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
  • Shoplifting 52.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.8 4/10
  • Burglary 7.9 8/10
  • Robbery 7.9 8/10
  • Other crime 5.3 7/10
  • Public order 5.3 5/10
  • Other theft 2.6 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Piggottshill Lane area has the 5th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Harpenden West , and the 70th 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 Piggottshill Lane (AL5 1LN) in the last 12 months was 116.1 per 1,000 residents and was 27.3% higher than the Harpenden West average (91.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 29.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Piggottshill Lane (AL5 1LN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sherwoods Rise (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Piggottshill Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Walkers Court —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sherwoods Rise Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Birch Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Walkers Court —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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