Total Crime Rate
42.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
26.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ludwick Way area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 49 local areas in Howlands , and the 107th lowest crime rate of 361 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 Ludwick Way (AL7 3PL) in the last 12 months was 42.9 per 1,000 residents and was 41.7% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 26.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ludwick Way (AL7 3PL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rosemoor Close (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Peartree| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ludwick Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Essendon Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ludwick Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranborne Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ethelred Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lynmouth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oaktree Garth | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Audreys Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ravenfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Burgundy Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnard Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnard Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Essendon Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Salisbury Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Essendon Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Home Ley | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Burgundy Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Burgundy Croft | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Essendon Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longlands Road | Under investigation |
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