Total Crime Rate

101.0 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 101.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.2 7/10
  • Burglary 15.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.2 9/10
  • Other theft 12.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.6 6/10
  • Other crime 5.1 7/10
  • Public order 5.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
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

Cotlandswick area has the 8th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in London Colney , and the 93rd 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 Cotlandswick (AL2 1EQ) in the last 12 months was 101.0 per 1,000 residents and was 16.8% lower than the London Colney average (121.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 30.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 13.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cotlandswick (AL2 1EQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cotlandswick, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Harvey Road (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Cotlandswick area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Bellchambers Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Napsbury Avenue —
Sep 2025Burglary Cotlandswick Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kingfisher Mews —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cotlandswick Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Napsbury Avenue —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cotlandswick Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Foxhollows Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Foxhollows Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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