Total Crime Rate

74.6 per 1,000 6/10 · 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 74.6 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.7 5/10
  • Other theft 13.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.6 9/10
  • Burglary 10.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.8 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.8 5/10
  • 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

Connaught Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Harpenden East , and the 135th highest crime rate of 430 local areas in St Albans .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Connaught Road (AL5 4TW) in the last 12 months was 74.6 per 1,000 residents and was 51.2% higher than the Harpenden East average (49.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 23.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Connaught Road (AL5 4TW), the main crime hotspot is near Harpenden (Station). Police recorded 17 crimes here, including 6 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Connaught Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grant Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Grant Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Connaught Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft The Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poets Court Under investigation
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Data Sources

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