Crime Rate in Sopwell, ward

Sopwell has the 4th highest crime rate of 20 wards in St Albans district and the 1611th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 129th highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Sopwell in the last 12 months was 104.5 per 1,000 residents and was 29.3% higher than the St Albans district average (80.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Sopwell’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 204 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 3 cases , down -25.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 45.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -36.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 246 (≈ 31.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Sopwell ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Shopping Area, with 114 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Mandeville Drive (16 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.