Total Crime Rate
60.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
28.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Peartree Lane area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 49 local areas in Howlands , and the 160th lowest crime rate of 361 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 Peartree Lane (AL7 3AJ) in the last 12 months was 60.1 per 1,000 residents and was 18.3% lower than the Howlands average (73.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 28.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Peartree Lane (AL7 3AJ), the main crime hotspot is near Otto Road. Police recorded 90 crimes here, including 43 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Peartree| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peartree Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Essendon Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Penn Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Otto Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peartree Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peartree Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Peartree Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Athelstan Walk North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Essendon Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Spinney | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Essendon Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Essendon Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Peartree Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broadwater Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadwater Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Penn Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Spinney | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oaktree Garth | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Otto Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peartree Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Home Ley | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Holwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Peartree Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Holwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Barnfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peartree Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hyde Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hyde Way | — |
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