Total Crime Rate

173.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 173.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 58.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.4 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 18.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.8 9/10
  • Other theft 13.5 9/10
  • Public order 13.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.0 7/10
  • Robbery 6.8 8/10
  • Burglary 4.5 5/10
  • Other crime 2.3 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.3 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Great North Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Brookmans Park and Little Heath , and the 43rd 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 Great North Road (AL9 5FA) in the last 12 months was 173.8 per 1,000 residents and was 239.1% higher 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 79.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 49.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Great North Road (AL9 5FA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hatfield, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Endymion Mews (11 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 Great North Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Hatfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Hatfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ground Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Endymion Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Endymion Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Endymion Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime North Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bull Stag Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bull Stag Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bull Stag Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hatfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Burleigh Mead Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Park Meadow Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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