Crime Statistics for Batford, St Albans, Hertfordshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Batford in September 2024. There were a total of 90 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Shoplifting, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime CategoryIncidents
Shoplifting27
Violent Crime18
Anti Social Behaviour13
Public Order8
Other Theft7
Vehicle Crime5
Criminal Damage Arson5
Burglary3
Theft From The Person2
Bicycle Theft1
Possession Of Weapons1
All Crime90

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Batford. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Batford

We've taken the ten nearest places to Batford and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Batford has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Batford90
Harpenden (0.88 miles)77
Lea Valley (0.62 miles)55
Bower Heath (0.62 miles)52
Cold Harbour (0.62 miles)52
Lea (Lee) (1.04 miles)25
Marshalls Heath (1.24 miles)15
Blackmore End (1.39 miles)12
Leasey Bridge (1.39 miles)10
The Folly (1.39 miles)10

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of residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Batford?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Batford and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Harpenden22
Bower Heath20
Batford18
Lea Valley14
Cold Harbour12
Lea (Lee)3
Marshalls Heath1
Blackmore End1
Leasey Bridge1
The Folly1

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Batford?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Batford to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Batford compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Batford and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Batford is ranked #6.

#WardScore
1Crawley79
2Batchwood60
3Codicote33
4Sandridge33
5Harpenden West30
6Harpenden East29
7Wheathampstead28
8Marshalswick South22
9Harpenden North20
10Kimpton12
11Harpenden South9

Which road in Batford has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Batford with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Station Road.

Last updated: September 2024
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