Crime Statistics for Redbourn, St Albans, Hertfordshire, 2024

There were a total of 43 street level crime incidents in Redbourn in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Shoplifting, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime Category	Incidents
Shoplifting	14
Violent Crime	9
Anti Social Behaviour	8
Criminal Damage Arson	4
Other Theft	3
Burglary	2
Public Order	1
Robbery	1
Other Crime	1
All Crime	43

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Cupid Green (2.63 miles)	223
Batford (3.1 miles)	88
New Greens (3.1 miles)	80
Harpenden (2.24 miles)	62
Harpenden Common (1.96 miles)	45
Redbourn	43
Childwick Green (2.77 miles)	21
Ayres End (3.1 miles)	10
Hatching Green (1.86 miles)	6
Childwick Bury (2.24 miles)	2

Where are the most violent places near Redbourn?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Cupid Green	57
New Greens	26
Batford	19
Harpenden Common	10
Harpenden	9
Redbourn	9
Childwick Green	5
Hatching Green	3
Childwick Bury	1
Ayres End	0

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

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 Redbourn 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 Redbourn compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Redbourn and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Redbourn is ranked #3.

#	Ward	Score
1	Highfield	70
2	Adeyfield West	66
3	Watling	60
4	Adeyfield East	50
5	Leverstock Green	44
6	Woodhall Farm	43
7	Harpenden West	30
8	Harpenden East	29
9	Wheathampstead	28
10	Harpenden North	20
11	Harpenden South	9

Which road in Redbourn has the highest level of crime?

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