Total Crime Rate

265.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 265.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 99.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 40.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 37.9 9/10
  • Drugs 23.3 10/10
  • Burglary 17.5 10/10
  • Public order 14.6 8/10
  • Other crime 11.7 10/10
  • Other theft 11.7 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.9 3/10
  • Theft from the person 2.9 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 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.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Harpenden Walk area has the 11th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Berwick Hills & Pallister , and the 86th highest crime rate of 457 local areas in Middlesbrough .

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 Harpenden Walk (TS3 8PS) in the last 12 months was 265.3 per 1,000 residents and was 18.2% higher than the Berwick Hills & Pallister average (224.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -87.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 116.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Harpenden Walk (TS3 8PS), the main crime hotspot is near Homerton Road. Police recorded 86 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Berwick Hills & Pallister

Crime Over Time in Harpenden Walk area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parkway Grove
Sep 2025Burglary Premier Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oban Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Charlbury Road
Sep 2025Drugs Charlbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charlbury Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charlbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oban Road
Sep 2025Public order Chapman Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Desford Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kelfield Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kelfield Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kelfield Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kelfield Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Kelfield Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Kelfield Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kelfield Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kelfield Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gribdale Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Desford Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Desford Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roslyn Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.