Crime Rates at Cottonmill Lane, St. Albans, AL1 2BQ

Cottonmill Lane 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 Cottonmill Lane (AL1 2BQ) 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 Cottonmill Lane (AL1 2BQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 72 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Leyland Avenue (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.