Total Crime Rate

24.6 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

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 24.6 2/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 10.5 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.0 4/10
  • Other theft 3.5 3/10
  • Robbery 3.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Wheatley Road area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 49 local areas in Howlands , and the 53rd lowest crime rate of 363 local areas in Welwyn Hatfield .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wheatley Road (AL7 3LD) in the last 12 months was 24.6 per 1,000 residents and was 73.7% lower 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 14.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wheatley Road (AL7 3LD), the main crime hotspot is near Woodman Close. Police recorded 32 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Wheatley Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Green Vale Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wheatley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Homestead Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Graysfield —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wheatley Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodman Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Woodman Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Homestead Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft The Limes Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Wellcroft Close Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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