Total Crime Rate

89.8 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 89.8 7/10
  • Burglary 24.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 20.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.5 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.0 4/10
  • Other theft 5.0 5/10
  • Public order 5.0 4/10
  • Drugs 2.5 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.5 2/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Prospect Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Sopwell , and the 114th 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 Prospect Road (AL1 2AX) in the last 12 months was 89.8 per 1,000 residents and was 14.1% lower than the Sopwell average (104.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 17.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 83.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Prospect Road (AL1 2AX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 114 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Holywell Hill (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Prospect Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/30)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Leyland Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Centrium —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holywell Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Albeny Gate —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orchard House Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Belmont Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Griffiths Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Centrium Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Holywell Hill —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Leyland Avenue —
Sep 2025Public order Leyland Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Latium Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Holywell Hill —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Latium Close —
Sep 2025Burglary Ashwood Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Pondwicks Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
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Data Sources

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