Welwyn Garden City Central & Handside
Middle areaNorth west Welwyn Hatfield. 6,987 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.6 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 87% of people in Welwyn Garden City Central & Handside live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Welwyn Garden City Central & Handside
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Welwyn Garden City Central & Handside at a rate of 225.3 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 |
|---|---|
| Shoplifting | 475 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 460 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 305 |
| Other crime | 168 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 68 |
| Vehicle crime | 37 |
| Burglary | 22 |
| Drug offences | 17 |
| Robbery | 12 |
| Theft from the person | 10 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Welwyn Garden City Central & Handside compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Welwyn Garden City Central & Handside safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Welwyn Garden City Central & Handside at a rate of 225.3 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, 136 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Welwyn Garden City Central & Handside.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were shoplifting (475), anti-social behaviour (460) and violence and sexual offences (305).
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 Welwyn Garden City Central & Handside alone. See Welwyn Hatfield
Welwyn Garden City Central & Handside in brief
The median price paid for a home in Welwyn Garden City Central & Handside was £495,000 in 2025.
Welwyn Garden City Central & Handside had 6,932 usual residents at the census.
About 87% of people in Welwyn Garden City Central & Handside live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Welwyn Garden City Central & Handside, 87.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.