Hatfield East
Middle areaCentral Welwyn Hatfield. 7,582 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 22 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 57% of people in Hatfield East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Hatfield East
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Hatfield East at a rate of 97.2 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 | 275 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 133 |
| Other crime | 117 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 77 |
| Vehicle crime | 56 |
| Drug offences | 30 |
| Burglary | 27 |
| Robbery | 12 |
| Shoplifting | 7 |
| Theft from the person | 3 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Hatfield East compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Hatfield East safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Hatfield East at a rate of 97.2 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, 67 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Hatfield East.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (275), anti-social behaviour (133) and other crime (117).
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 East alone. See Welwyn Hatfield
Hatfield East in brief
The median price paid for a home in Hatfield East was £456,500 in 2025.
Hatfield East had 7,285 usual residents at the census.
About 57% of people in Hatfield East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Hatfield East, 80.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.