Crime Statistics for Essendon, Welwyn Hatfield, Hertfordshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Essendon in October 2024. There were a total of 4 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Other Theft.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Essendon, 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	3
Other Theft	1
All Crime	4

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 Essendon. 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 Essendon

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Hall Grove (2.24 miles)	134
Mill Green (1.96 miles)	125
Bell Bar (2.24 miles)	24
Epping Green (1.75 miles)	12
Tylers Causeway (2.24 miles)	8
Essendon	4
Little Berkamstead (1.24 miles)	4
Birch Green (2.24 miles)	3
Staines Green (2.24 miles)	3
Bayford (1.86 miles)	2

Where are the most violent places near Essendon?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Mill Green	60
Hall Grove	49
Bell Bar	12
Epping Green	5
Tylers Causeway	3
Essendon	3
Little Berkamstead	3
Bayford	2
Birch Green	0
Staines Green	0

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

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 Essendon 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 Essendon compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	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	Panshanger	40
9	Haldens	40
10	Hatfield Villages	39
11	Brookmans Park and Little Heath	30

Which road in Essendon has the highest level of crime?

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