(FA4) Harpenden West Ward

Your local Neighbourhood Policing Team works to prevent crime and anti-social behaviour in this area.  They also respond to issues or concerns, conduct regular patrols and hold surgeries to share crime prevention advice.

Other units also work in this area, responding to emergency calls (Intervention) and investigating crimes (Local Crime Unit). 

Your local contactable officer is listed as PC Iftakhar Iqbal below, you can also contact us via our website or call 101. 
If it is an emergency, you should always call 999.

Iftakhar Iqbal (Hertfordshire Constabulary, Police Constable, St Albans - Harpenden Town centre)

Iftakhar Iqbal

Police Constable

Mark Essam (Hertfordshire Constabulary, Sergeant, St Albans - Harpenden)

Mark Essam

Sergeant

Paul Caro (Hertfordshire Constabulary, Inspector, St Albans)

Paul Caro

Inspector

Local Priority Issues

We regularly speak to local residents to establish what issues they may be experiencing in the area. The word cloud below represents the issues that residents of (FA4) Harpenden West Ward have highlighted as priorities for the area recently (including some that say “I have no issues”).

Word clouds are graphical representations of word frequency that give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently. The larger the word in the visual below the more common the word was in the local survey.

We seek to tackle the issues raised in line with our Local Policing Community Charter.

To 'Have your say' on local issues, please click on the button below to complete a short survey.

What members in (FA4) Harpenden West Ward are saying are the issues in the area:

Latest Alerts

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Keep your home and garden secure this summer

If you are planning a trip away from home this summer, take some time to make sure your home and gar...

Hertfordshire Constabulary
16/06/2025 13:03:21

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Residential Burglary - Garage

Police are currently investigating a residential burglary that occurred in Heath Close, Harpenden, b...

Hertfordshire Constabulary
15/06/2025 10:45:16

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Criminal Damage

Police are currently investigating Criminal Damage that occurred along Westfield Road, Harpenden on ...

Hertfordshire Constabulary
10/06/2025 08:11:43

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A-Z of Crime Prevention: WEAPONS

Good afternoon I hope you have had a lovely weekend. We are nearing the end of this A-Z of Crime Pr...

Hertfordshire Constabulary
09/06/2025 16:07:09

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Rural vehicle crime training

Good Afternoon Resident Yesterday (06/06/2025) officers from the Rural Operational Support Team ...

Hertfordshire Constabulary
07/06/2025 14:43:21

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Residential Burglary

Dear Resident, I wanted to provide you with an update regarding Burglary - Residential, which pe...

Hertfordshire Constabulary
04/06/2025 08:41:25

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Local Priorities Vehicle Crime

Dear Resident, Thank you for taking the local priority survey recently, your ongoing feedback ab...

Hertfordshire Constabulary
03/06/2025 20:45:38

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Harpenden Carnival - Saturday 7th June 2025 from 12pm

Members of your local Harpenden NPT- Neighbour Policing Team - will be on patrol in Harpenden Town C...

Hertfordshire Constabulary
03/06/2025 09:55:19

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