AL8 6

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6,006 people · median £497,500 · Welwyn Hatfield

↑ Welwyn Hatfield (district)

High wellbeing

Welwyn Hatfield Council · Labour / Liberal Democrat coalition 31/48 seats · 65% · OCD 2026

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How safe is it? This postcode sector

Crime runs at 24.5 per 1,000 residents a month — above the 9.3 average across districts AcreRight covers. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.

Crime rate

Monthly recorded crimes within this postcode sector

Per 1,000 / month24.5

Average across AcreRight-covered districts9.3

Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months this postcode sector

Anti-social behaviour

415

Shoplifting

407

Violence and sexual offences

294

Public order

Criminal damage and arson

Other theft

Recorded crimes by category within this postcode sector, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office

Where crime clusters

On or near	Crimes
Shopping Area	242
Supermarket	129
Howardsgate	58
Stonehills	52
Fretherne Road	41

Busiest anonymised "on or near" markers over the last 6 months — click a row to centre the crime map there · retail-heavy spots naturally rank high (shoplifting concentrates where the shops are) · police.uk

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