Total Crime Rate
731.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
538.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Harper Lane area has the highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Park Street , and the 4th highest crime rate of 428 local areas in St Albans .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Harper Lane (WD7 7HY) in the last 12 months was 731.7 per 1,000 residents and was 717.1% higher than the Park Street average (89.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 243 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 257 (≈ 538.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Harper Lane (WD7 7HY), the main crime hotspot is near Harper Lane. Police recorded 107 crimes here, including 91 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Park Street| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Harper Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Harper Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Harper Lane | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harper Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harper Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harper Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harper Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harper Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harper Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harper Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harper Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harper Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harper Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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