Total Crime Rate

101.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 101.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 25.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.1 4/10
  • Burglary 2.8 2/10
  • Other theft 2.8 2/10
  • Robbery 2.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Orient Close area has the 9th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Sopwell , and the 92nd highest crime rate of 430 local areas in St Albans .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Orient Close (AL1 1AJ) in the last 12 months was 101.4 per 1,000 residents and was 3.0% lower than the Sopwell average (104.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 16.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Orient Close (AL1 1AJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Grosvenor Road, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Albans (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Orient Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Riverside Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Grosvenor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kenton Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Kenton Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kenton Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Kenton Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Charrington Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Charrington Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grosvenor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kenton Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grosvenor Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cornwall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pullman Close —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pullman Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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