Total Crime Rate
24.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hollybush Lane area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 23 local areas in Hollybush , and the 51st 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 Hollybush Lane (AL7 4JL) in the last 12 months was 24.1 per 1,000 residents and was 68.3% lower than the Hollybush average (76.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -89.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hollybush Lane (AL7 4JL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Burgundy Croft (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hollybush| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Burgundy Croft | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Furzefield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burgundy Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burgundy Croft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burgundy Croft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burgundy Croft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Great Ley | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Great Ley | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Raymonds Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Green Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holwell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leigh Common | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holwell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sandpit Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Oaken Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandpit Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Little Ley | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandpit Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandpit Road | Under investigation |
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