Total Crime Rate

99.3 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 99.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.6 7/10
  • Public order 9.9 7/10
  • Burglary 6.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.6 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.6 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Nursery Hill area has the 13th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Haldens , and the 115th 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 Nursery Hill (AL7 1UG) in the last 12 months was 99.3 per 1,000 residents and was 1.7% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 59.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nursery Hill (AL7 1UG), 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 Nursery Hill area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kestrel Way —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cloverfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cloverfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Harwood Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Viaduct Way Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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