Total Crime Rate

141.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 141.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 48.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.2 10/10
  • Other theft 13.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.4 8/10
  • Burglary 3.5 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
  • Robbery 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

Old London Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Batchwood , and the 49th highest crime rate of 430 local areas in St Albans .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Old London Road (AL1 1QA) in the last 12 months was 141.9 per 1,000 residents and was 106.4% higher than the Batchwood average (68.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 41.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Old London Road (AL1 1QA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Grosvenor Road, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petrol Station (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Old London Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B691 Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lattimore Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Riverside Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Millers Rise Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Millers Rise —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Alexandra Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Old Sopwell Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cornwall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pullman Close —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pullman Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grosvenor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Grosvenor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grosvenor Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alma Cut —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B691 Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wetherall Mews —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Milliner'S Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Paxton Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B691 Under investigation
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Data Sources

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