Total Crime Rate

113.6 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 113.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.8 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 22.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.6 6/10
  • Burglary 9.1 8/10
  • Drugs 4.6 5/10
  • Other theft 4.6 4/10
  • Public order 4.6 4/10
  • Theft from the person 4.6 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Ninedells Place area has the 15th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Batchwood , and the 76th highest crime rate of 430 local areas in St Albans .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ninedells Place (AL1 5GE) in the last 12 months was 113.6 per 1,000 residents and was 65.3% higher than the Batchwood average (68.8 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 Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -41.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 36.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ninedells Place (AL1 5GE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Paul'S Place, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dellfield (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ninedells Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Lycaste Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dellfield Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Clarence Park Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Aspasia Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lycaste Close —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ninedells Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grimston Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cecil Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cotsmoor Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cotsmoor Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dellfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Clarence Park Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dellfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Charrington Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Charrington Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dellfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cotsmoor Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cotsmoor —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cavendish Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Other crime Lycaste Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Lycaste Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Shirley Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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