Total Crime Rate

98.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

58.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 98.9 8/10
  • Violent crimes 58.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.0 7/10
  • Public order 10.7 8/10
  • Burglary 8.0 8/10
  • Other theft 5.4 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.4 5/10
  • Drugs 2.7 2/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Drakes Drive area has the 9th highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Cunningham , and the 95th highest crime rate of 428 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 Drakes Drive (AL1 5AB) in the last 12 months was 98.9 per 1,000 residents and was 11.2% lower than the Cunningham average (111.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 58.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Drakes Drive (AL1 5AB), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 192 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Drakes Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Catham Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ennerdale Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ennerdale Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mountbatten Close —
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Mountbatten Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Mountbatten Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Mountbatten Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whitecroft Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whitecroft Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cell Barnes Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Aldwick Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Swallow Lane —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cell Barnes Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Aldwick Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cell Barnes Lane —
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Data Sources

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