Crime Rate in St Peters, ward

St Peters has the highest crime rate of 20 wards in St Albans district and the 322nd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 26th highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in St Peters in the last 12 months was 192.3 per 1,000 residents and was 137.9% higher than the St Albans district average (80.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St Peters’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 440 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 15 cases , up 15.4% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 52.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -35.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 569 (≈ 63.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St Peters ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 353 crimes here, including 77 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.