Total Crime Rate

57.0 per 1,000 5/10 · 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 57.0 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 23.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.4 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 10.4 3/10
  • Burglary 7.8 7/10
  • Drugs 2.6 1/10
  • Other theft 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Lemsford Road area has the 28th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Bernards Heath , and the 176th 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 Lemsford Road (AL1 3PT) in the last 12 months was 57.0 per 1,000 residents and was 6.4% lower than the Bernards Heath average (60.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 10.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lemsford Road (AL1 3PT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sefton Close, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Corringham Court (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lemsford Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Battlefield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Warwick Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Warwick Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Corringham Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Corringham Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Upper Heath Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Gainsborough Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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