Crime Rates at Watling Street, Park Street, St. Albans, AL2 2NN

Watling Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Park Street , and the 18th highest crime rate of 428 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 Watling Street (AL2 2NN) in the last 12 months was 314.0 per 1,000 residents and was 250.7% higher than the Park Street average (89.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 67 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -63.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 42.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Watling Street (AL2 2NN), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 91 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.