Crime Statistics for Bell Bar, Welwyn Hatfield, Hertfordshire, 2024

There were a total of 18 street level crime incidents in Bell Bar in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Vehicle Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Bell Bar, 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	8
Vehicle Crime	4
Other Theft	2
Theft From The Person	1
Anti Social Behaviour	1
Robbery	1
Burglary	1
All Crime	18

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Potters Bar (2.48 miles)	137
South Hatfield (1.96 miles)	76
Mill Green (2.56 miles)	69
Marshmoor (1.39 miles)	44
Bell Bar	18
Brookmans Park (0.88 miles)	13
Bullen’s Green (2.48 miles)	5
Epping Green (2.56 miles)	2
Essendon (2.24 miles)	1
Tylers Causeway (2.48 miles)	1

Where are the most violent places near Bell Bar?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Potters Bar	49
Mill Green	28
South Hatfield	17
Marshmoor	11
Bell Bar	8
Brookmans Park	6
Epping Green	1
Tylers Causeway	1
Bullen’s Green	0
Essendon	0

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

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 Bell Bar 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 Bell Bar compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Bell Bar and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Bell Bar is ranked #10.

#	Ward	Score
1	Hatfield Central	75
2	Potters Bar Oakmere	67
3	Hatfield South West	61
4	Hatfield East	58
5	Welham Green and Hatfield South	57
6	Bentley Heath & The Royds	47
7	Potters Bar Parkfield	46
8	Hatfield Villages	39
9	Potters Bar Furzefield	33
10	Brookmans Park and Little Heath	30
11	Northaw and Cuffley	27

Which road in Bell Bar has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Bell Bar with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Great North Road.