Total Crime Rate
85.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Sadleir Road 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 Sadleir Road (AL1 2BW) 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 Sadleir Road (AL1 2BW), the main crime hotspot is near Leyland Avenue. Police recorded 19 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Sopwell| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Cottonmill Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Leyland Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Abbots Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Leyland Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Grindcobbe | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Riverside Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Millers Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Millers Rise | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Leyland Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Priory Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cottonmill Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mentmore Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cottonmill Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Old Sopwell Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
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