Hatfield Town
Middle areaWest Welwyn Hatfield. 8,680 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.4 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 93% of people in Hatfield Town live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Hatfield Town
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Hatfield Town at a rate of 189.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 99.6 per 1,000 people across Welwyn Hatfield.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 509 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 339 |
| Other crime | 255 |
| Shoplifting | 195 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 103 |
| Drug offences | 85 |
| Vehicle crime | 64 |
| Burglary | 39 |
| Robbery | 35 |
| Theft from the person | 18 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Hatfield Town compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Hatfield Town safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Hatfield Town at a rate of 189.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 99.6 per 1,000 people across Welwyn Hatfield.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 167 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Hatfield Town.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (509), anti-social behaviour (339) and other crime (255).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Welwyn Hatfield
These figures are published for the whole of Welwyn Hatfield, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Welwyn Hatfield and not Hatfield Town alone. See Welwyn Hatfield
Hatfield Town in brief
The median price paid for a home in Hatfield Town was £344,373 in 2025.
Hatfield Town had 8,230 usual residents at the census.
About 93% of people in Hatfield Town live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Hatfield Town, 81.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.