Total Crime Rate

45.5 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 45.5 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.2 4/10
  • Burglary 11.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.5 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.7 3/10
  • Other theft 2.8 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.8 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

Hammonds Hill area has the 9th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Harpenden South , and the 214th lowest crime rate of 430 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 Hammonds Hill (AL5 2LU) in the last 12 months was 45.5 per 1,000 residents and was 73.7% 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 14.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 12.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hammonds Hill (AL5 2LU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Prospect Lane, where police recorded 5 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wheatfield Avenue (2 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hammonds Hill area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Prospect Lane —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hammondswick Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Hammonds Under investigation
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Data Sources

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