Total Crime Rate

116.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 116.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.0 8/10
  • Public order 16.0 9/10
  • Burglary 8.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.0 7/10
  • Other crime 4.0 6/10
  • Other theft 4.0 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 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

Mercers Row area has the 6th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Sopwell , and the 72nd 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 Mercers Row (AL1 2QS) in the last 12 months was 116.0 per 1,000 residents and was 11.0% higher 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -52.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 56.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -46.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mercers Row (AL1 2QS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 64 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Close (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Mercers Row area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Watling Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Leaf Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hudson Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hudson Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leaf Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Leaf Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Centrium Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Centrium —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vesta Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mercers Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime The Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary St Stephen'S Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Hudson Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hudson Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Vicarage Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Romans End Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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