Total Crime Rate

200.0 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 200.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 69.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 34.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 34.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 26.1 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.7 9/10
  • Public order 8.7 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.7 7/10
  • Other crime 4.4 6/10
  • Robbery 4.4 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Summerfield Close area has the 5th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in London Colney , and the 33rd 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 Summerfield Close (AL2 1PT) in the last 12 months was 200.0 per 1,000 residents and was 64.7% higher 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 91.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 28.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Summerfield Close (AL2 1PT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cotlandswick, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kingfisher Mews (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Summerfield Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Bellchambers Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cotlandswick Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Napsbury Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Napsbury Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Caledon Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Caledon Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kingfisher Mews —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cotlandswick Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Cotlandswick Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Caledon Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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