Crime in AL1 2DF
How much crime is recorded in AL1 2DF, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Cottonmill & Sopwell
- Council
- St Albans
- Region
- East of England
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,382 (2024)
AL1 2DFSt Albans
How safe is AL1 2DF
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 39.1 offences per 1,000 people a year in the AL1 2DF area, above the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.