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Welwyn Garden City

3,206 people · median £461,250 · Welwyn Hatfield

High wellbeing
Welwyn Hatfield Council · Labour / Liberal Democrat coalition   31/48 seats · 65% · OCD 2026
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How safe is it? This neighbourhood

Crime runs at 39.6 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

7091113134Jun 2025May 2026127
Monthly recorded crimes within this neighbourhood
Per 1,000 / month39.6
Average across AcreRight-covered districts9.3
Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months this neighbourhood

Shoplifting
387
Anti-social behaviour
359
Violence and sexual offences
207
Public order
68
Criminal damage and arson
56
Other theft
49
Recorded crimes by category within this neighbourhood, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office

Where crime clusters

On or nearCrimes
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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