Total Crime Rate
14.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
7.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Birdcroft Road area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Handside , and the 33rd 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 Birdcroft Road (AL8 6EQ) in the last 12 months was 14.1 per 1,000 residents and was 93.3% lower than the Handside average (209.1 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 Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Birdcroft Road (AL8 6EQ), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 155 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Handside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Fretherne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Fretherne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Fretherne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Fretherne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fretherne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Fretherne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Corals Mead | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rooks Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rooks Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Corals Mead | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fretherne Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fordwich Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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