Crime Statistics for Tolmers, Welwyn Hatfield, Hertfordshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Tolmers, Welwyn Hatfield

There were a total of 20 street level crime incidents in Tolmers in January 2024. 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 Tolmers, 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 Crime11
Other Theft3
Criminal Damage Arson2
Vehicle Crime2
Anti Social Behaviour1
Public Order1
All Crime20

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 Tolmers. 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 Tolmers

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Churchgate (2.55 miles)134
Crews Hill (2.56 miles)78
Hammond Street (1.96 miles)69
Newgate Street (0.62 miles)21
Cuffley20
Tolmers20
Botany Bay (2.56 miles)3
Tylers Causeway (1.39 miles)2
Brickendon (2.78 miles)2
Epping Green (1.96 miles)0

13.49%
of Northaw and Cuffley residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Tolmers?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Churchgate48
Crews Hill35
Hammond Street21
Cuffley11
Tolmers11
Newgate Street10
Botany Bay2
Tylers Causeway1
Brickendon1
Epping Green0

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

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 Tolmers 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 Tolmers compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Cheshunt South and Theobalds73
2Potters Bar Oakmere67
3Rosedale and Bury Green66
4Cheshunt North57
5Chase55
6Bentley Heath & The Royds47
7Potters Bar Parkfield46
8Flamstead End46
9Goffs Oak28
10Northaw and Cuffley27
11Hertford Heath15

Which road in Tolmers has the highest level of crime?

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

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