Total Crime Rate
506.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Saracens Head Yard area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Batchwood , and the 10th highest crime rate of 430 local areas in St Albans .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Saracens Head Yard (AL1 1ND) in the last 12 months was 506.2 per 1,000 residents and was 636.3% higher than the Batchwood average (68.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 126 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 81.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Saracens Head Yard (AL1 1ND), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 251 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (44 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Batchwood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Westbourne Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Half Moon Yard | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Civic Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Saracens Head Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Saracens Head Yard | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Westbourne Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sumpter Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Sumpter Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sumpter Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Westbourne Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Marlborough Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Albeny Gate | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard House Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holywell Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Holywell Hill | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Holywell Hill | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Drovers Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Drovers Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Drovers Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Drovers Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Chequer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Marlborough Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Drovers Way | — |
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