Crime Statistics for Handside, Welwyn Hatfield, Hertfordshire, 2024

There were a total of 174 street level crime incidents in Handside in February 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 Handside, 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	47
Anti Social Behaviour	45
Shoplifting	31
Vehicle Crime	9
Criminal Damage Arson	9
Other Theft	6
Burglary	5
Public Order	5
Drugs	4
Other Crime	4
Bicycle Theft	4
Robbery	2
Possession Of Weapons	2
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	174

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 Handside. 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 Handside

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Birchwood (1.96 miles)	342
Panshanger (1.39 miles)	280
Peartree (0.62 miles)	254
Handside	174
Sherrardspark (0.62 miles)	164
Haldens (1.39 miles)	151
Hall Grove (1.39 miles)	131
Mill Green (1.96 miles)	89
Danesbury (2.48 miles)	28
The Frythe (1.39 miles)	18

Where are the most violent places near Handside?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Birchwood	107
Panshanger	75
Peartree	73
Handside	47
Hall Grove	46
Sherrardspark	36
Haldens	35
Mill Green	30
The Frythe	8
Danesbury	4

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

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 Handside 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 Handside compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Handside and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Handside is ranked #3.

#	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	Handside	40
8	Haldens	40
9	Sherrards	35
10	Brookmans Park and Little Heath	30
11	Welwyn East	20

Which road in Handside has the highest level of crime?

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