Crime in AL8 7AX
How much crime is recorded in AL8 7AX, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Knightsfield
- Council
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Region
- East of England
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,389 (2024)
AL8 7AXWelwyn Garden City
How safe is AL8 7AX
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 18.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in the AL8 7AX area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.