Total Crime Rate

154.2 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 154.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 64.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 44.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.9 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.0 7/10
  • Burglary 5.0 5/10
  • Other theft 5.0 5/10
  • Robbery 5.0 7/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Glebe Cottages area has the 6th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Brookmans Park and Little Heath , and the 56th highest crime rate of 363 local areas in Welwyn Hatfield .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Glebe Cottages (AL9 6HH) in the last 12 months was 154.2 per 1,000 residents and was 200.9% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 69.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Glebe Cottages (AL9 6HH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Glebe Close, where police recorded 4 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near East View (2 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Glebe Cottages area

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Data Sources

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