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Crimes and Incidents

All calls requesting Police assistance have always been recorded and logged as Incidents. Following evaluation or investigation they will be re-classified as Crime, Anti Social Behaviour (ASB) or Non-Crime Incidents, each of which have further classifications or categories.
Listed here are a sample of articles, newspaper items and photographs showing the diverse types of incidents & crimes that have been reported to and dealt with by the police.

  • A SUMMARY OF OFFENCES FROM THE GAOL AND HOUSE OF CORRECTION CALENDAR FOR THE BOROUGH Michaelmas 1819 to Epiphany 1823
    A SUMMARY OF OFFENCES FROM THE GAOL AND HOUSE OF CORRECTION CALENDAR FOR THE BOROUGH Michaelmas 1819 to Epiphany 1823
      A Summary of Offences from the Gaol and House of Correction Calendar for the Borough | Crime & Punishment | Our Welwyn Garden City
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  • Bad words outside a cafe
    Bad words outside a cafe
    Drunk and disorderly. Bad language in presence of women.
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  • Fined - Peddling without certificates
    Fined - Peddling without certificates
    Peddling without certificates
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  • James Blackman Snook - Highwayman
    James Blackman Snook - Highwayman
    The story of the last Highwayman alleged to have been hung at the scene of his crime.
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  • Police : ' We will charge man'
    Police : ' We will charge man'
    Man charged with rape and indecent assault of 12 year old girl
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  • Police hunt for Hatfield girl's attacker
    Police hunt for Hatfield girl's attacker
    Young girl abducted in red sports car. Well described male offender.
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  • What a sauce ! - alleged theft of bottles from goods yard
    What a sauce ! - alleged theft of bottles from goods yard
    Twenty six year old Eric Arthur Catton was remanded on bail on a charge of stealing a load of sauce.
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  • Animals

    Animals (134)

    including poaching, livestock, misuse, mistreatment and strays
  • Crime Prevention

    Crime Prevention (1)

  • Drunkenness

    Drunkenness (185)

    Anti-social behaviour & alcohol
  • Murder and Manslaughter

    Murder and Manslaughter (57)

    Cases of murder and manslaughter and their Investigations.
  • Non crime incidents

    Non crime incidents (76)

    A myriad of incidents reported to Police or of Police interventions
  • Offences Against Property

    Offences Against Property (378)

    Burglary and theft
  • Offenders

    Offenders (9)

    Individual and habitual offenders
  • Policing before the Police Force

    Policing before the Police Force (8)

    Incidents before the formation of the Constabulary.
  • Policing in WW1

    Policing in WW1 (192)

    Articles, accounts and stories from the Hertfordshire home front
  • Public order offences

    Public order offences (98)

    Public order, affray,nuisance & noise
  • Suicide and Cases Reported to H.M. Coroner

    Suicide and Cases Reported to H.M. Coroner (70)

    Unexplained or unnatural deaths.
  • Traffic Offences

    Traffic Offences (149)

    Driving, riding offences, vehicles and horses.
  • Violent crime

    Violent crime (132)

    Robbery, GBH, ABH, common assault, domestic violence & sexual offences
  • Welfare

    Welfare (41)

    Concern for children, bigamy, abandonment, neglect
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