Total Crime Rate
27.4 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
18.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Trumpington Drive area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 23 local areas in Sopwell , and the 117th lowest crime rate of 428 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 Trumpington Drive (AL1 2JY) in the last 12 months was 27.4 per 1,000 residents and was 76.0% lower than the Sopwell average (114.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (β 18.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Trumpington Drive (AL1 2JY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mandeville Drive (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sopwell| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glengall Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trumpington Drive | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Glengall Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Deacon Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Priory Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Priory Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Priory Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Priory Walk | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Abbots Avenue West | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Abbots Avenue West | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Abbots Avenue West | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lectern Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Grindcobbe | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Grindcobbe | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Glengall Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Holyrood Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mandeville Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mandeville Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Creighton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Graham Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Graham Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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