Crime Rates at Whitings Close, Harpenden, AL5 5HH

Whitings Close area has the 4th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Harpenden East , and the 70th highest crime rate of 428 local areas in St Albans .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Whitings Close (AL5 5HH) in the last 12 months was 118.0 per 1,000 residents and was 122.6% higher than the Harpenden East average (53.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 55.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whitings Close (AL5 5HH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pickford Hill, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.