Total Crime Rate

65.0 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 65.0 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.8 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.5 5/10
  • Burglary 8.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.5 6/10
  • Drugs 2.8 2/10
  • Other crime 2.8 2/10
  • Other theft 2.8 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Boleyn Drive area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 23 local areas in Sopwell , and the 159th highest crime rate of 430 local areas in St Albans .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Boleyn Drive (AL1 2BS) in the last 12 months was 65.0 per 1,000 residents and was 37.8% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 19.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Boleyn Drive (AL1 2BS), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 72 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Boleyn Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbots Avenue West Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mentmore Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cottonmill Lane Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Old Sopwell Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cottonmill Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Cottonmill Lane Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Priory Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Abbots Avenue West —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Abbots Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Grindcobbe Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Leyland Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Leyland Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Leyland Avenue —
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Data Sources

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