Total Crime Rate

161.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 161.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 70.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.2 8/10
  • Other theft 12.2 8/10
  • Public order 12.2 8/10
  • Burglary 6.1 6/10
  • Drugs 6.1 6/10
  • Other crime 6.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle 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

The Meadow area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Harpenden North & Rural , and the 44th 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 The Meadow (AL3 7QF) in the last 12 months was 161.6 per 1,000 residents and was 505.0% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 45.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Meadow (AL3 7QF), 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.

View Crime In Harpenden North & Rural

Crime Over Time in The Meadow area

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

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