Crime Statistics for Birchwood, Welwyn Hatfield, Hertfordshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Birchwood, Welwyn Hatfield

There were a total of 326 street level crime incidents in Birchwood in January 2024. 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime96
Anti Social Behaviour64
Vehicle Crime39
Other Theft28
Criminal Damage Arson18
Drugs17
Bicycle Theft16
Public Order13
Burglary13
Shoplifting10
Robbery5
Other Crime4
Possession Of Weapons2
Theft From The Person1
All Crime326

Map of street level crime incidents in January 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.

How grim is your Postcode?

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.

LocationCrime Incidents
Birchwood326
Peartree (2.24 miles)254
Handside (1.96 miles)186
Sherrardspark (2.56 miles)164
Hall Grove (2.24 miles)125
South Hatfield (1.86 miles)96
Mill Green (1.24 miles)89
Marshmoor (1.96 miles)71
Cooper’s Green (1.86 miles)12
Bullen’s Green (2.56 miles)2

34.08%
of Hatfield Central residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



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.

LocationViolent Incidents
Birchwood96
Peartree73
Handside45
Hall Grove44
Sherrardspark36
South Hatfield32
Mill Green30
Marshmoor22
Cooper’s Green1
Bullen’s Green1

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.

#WardScore
1Hatfield Central75
2Peartree65
3Hollybush62
4Hatfield South West61
5Hatfield East58
6Howlands58
7Welham Green and Hatfield South57
8Haldens40
9Hatfield Villages39
10Brookmans Park and Little Heath30
11Marshalswick North18

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 Town Centre.

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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