Harpenden and Berkhamsted

England · E14001268

5,363 crimes recorded in the last 12 months – violence & sexual offences is the most common, rising versus the year before.

Recorded crimes (last 12m)
5,363
Most common
Violence & sexual offences rising
1,581 reports
Data to
Apr 2026

Crimes per month

524/mo peak0 baseline
May 23Apr 26

By type (last 12 months)

CategoryReportsShare
Violence & sexual offencesrising1,58129.5%
Anti-social behaviourrising1,19422.3%
Criminal damage & arsonrising4638.6%
Shopliftingfalling4488.4%
Vehicle crimefalling4237.9%
Other theftfalling4007.5%
Burglaryfalling2685.0%
Public orderfalling2154.0%
Other crimerising1132.1%
Drugsrising1052.0%
Bicycle theftrising480.9%
Robberyfalling360.7%
Possession of weaponsrising350.7%
Theft from the personfalling340.6%

The open street-level feed merges violence and sexual offences into one category. Splitting them (e.g. homicide vs sexual assault) needs ONS force-level tables, modelled to constituency in a later step.

Partial coverageSource: Street-level crime, data.police.uk (Home Office)· How we know this
Source
Street-level crime
Publisher
data.police.uk (Home Office)
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0
Retrieved
2026-09-18
How it's mapped
Aggregated from smaller areas to the constituency on a best-fit basis.

Some areas or categories are missing from this source, so treat it as partial.

Source: data.police.uk, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.