Total Crime Rate

745.0 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 745.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 677.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.5 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.2 6/10
  • Robbery 11.3 9/10
  • Burglary 5.7 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.8 3/10
  • Public order 2.8 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Moorlands area has the highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Howlands , and the 6th highest crime rate of 363 local areas in Welwyn Hatfield .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Moorlands (AL7 4PY) in the last 12 months was 745.0 per 1,000 residents and was 696.7% higher than the Howlands average (93.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 239 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 785.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 39.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 38.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Moorlands (AL7 4PY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 250 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Archers Ride (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Moorlands area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft The Limes Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hillside Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Mead Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kilworth Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kilworth Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Autumn Grove —
Sep 2025Other theft Little Lake Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour West Mead —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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