Total Crime Rate
61.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
40.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Annes Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in London Colney , and the 169th highest crime rate of 428 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 St Annes Road (AL2 1NW) in the last 12 months was 61.5 per 1,000 residents and was 54.4% lower than the London Colney average (134.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 33.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 40.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Annes Road (AL2 1NW), the main crime hotspot is near Sanders Close. Police recorded 22 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In London Colney| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Annes Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sanders Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Caledon Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Annes Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walsingham Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Walsingham Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Caledon Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hardwicke Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sanders Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sanders Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sanders Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Annes Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bluett Road | Under investigation |
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