Crime Rates at Hawfield Gardens, Park Street, St. Albans, AL2 2PD

Hawfield Gardens area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Park Street , and the 18th highest crime rate of 428 local areas in St Albans .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hawfield Gardens (AL2 2PD) in the last 12 months was 314.0 per 1,000 residents and was 250.7% higher than the Park Street average (89.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 67 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -63.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 42.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hawfield Gardens (AL2 2PD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Park Street, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oliver Close (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.