Total Crime Rate

600.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 600.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 272.4 10/10
  • Other theft 124.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 65.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 41.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.6 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 13.8 10/10
  • Burglary 10.3 9/10
  • Other crime 10.3 9/10
  • Public order 10.3 7/10
  • Robbery 10.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.3 8/10
  • Theft from the person 3.5 4/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Trumpington Drive area has the highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Sopwell , and the 7th highest crime rate of 430 local areas in St Albans .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Trumpington Drive (AL1 2JW) in the last 12 months was 600.0 per 1,000 residents and was 474.1% higher than the Sopwell average (104.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 79 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 140.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 86.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 19.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Trumpington Drive (AL1 2JW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 72 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mandeville Drive (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Trumpington Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cottonmill Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mandeville Drive
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mandeville Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mandeville Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mandeville Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mandeville Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Cottonmill Lane Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cottonmill Lane Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Leyland Avenue
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Leyland Avenue
Sep 2025Public order Leyland Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Grindcobbe Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Priory Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Abbots Avenue West
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbots Avenue West Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mentmore Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mandeville Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cyrils Way
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Maynard Drive Under investigation

Data Sources

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