Total Crime Rate
115.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
45.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chiltern Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Marshalswick East & Jersey Farm , and the 72nd 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 Chiltern Road (AL4 9ST) in the last 12 months was 115.2 per 1,000 residents and was 122.5% higher 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 45.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chiltern Road (AL4 9ST), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Quantock Close, where police recorded 12 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.
View Crime In Marshalswick East & Jersey Farm| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Quantock Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Quantock Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Cotswold Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Cotswold Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Ridgeway | — |
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