Total Crime Rate
792.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Forrester Mews area has the highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Harpenden West , and the 5th highest crime rate of 430 local areas in St Albans .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Forrester Mews (AL5 2FD) in the last 12 months was 792.6 per 1,000 residents and was 769.4% 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 140 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -61.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 80.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -3.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Forrester Mews (AL5 2FD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near High Street, where police recorded 110 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Harpenden West| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Vaughan Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Arcadian Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Arcadian Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | High Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | High Street | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Vaughan Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Vaughan Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Church Green Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kirkdale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Church Green Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Church Green Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Church Green Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Church Green Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Church Green Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Green Mews | — |
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