Total Crime Rate

87.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 87.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.2 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
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

Whitings Close area has the 4th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Harpenden East , and the 121st highest crime rate of 430 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 87.0 per 1,000 residents and was 76.2% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 114.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 49.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whitings Close (AL5 5HH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Whitings Close, where police recorded 10 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tallents Crescent (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Whitings Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Pickford Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fulmore Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Roundfield Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tallents Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitings Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitings Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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