Total Crime Rate

98.2 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 98.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.8 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.9 9/10
  • Other theft 8.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.0 3/10
  • Public order 3.0 2/10
  • Robbery 3.0 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.0 3/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Gordon Close area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 19 local areas in Cunningham , and the 101st highest crime rate of 430 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 Gordon Close (AL1 5RQ) in the last 12 months was 98.2 per 1,000 residents and was 6.2% lower than the Cunningham average (104.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -54.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 29.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 13.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gordon Close (AL1 5RQ), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 154 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Gordon Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cell Barnes Lane —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Camp Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Springfield Road —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Springfield Road —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Springfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Springfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burnside Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thirlmere Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Thirlmere Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Flinders Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Aldwick Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Aldwick Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Flinders Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Barncroft Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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