Total Crime Rate

46.2 per 1,000 5/10 · 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 46.2 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.5 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.2 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.2 5/10
  • Other theft 6.2 6/10
  • Burglary 3.1 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Hilldyke Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Harpenden South , and the 214th 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 Hilldyke Road (AL4 8TT) in the last 12 months was 46.2 per 1,000 residents and was 76.4% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -64.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 18.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -68.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hilldyke Road (AL4 8TT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tudor Road, where police recorded 10 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Saxon Road (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Harpenden South

Crime Over Time in Hilldyke Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conquerors Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hill Dyke Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tudor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conquerors Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tudor Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Saxon Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Smallwood Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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