Total Crime Rate

90.0 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 90.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.4 5/10
  • Burglary 10.4 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.9 5/10
  • Other theft 6.9 6/10
  • Public order 6.9 6/10
  • Other crime 3.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Lodge Field area has the 15th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Haldens , and the 136th 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 Lodge Field (AL7 1SE) in the last 12 months was 90.0 per 1,000 residents and was 11.0% lower than the Haldens average (101.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 41.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -29.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lodge Field (AL7 1SE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kestrel Way, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bessemer Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lodge Field area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cloverfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Falcon Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Falcon Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cloverfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kestrel Way —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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