Total Crime Rate
6.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Flint Copse area has the lowest crime rate of 19 local areas in Harpenden North & Rural , and the 9th lowest crime rate of 428 local areas in St Albans .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Flint Copse (AL3 7QE) in the last 12 months was 6.1 per 1,000 residents and was 78.0% lower than the Harpenden North & Rural average (27.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Flint Copse (AL3 7QE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Waterend Lane, where police recorded 4 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Flint Copse (1 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
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