Total Crime Rate

60.8 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 60.8 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.2 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.5 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.5 1/10
  • Other theft 2.5 1/10
  • Public order 2.5 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.5 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Knella Road area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 49 local areas in Howlands , and the 161st lowest crime rate of 363 local areas in Welwyn Hatfield .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Knella Road (AL7 3NE) in the last 12 months was 60.8 per 1,000 residents and was 35.0% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -45.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 35.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Knella Road (AL7 3NE), the main crime hotspot is near Ravenfield Road. Police recorded 32 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Knella Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (24/24)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bridge Road East Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Rosemoor Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Cranborne Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Woodfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridge Road East Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shortlands Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bridge Road East —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bridge Road East —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Barnard Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lynmouth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ravenfield Road —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Woodfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rosemoor Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rosemoor Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rosemoor Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rosemoor Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shortlands Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shortlands Green —
Sep 2025Burglary Bassingburn Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cranborne Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Groom Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Audreys Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Audreys Green —
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Data Sources

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