Total Crime Rate

43.6 per 1,000 4/10 · 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 43.6 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.4 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 9.4 2/10
  • Burglary 6.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Other theft 3.1 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

Cornwall Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Harpenden East , and the 204th 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 Cornwall Road (AL5 4TH) in the last 12 months was 43.6 per 1,000 residents and was 11.6% lower than the Harpenden East average (49.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 9.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cornwall Road (AL5 4TH), the main crime hotspot is near Vaughan Road. Police recorded 48 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cornwall Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Vaughan Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Grant Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Vaughan Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grant Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Connaught Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft The Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poets Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Vaughan Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Other crime Police Station Under investigation
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Data Sources

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