Total Crime Rate

241.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 241.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 102.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 67.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.1 9/10
  • Other theft 12.9 9/10
  • Public order 12.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.9 9/10
  • Burglary 9.7 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.2 4/10
  • Robbery 3.2 4/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Buttermere Close area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Cunningham , and the 26th highest crime rate of 430 local areas in St Albans .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Buttermere Close (AL1 5TD) in the last 12 months was 241.2 per 1,000 residents and was 130.2% higher than the Cunningham average (104.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 119.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 117.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 22.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Buttermere Close (AL1 5TD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 154 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Keswick Close (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Buttermere Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Cell Barnes Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Liberty Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Liberty Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Liberty Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Liberty Walk 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 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 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Keswick Close
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Beresford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Keswick Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keswick Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Drakes Drive Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Staveley Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Drakes Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Guildford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wellington Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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