Crime Rates at The Brambles, St. Albans, AL1 2DP

The Brambles area has the 10th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Sopwell , and the 114th 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 The Brambles (AL1 2DP) in the last 12 months was 89.8 per 1,000 residents and was 14.1% lower than the Sopwell average (104.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 17.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 83.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Brambles (AL1 2DP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 114 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Holywell Hill (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.