Total Crime Rate

218.8 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 218.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 84.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 43.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.1 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.6 9/10
  • Public order 9.8 7/10
  • Burglary 7.8 7/10
  • Other theft 5.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.9 6/10
  • Robbery 3.9 5/10
  • Drugs 2.0 1/10
  • Other crime 2.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.0 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

Doggetts Way area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Sopwell , and the 30th highest crime rate of 430 local areas in St Albans .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Doggetts Way (AL1 2NG) in the last 12 months was 218.8 per 1,000 residents and was 109.3% higher than the Sopwell average (104.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 175.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 52.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Doggetts Way (AL1 2NG), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 114 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Doggetts Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/35)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hudson Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Maynard Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Maynard Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mercers Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vesta Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Griffiths Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Hudson Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Centrium —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Centrium Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime The Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leaf Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Leaf Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
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 2025Anti-social behaviour Cyrils Way —
Sep 2025Other theft Leaf Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tavistock Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Vicarage Close —
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Data Sources

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