Crime Rates at London Road, St. Albans, AL1 1PX

London Road 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 London Road (AL1 1PX) 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 London Road (AL1 1PX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 229 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.