Total Crime Rate

55.6 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 55.6 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.4 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.6 5/10
  • Public order 8.6 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.6 7/10
  • Burglary 4.3 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Hardwicke Place area has the 13th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in London Colney , and the 181st highest crime rate of 430 local areas in St Albans .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hardwicke Place (AL2 1QD) in the last 12 months was 55.6 per 1,000 residents and was 54.2% lower than the London Colney average (121.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 29.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hardwicke Place (AL2 1QD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sanders Close, where police recorded 11 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lakeside Place (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hardwicke Place area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sanders Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Richardson Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Park/Open Space —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Seaton Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sanders Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lakeside Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sanders Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chicken Lane Under investigation
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Data Sources

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