Crime Statistics for Birchwood, Welwyn Hatfield, Hertfordshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Birchwood in October 2024. There were a total of 392 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Birchwood, 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	135
Anti Social Behaviour	62
Shoplifting	34
Criminal Damage Arson	32
Public Order	29
Other Theft	29
Vehicle Crime	19
Drugs	14
Robbery	10
Bicycle Theft	9
Other Crime	6
Burglary	6
Possession Of Weapons	6
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	392

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Birchwood. 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 Birchwood

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Peartree (2.24 miles)	423
Birchwood	392
Sherrardspark (2.56 miles)	339
Handside (1.96 miles)	194
Hall Grove (2.24 miles)	134
Mill Green (1.24 miles)	125
South Hatfield (1.86 miles)	101
Marshmoor (1.96 miles)	74
Cooper’s Green (1.86 miles)	43
Bullen’s Green (2.56 miles)	10

Where are the most violent places near Birchwood?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Sherrardspark	168
Peartree	144
Birchwood	135
Mill Green	60
Handside	58
Hall Grove	49
South Hatfield	35
Marshmoor	29
Cooper’s Green	9
Bullen’s Green	2

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

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 Birchwood 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 Birchwood compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Hatfield Central	75
2	Peartree	65
3	Hollybush	62
4	Hatfield South West	61
5	Hatfield East	58
6	Howlands	58
7	Welham Green and Hatfield South	57
8	Haldens	40
9	Hatfield Villages	39
10	Brookmans Park and Little Heath	30
11	Marshalswick North	18

Which road in Birchwood has the highest level of crime?

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