Total Crime Rate
18.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Thamesdale area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 28 local areas in London Colney , and the 80th lowest crime rate of 430 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 Thamesdale (AL2 1TA) in the last 12 months was 18.0 per 1,000 residents and was 85.2% 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 33.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 14.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Thamesdale (AL2 1TA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Colnbrook Close, where police recorded 244 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Colnbrook Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Colnbrook Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Colnbrook Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Colnbrook Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Colnbrook Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Colnbrook Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Colnbrook Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Colnbrook Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Colnbrook Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Colnbrook Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Colnbrook Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Colnbrook Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Colnbrook Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Colnbrook Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Colnbrook Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Colnbrook Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Colnbrook Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Colnbrook Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Colnbrook Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Colnbrook Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Tynedale | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Colnbrook Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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