Crime Statistics for Haldens, Welwyn Hatfield, Hertfordshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Haldens in September 2024. There were a total of 643 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Haldens, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	220
Shoplifting	120
Anti Social Behaviour	88
Other Theft	40
Vehicle Crime	40
Criminal Damage Arson	36
Burglary	20
Public Order	16
Bicycle Theft	16
Robbery	16
Drugs	16
Other Crime	7
Theft From The Person	4
Possession Of Weapons	4
All Crime	643

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Haldens. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Haldens

We've taken the ten nearest places to Haldens and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Haldens has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Panshanger (0.88 miles)	385
Haldens	322
Peartree (1.24 miles)	252
Sherrardspark (0.88 miles)	225
Handside (1.39 miles)	179
Tewin (1.86 miles)	59
Danesbury (1.39 miles)	28
The Frythe (1.24 miles)	11
Harmer Green (1.39 miles)	4
Burnham Green (1.75 miles)	3

Where are the most violent places near Haldens?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Haldens and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Haldens	220
Panshanger	177
Sherrardspark	96
Peartree	89
Handside	64
Tewin	18
Danesbury	14
The Frythe	6
Harmer Green	1
Burnham Green	0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Haldens?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Haldens to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Haldens compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Haldens and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Residents in Haldens have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Hertford Rural North.

#	Ward	Score
1	Peartree	65
2	Hollybush	62
3	Howlands	58
4	Hertford Rural South	43
5	Panshanger	40
6	Handside	40
7	Haldens	40
8	Sherrards	35
9	Datchworth & Aston	23
10	Welwyn East	20
11	Hertford Rural North	14

Which road in Haldens has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Haldens with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.