/10
  • Other crime 5.8 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.9 3/10
  • Burglary 2.9 2/10
  • Drugs 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
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

Groom Place area has the 14th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Howlands , and the 80th 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 Groom Place (AL7 1GG) in the last 12 months was 127.5 per 1,000 residents and was 36.4% higher than the Howlands average (93.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -63.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 52.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 32.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Groom Place (AL7 1GG), the main crime hotspot is near Martinfield. Police recorded 54 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Groom Place area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bridge Road East Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lynmouth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Martinfield Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Martinfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Martinfield Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Martinfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bridge Road East —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bridge Road East —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ravenfield Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Barnard Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swallow End Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Groom Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Cranborne Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cranborne Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Martinfield —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Woodfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Woodfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Bassingburn Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridge Road East Under investigation
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Data Sources

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