Total Crime Rate

104.9 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 104.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 33.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.7 5/10
  • Drugs 11.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.5 4/10
  • Burglary 7.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.5 6/10
  • Other crime 7.5 8/10
  • Other theft 7.5 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Grosvenor Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Batchwood , and the 85th 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 Grosvenor Road (AL1 3BY) in the last 12 months was 104.9 per 1,000 residents and was 52.5% higher than the Batchwood average (68.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 350.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 22.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -57.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 33.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Grosvenor Road (AL1 3BY), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 85 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Grosvenor Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/32)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Burglary Charrington Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alma Cut —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Charrington Place —
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Riverside Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Millers Rise Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Millers Rise —
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cornwall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Alexandra Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B691 Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Milliner'S Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B691 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B691 Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lattimore Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pullman Close —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pullman Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grosvenor Road —
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Data Sources

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