Total Crime Rate

29.5 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 29.5 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.1 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.7 2/10
  • Public order 3.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • 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
  • Robbery 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

Welwyn Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Hinckley De Montfort , and the 114th lowest crime rate of 360 local areas in Hinckley and Bosworth .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Welwyn Road (LE10 1JE) in the last 12 months was 29.5 per 1,000 residents and was 60.5% lower than the Hinckley De Montfort average (74.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 25.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Welwyn Road (LE10 1JE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mistral Close, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Park Road (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Welwyn Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order College Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Mistral Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forest Road Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mistral Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forest Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Allen Close Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson London Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Butt Lane Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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