Total Crime Rate

50.4 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 50.4 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.1 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.1 5/10
  • Burglary 4.0 5/10
  • Other theft 4.0 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.0 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Castle Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 15 local areas in Clarence , and the 199th highest crime rate of 430 local areas in St Albans .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Castle Road (AL1 5DL) in the last 12 months was 50.4 per 1,000 residents and was 28.6% lower than the Clarence average (70.5 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 14.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 205.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Castle Road (AL1 5DL), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 247 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 Castle Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (25/25)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Woodstock Road South —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Camp Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Woodstock Road South —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A1057 Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sutton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sutton Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Montague Close —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Montague Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hansell Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wellington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Royal Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Royal Road —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Royal Road —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Castle Road —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Guildford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Cape Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Castle Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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