Total Crime Rate

90.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 90.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 37.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.5 4/10
  • Other theft 12.4 8/10
  • Public order 12.4 8/10
  • Drugs 8.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.1 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Mendip Close area has the 4th highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Marshalswick East & Jersey Farm , and the 112th 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 Mendip Close (AL4 9SR) in the last 12 months was 90.5 per 1,000 residents and was 94.6% higher than the Marshalswick East & Jersey Farm average (46.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 28.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mendip Close (AL4 9SR), the main crime hotspot is near Quantock Close. Police recorded 12 crimes here, including 4 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Mendip Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mendip Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mendip Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Larkswood Rise —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Larkswood Rise —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Larkswood Rise Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chiltern Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Quantock Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mendip Close —
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Data Sources

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