— ACRERIGHT AREA REPORT · POSTCODE SECTOR
High wellbeingAmong the least deprived
St Albans Council · Liberal Democrat-controlled 44/56 seats · 79% · OCD 2026
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How safe is it? This postcode sector
We don’t hold a separate crime rate for AL5 9, so this is the wider St Albans district: 7.5 per 1,000 residents a month — below the 9.9 average across districts Acreright covers. The trend and category mix here are AL5 9’s own.
Crime rate
Monthly recorded crimes across the whole postcode sector
District crime rate7.5 / 1,000 / mo
Average across Acreright-covered districts9.9
Per-1,000 rate is the wider St Albans district — we don’t hold a separate population-based rate for AL5 9 · police.uk / ONS
By category, 12 months from St Albans
Recorded crimes by category across the whole St Albans district, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office
Where crime clusters
| On or near | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Petrol Station | 354 |
| Parking Area | 246 |
| Supermarket | 226 |
| Colnbrook Close | 211 |
| Shopping Area | 191 |
Busiest anonymised "on or near" markers over the last 6 months — click a row to centre the crime map there · retail-heavy spots naturally rank high (shoplifting concentrates where the shops are), and some forces log crimes at their police station, so a station can rank high without the crime happening there · police.uk
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