Panshanger
Middle areaNorth Welwyn Hatfield. 6,173 people in 2.0 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 21% of people in Panshanger live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Panshanger
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Panshanger at a rate of 73.5 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 | 150 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 98 |
| Other crime | 74 |
| Vehicle crime | 53 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 26 |
| Burglary | 17 |
| Shoplifting | 16 |
| Drug offences | 15 |
| Robbery | 3 |
| Theft from the person | 2 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Panshanger compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Panshanger safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Panshanger at a rate of 73.5 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, 34 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Panshanger.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (150), anti-social behaviour (98) and other crime (74).
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 Panshanger alone. See Welwyn Hatfield
Panshanger in brief
The median price paid for a home in Panshanger was £373,500 in 2025.
Panshanger had 6,288 usual residents at the census.
About 21% of people in Panshanger live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Panshanger, 96.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.