Total Crime Rate
257.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
128.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Buttermere Close area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Cunningham , and the 27th highest crime rate of 428 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 5TE) in the last 12 months was 257.2 per 1,000 residents and was 130.8% higher than the Cunningham average (111.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 128.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Buttermere Close (AL1 5TE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 192 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Keswick Close (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cunningham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ennerdale Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ennerdale Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Catham Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Keswick Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thirlmere Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drakes Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | College Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | College Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | College Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thirlmere Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Burnside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ely Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ely Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cell Barnes Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cell Barnes Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Richard Stagg Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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