Total Crime Rate

116.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 116.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.3 9/10
  • Other crime 8.9 9/10
  • Other theft 8.9 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.9 9/10
  • Robbery 8.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.5 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

This area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Harpenden South , and the 71st 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 This (AL4 8DA) in the last 12 months was 116.1 per 1,000 residents and was 343.7% higher than the Harpenden South average (26.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -41.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 58.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around postcode AL4 8DA, the highest concentration of overall crime is near Place Farm, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near East Mount (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in AL4 8DA area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Thomas Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parkinson Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences East Mount Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Thomas Place —
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Data Sources

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