Total Crime Rate

122.7 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 122.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.6 8/10
  • Public order 18.4 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.3 8/10
  • Drugs 6.1 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Shoplifting 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

North Cottages area has the 6th highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Cunningham , and the 60th 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 North Cottages (AL2 1AP) in the last 12 months was 122.7 per 1,000 residents and was 17.1% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons 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 Shoplifting ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 55.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around North Cottages (AL2 1AP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Drive, where police recorded 6 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near B5378 (2 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in North Cottages area

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Data Sources

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