Crime Rates at Hedgebrooms, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 2DP

Hedgebrooms area has the 21st highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Haldens , and the 176th 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 Hedgebrooms (AL7 2DP) in the last 12 months was 68.6 per 1,000 residents and was 32.2% 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 Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 40.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hedgebrooms (AL7 2DP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Buddcroft (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.