Total Crime Rate

193.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 193.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 78.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 47.6 10/10
  • Other theft 20.4 10/10
  • Burglary 17.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.2 7/10
  • Drugs 10.2 8/10
  • Other crime 6.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Rollswood area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Hollybush , and the 35th highest 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 Rollswood (AL7 4DG) in the last 12 months was 193.9 per 1,000 residents and was 155.2% higher than the Hollybush average (76.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 78.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 53.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 32.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rollswood (AL7 4DG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rollswood, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Elliott Close (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Rollswood area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Drycroft Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elliott Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Katescroft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Middlefield Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Layton Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rollswood
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elliott Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Elliott Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Elliott Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chequersfield
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Elliott Close
Sep 2025Burglary Layton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Linkfield Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rollswood Under investigation

Data Sources

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