Total Crime Rate

26.8 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

11.9 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 26.8 3/10
  • Violent crimes 11.9 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.9 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 11.9 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Windmill Avenue area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 19 local areas in Marshalswick East & Jersey Farm , and the 114th lowest crime rate of 428 local areas in St Albans .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Windmill Avenue (AL4 9SN) in the last 12 months was 26.8 per 1,000 residents and was 48.3% lower than the Marshalswick East & Jersey Farm average (51.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 11.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Windmill Avenue (AL4 9SN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Twyford Road, where police recorded 59 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mendip Close (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Windmill Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Twyford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Belsize Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Cotswold Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Twyford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Quantock Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Quantock Close —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Twyford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Twyford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Twyford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Twyford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Belsize Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Summerlands Road —
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Cotswold Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Twyford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Harvest Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Brelades Place —

Data Sources

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