Total Crime Rate

92.2 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 92.2 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.2 4/10
  • Burglary 10.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.6 8/10
  • Public order 7.1 6/10
  • Other theft 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

High Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Harpenden North & Rural , and the 109th highest crime rate of 430 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 High Street (AL3 7LN) in the last 12 months was 92.2 per 1,000 residents and was 245.2% higher than the Harpenden North & Rural average (26.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 21.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (AL3 7LN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Crown Court (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in High Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterend Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hill'S Yard Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fish Street Farm Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fish Street Farm —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hill'S Yard Mews —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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