Total Crime Rate

31.6 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 31.6 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 7.9 2/10
  • Public order 5.3 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.3 5/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Station Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Harpenden East , and the 156th 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 Station Road (AL5 4FE) in the last 12 months was 31.6 per 1,000 residents and was 36.0% lower than the Harpenden East average (49.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 13.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 400.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Station Road (AL5 4FE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hill Close (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Station Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hill Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Roundfield Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hill Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hill Close —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hill Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Hill Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lea Business Park —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hill Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hill Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order The Bungalows Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Pickford Hill Under investigation
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Data Sources

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