Total Crime Rate

120.1 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 120.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 67.1 9/10
  • Other theft 17.7 9/10
  • Other crime 10.6 9/10
  • Public order 10.6 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.5 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Hobbs Close area has the 4th highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Colney Heath , and the 63rd 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 Hobbs Close (AL4 0TQ) in the last 12 months was 120.1 per 1,000 residents and was 48.3% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 533.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 84.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 700.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hobbs Close (AL4 0TQ), the main crime hotspot is near Hobbs Close. Police recorded 32 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hobbs Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Hobbs Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hobbs Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Boissy Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Charlotte Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Charlotte Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Charlotte Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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