Total Crime Rate

58.3 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 58.3 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.7 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Newsom Place area has the 25th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Bernards Heath , and the 172nd highest crime rate of 430 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 Newsom Place (AL1 3FP) in the last 12 months was 58.3 per 1,000 residents and was 4.4% lower than the Bernards Heath average (60.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 133.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 34.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 133.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Newsom Place (AL1 3FP), the main crime hotspot is near St Peter'S Road. Police recorded 41 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Newsom Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Peter'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newsom Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bowgate Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ramsey Lodge Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Peter'S Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Murton Court —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Newsom Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Manor Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Manor Road —
Sep 2025Drugs Newsom Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Newsom Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Corringham Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Corringham Court Under investigation

Data Sources

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