Crime Statistics for Harpenden, St Albans, Hertfordshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Harpenden in August 2024. There were a total of 77 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Harpenden, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	22
Anti Social Behaviour	11
Shoplifting	10
Other Theft	7
Criminal Damage Arson	7
Burglary	5
Bicycle Theft	4
Public Order	4
Vehicle Crime	4
Robbery	1
Theft From The Person	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	77

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Harpenden. 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 Harpenden

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Batford (0.88 miles)	90
Harpenden	77
Lea Valley (1.39 miles)	55
Bower Heath (1.39 miles)	52
Cold Harbour (1.39 miles)	52
Harpenden Common (0.62 miles)	50
Lea (Lee) (1.64 miles)	25
Leasey Bridge (1.86 miles)	10
Ayres End (1.76 miles)	6
Hatching Green (1.24 miles)	3

Where are the most violent places near Harpenden?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Harpenden	22
Bower Heath	20
Batford	18
Harpenden Common	15
Lea Valley	14
Cold Harbour	12
Lea (Lee)	3
Hatching Green	2
Leasey Bridge	1
Ayres End	1

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

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 Harpenden 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 Harpenden compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Harpenden and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Harpenden is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	Batchwood	60
2	Watling	60
3	Clarence	34
4	Sandridge	33
5	Harpenden West	30
6	Harpenden East	29
7	Wheathampstead	28
8	Marshalswick South	22
9	Harpenden North	20
10	Kimpton	12
11	Harpenden South	9

Which road in Harpenden has the highest level of crime?

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