Total Crime Rate

32.0 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 32.0 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 9.6 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.4 4/10
  • Other crime 6.4 8/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Public order 3.2 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Pleasant Rise area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 41 local areas in Brookmans Park and Little Heath , and the 78th 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 Pleasant Rise (AL9 5DR) in the last 12 months was 32.0 per 1,000 residents and was 37.7% lower than the Brookmans Park and Little Heath average (51.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 12.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pleasant Rise (AL9 5DR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bull Stag Green, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sovereign Place (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Brookmans Park and Little Heath

Crime Over Time in Pleasant Rise area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bull Stag Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Burleigh Mead Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bull Stag Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lodge Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bull Stag Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mount Pleasant Close —
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Data Sources

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