Crime Statistics for The Folly, St Albans, Hertfordshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for The Folly in October 2024. There were a total of 51 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Anti Social Behaviour, followed by Vehicle Crime.

Crime Category	Incidents
Anti Social Behaviour	12
Vehicle Crime	10
Violent Crime	9
Public Order	6
Criminal Damage Arson	6
Burglary	4
Possession Of Weapons	2
Other Theft	2
All Crime	51

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Batford (1.39 miles)	100
The Folly	52
Lea Valley (0.88 miles)	47
Bower Heath (1.75 miles)	33
Lea (Lee) (0.4 miles)	29
Leasey Bridge	27
Ayres End (1.39 miles)	17
Amwell (0.62 miles)	16
Marshalls Heath (0.62 miles)	12
Blackmore End (1.24 miles)	7

Where are the most violent places near The Folly?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Batford	12
Lea Valley	10
The Folly	9
Ayres End	7
Lea (Lee)	6
Leasey Bridge	6
Bower Heath	5
Marshalls Heath	4
Amwell	3
Blackmore End	3

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

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 The Folly 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 The Folly compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Batchwood	60
2	Codicote	33
3	Sandridge	33
4	Harpenden West	30
5	Harpenden East	29
6	Wheathampstead	28
7	Marshalswick South	22
8	Harpenden North	20
9	Marshalswick North	18
10	Kimpton	12
11	Harpenden South	9

Which road in The Folly has the highest level of crime?

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