Total Crime Rate

113.4 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 113.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 44.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.8 8/10
  • Burglary 11.9 9/10
  • Other theft 6.0 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.0 2/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Lawrance Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Batchwood , and the 77th 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 Lawrance Road (AL3 6ED) in the last 12 months was 113.4 per 1,000 residents and was 65.0% higher than the Batchwood average (68.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 114.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 44.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lawrance Road (AL3 6ED), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lawrance Road, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Maple Avenue (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lawrance Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Henderson Close —
Sep 2025Other theft Maple Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woollam Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lawrance Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maple Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Flint Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Flint Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maple Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Henderson Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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