Total Crime Rate
26.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
16.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Beverley Gardens area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 61 local areas in Bernards Heath , and the 110th lowest crime rate of 428 local areas in St Albans .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Beverley Gardens (AL4 9BJ) in the last 12 months was 26.1 per 1,000 residents and was 59.1% lower than the Bernards Heath average (63.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 3 cases , down -66.7% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 16.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beverley Gardens (AL4 9BJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Twyford Road, where police recorded 59 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Larches (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Marshalswick East & Jersey Farm| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Twyford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Twyford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Brelades Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Twyford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Harvest Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Twyford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Twyford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Twyford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | House Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Twyford Road | Under investigation |
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