Total Crime Rate

29.7 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 29.7 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.0 3/10
  • Public order 3.0 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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
  • Violence and sexual offences 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

Rodney Avenue area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 19 local areas in Cunningham , and the 139th lowest 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 Rodney Avenue (AL1 5SY) in the last 12 months was 29.7 per 1,000 residents and was 71.7% lower than the Cunningham average (104.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rodney Avenue (AL1 5SY), 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 Rodney Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Flinders Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Cell Barnes Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Aldwick Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Flinders Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Flinders Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Aldwick Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
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 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cell Barnes Lane
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Public order Kensington Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Haig Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Old Mile House Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Old Mile House Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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