Total Crime Rate

45.9 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

27.5 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 45.9 5/10
  • Violent crimes 27.5 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.4 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.1 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.1 5/10
  • Public order 6.1 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Kingcroft Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Harpenden South , and the 212th lowest crime rate of 428 local areas in St Albans .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Kingcroft Road (AL5 1EJ) in the last 12 months was 45.9 per 1,000 residents and was 78.2% higher than the Harpenden South average (25.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 27.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kingcroft Road (AL5 1EJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sherwoods Rise, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Westminster Court (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Kingcroft Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order St Michaels Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Westminster Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Sherwoods Rise Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Sherwoods Rise Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sherwoods Rise Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Cranbourne Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Coleswood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Coleswood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Westminster Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Westminster Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Westminster Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Westminster Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Grove Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Longfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
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Data Sources

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