18 incidents of violence and sexual offence reported
The most commons crime in North Mymms in July was violence and sexual offence with 18 incidents being investigated, including nine in Welham Green, eight in Brookmans Park, and one in Little Heath.
The figures taken from the Hertfordshire Constabulary database for the Welwyn Hatfield south area show a total of 291 reported crimes compared with 290 the previous month. The incidents in North Mymms are as follows:
Bell Bar = 2
- Other theft =1
- Vehicle crime = 1
- Anti-social behaviour = 1
- Vehicle crime = 7
- Violence and sexual offence = 8
- Criminal damage and arson = 1
- Anti-social behaviour = 2
- Anti-social behaviour = 1
- Vehicle crime = 1
- Violence and sexual offence = 1
- Violence and sexual offence = 9
- Anti-social behaviour = 7
- Public order = 2
- Burglary = 1
Hertfordshire Constabulary crime categories
- Anti-social behaviour: Includes personal, environmental and nuisance anti-social behaviour.
- Burglary: Includes offences where a person enters a house or other building with the intention of stealing.
- Criminal damage and arson: Includes damage to buildings and vehicles and deliberate damage by fire.
- Drugs: Includes offences related to possession, supply and production.
- Other crime: Includes forgery, perjury and other miscellaneous crime.
- Other theft: Includes theft by an employee, blackmail and making off without payment.
- Public order: Includes offences which cause fear, alarm or distress.
- Robbery: Includes offences where a person uses force or threat of force to steal.
- Shoplifting: Includes theft from shops or stalls.
- Theft from the person: Includes crimes that involve theft directly from the victim (including handbag, wallet, cash, mobile phones) but without the use or threat of physical force.
- Vehicle crime: Includes theft from or of a vehicle or interference with a vehicle.
- Violence and sexual offences: Includes offences against the person such as common assaults, grievous bodily harm and sexual offences.
The force has a page where crimes can be reported online.
Related news
North Mymms News started compiling the locally reported crimes in April 2019. Below is a list of the articles created using information from the police database for the Welwyn Hatfield South area of Hertfordshire.- 46 reported crimes in North Mymms in June 2019
- 38 reported crimes in North Mymms in May 2019
- 45 reported crimes in North Mymms in April 2019
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