Total Crime Rate

196.8 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 196.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 47.6 10/10
  • Other theft 25.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 12.7 6/10
  • Burglary 9.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.5 7/10
  • Public order 6.4 5/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Hatfield Road area has the highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Colney Heath , and the 35th highest crime rate of 430 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 Hatfield Road (AL4 0QU) in the last 12 months was 196.8 per 1,000 residents and was 143.0% higher than the Colney Heath average (81.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 114.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -63.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 69.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 29.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hatfield Road (AL4 0QU), the main crime hotspot is near Lyon Way. Police recorded 10 crimes here, including 4 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hatfield Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (2/2)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lyon Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Lyon Way Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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