Total Crime Rate

120.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

57.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 120.6 8/10
  • Violent crimes 57.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.7 9/10
  • Public order 9.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.4 5/10
  • Other theft 6.4 6/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Mentmore Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Sopwell , and the 66th highest crime rate of 428 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 Mentmore Road (AL1 2BJ) in the last 12 months was 120.6 per 1,000 residents and was 5.5% higher than the Sopwell average (114.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 57.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 38.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mentmore Road (AL1 2BJ), the main crime hotspot is near Leyland Avenue. Police recorded 30 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Mentmore Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Priory Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Monks Gate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Grindcobbe Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Grindcobbe Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Monks Gate —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Leyland Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Graham Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Graham Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Priory Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Old Sopwell Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Priory Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Priory Walk —
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Data Sources

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