Total Crime Rate

63.5 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 63.5 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.9 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.9 9/10
  • Burglary 6.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.2 1/10
  • Public order 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other 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

Bell View area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 15 local areas in Clarence , and the 161st highest crime rate of 430 local areas in St Albans .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bell View (AL4 0SQ) in the last 12 months was 63.5 per 1,000 residents and was 10.0% lower than the Clarence average (70.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 1000.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 38.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 1100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bell View (AL4 0SQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Greensleeves Close, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hatfield Road (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bell View area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bell View Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wynchlands Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hixberry Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bell View Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bell View Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Bart'S Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Bart'S Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hatfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cairns Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cairns Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Bart'S Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Bart'S Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gresford Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Edmunds Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Sturmer Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kay Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wynchlands Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wynchlands Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanmore Chase Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Greensleeves Close
Sep 2025Burglary Greensleeves Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wynchlands Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Marconi Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pinewood Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wynchlands Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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