Total Crime Rate
82.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
48.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mill Green Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Howlands , and the 146th highest crime rate of 361 local areas in Welwyn Hatfield .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Mill Green Road (AL7 3UU) in the last 12 months was 82.3 per 1,000 residents and was 11.9% higher 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 48.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mill Green Road (AL7 3UU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hyde Way, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Essendon Gardens (15 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 | Peartree Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ludwick Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Essendon Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Peartree Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Essendon Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Holwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Holwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ludwick Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broadwater Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ethelred Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Home Ley | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Essendon Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longlands Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peartree Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peartree Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oaktree Garth | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadwater Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Essendon Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hyde Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hyde Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Spinney | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Hyde Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Hyde Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ravenfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hyde Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Spinney | — |
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