Total Crime Rate
95.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
50.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lybury Lane area has the 5th highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Harpenden North & Rural , and the 106th highest crime rate of 428 local areas in St Albans .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lybury Lane (AL3 7JA) in the last 12 months was 95.2 per 1,000 residents and was 244.0% higher than the Harpenden North & Rural average (27.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -6.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 50.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lybury Lane (AL3 7JA), the main crime hotspot is near Hilltop. Police recorded 23 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Redbourn| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hilltop | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stephens Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rose Acre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rose Acre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Down Edge | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Down Edge | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hilltop | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lybury Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hilltop | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hilltop | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nicholls Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coopers Meadow | Under investigation |
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