Total Crime Rate

85.7 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 85.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.4 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 22.2 10/10
  • Public order 9.5 7/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Other theft 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Leyland Avenue area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 23 local areas in Sopwell , and the 125th 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 Leyland Avenue (AL1 2BD) in the last 12 months was 85.7 per 1,000 residents and was 18.0% lower than the Sopwell average (104.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 700.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 34.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 266.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Leyland Avenue (AL1 2BD), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 114 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Leyland Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (25/25)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Albeny Gate —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Leyland Avenue —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Leyland Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Grindcobbe Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cyrils Way —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Old Sopwell Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mentmore Road —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Priory Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Leyland Avenue —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Griffiths Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Ashwood Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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