Crime Statistics for Tyttenhanger, St Albans, Hertfordshire, 2024

There were a total of 102 street level crime incidents in Tyttenhanger in February 2024. 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 Tyttenhanger, 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	28
Anti Social Behaviour	23
Other Theft	21
Criminal Damage Arson	9
Shoplifting	8
Vehicle Crime	4
Other Crime	4
Public Order	2
Possession Of Weapons	1
Burglary	1
Drugs	1
All Crime	102

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 Tyttenhanger. 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 Tyttenhanger

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

Location	Crime Incidents
St Albans (2.24 miles)	288
Marshalswick (2.24 miles)	245
The Camp (1.39 miles)	205
Tyttenhanger	102
London Colney (0.88 miles)	100
Broad Colney (1.39 miles)	94
St Julians (2.48 miles)	92
Frogmore (2.24 miles)	25
Colney Heath (1.24 miles)	7
Bullen’s Green (1.86 miles)	5

Where are the most violent places near Tyttenhanger?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
St Albans	81
Marshalswick	60
The Camp	57
Broad Colney	37
London Colney	31
Tyttenhanger	28
St Julians	23
Frogmore	10
Colney Heath	0
Bullen’s Green	0

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

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 Tyttenhanger 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 Tyttenhanger compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Sopwell	63
2	Cunningham	62
3	Shenley	59
4	Colney Heath	58
5	London Colney	56
6	St Peters	55
7	Clarence	34
8	Verulam	32
9	Ashley	28
10	Aldenham West	27
11	Marshalswick North	18

Which road in Tyttenhanger has the highest level of crime?

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