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St Albans · England

Estimated neighbourhood population6,849 residents

St Albans 004 · MSOA · mid-2024 · ONS mid-year population estimates

About this population

Official estimate for the wider statistical neighbourhood, not this address or postcode. No extrapolation beyond the published year. Population evidence

Council financial contextNo listed financial warning
What this means

No section 114 notice, exceptional financial support, council tax rise above the usual limit or government intervention recorded for St Albans (list reviewed 26 September 2026: section 114 notices since 2020, exceptional support and council tax limits for 2024-25 to 2026-27, and current government interventions). A list of official decisions, not a judgement of the council's finances.

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One of the most affluent neighbourhoods in England, with signals pointing away from gentrification

One of the most affluent neighbourhoods in England: household income after housing costs higher than 89% of neighbourhoods, and houses around £740k and flats around £240k, dearer than 89%.

Full summary

recorded crime here is lower than across St Albans (39 against 65 a year per 1,000 residents), rents across St Albans rose 2.9% in the year to August 2026 (East of England +3.5%, England +4.0%) and council-wide prices in St Albans rose 2.3% in the year to July 2026 (East of England +0.5%, England +1.1%), while house resales in this neighbourhood fell 7% from 2022–2023 to 2024–2025.

But recorded crime here rose 24% over two years (St Albans +12%), area signals point away from gentrification (3 of 17 signals falling against the borough, 1 rising) and the surface water flood risk at the postcode centre is medium.

Flooding: Medium · surface water at postcode centre1 of 26 properties in this postcode have medium or high river and sea flood risk. Select your building for a property-specific check. Rivers and sea: very low, with defences · planning map: Outside Zones 2 and 3 · past floods recorded within about 1 km: 17

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Typical house resale£735,000 Median £735,000 (211 sales) in St Albans 004, 2023-2025
Typical flat resale£240,000 Median £240,000 (25 sales) in St Albans 004, 2023-2025
Household income£75,100 £75,100 here
FloodingMedium · surface water at postcode centre 1 of 26 properties in this postcode have medium or high river and sea flood risk. Select your building for a property-specific check. Rivers and sea: very low, with defences · planning map: Outside Zones 2 and 3 · past floods recorded within about 1 km: 17

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Getting around

Rail, metro and buses nearby

Distances from the report point are straight-line measurements. Walking times are approximate, using 4.8 km/h (about 3 mph); actual routes may be longer.

Nearest rail station 2.04 mi Approx. 41 min walk

Harpenden Rail Station

Straight-line distance from the report point to the recorded stop. Searched separately from metro and tram stops, up to 15 km. Source: Department for Transport NaPTAN
Nearest Tube / metro / tram stop 5.25 mi Approx. 106 min walk

Luton Airport DART Station

Straight-line distance from the report point to the recorded stop. Searched separately from rail stations, up to 15 km. Source: Department for Transport NaPTAN
Closest listed bus stop 0.02 mi Approx. <1 min walk

Cottages

Rounded straight-line distance held in this report. The saved stop list may be limited; stop proximity does not establish service frequency. Source: Department for Transport NaPTAN

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Local venue mix

Experimental

The price positioning of nearby shops, food venues, hotels and recognised health-club brands.

Too few classified venues

3 of 16 mapped venues within 1 km have a known position. 13 are unclassified and do not move the bar. Nearby venues carry more weight.

Coverage and calculation

Experimental. Existing brand positions run from 1 (budget) to 5 (luxury). Each distinct venue uses the first matching distance band: within 250 m ×3; within 500 m ×2; within 1000 m ×1. Average these positions using the distance weights, then map 1–5 to 0–100 (3 becomes 50). At least 5 classified venues are needed. Reviewed gym tiers use premium=4, mid=3, budget=2 for this experiment only. Budget-led through 37.5; Premium-led from 62.5; otherwise Mixed. Unclassified venues are excluded from the calculation. This changes no existing score.

13 mapped venues are unclassified. Health coverage is limited to reviewed gym brands; independent gyms, spas and clinical services have no price or quality classification. Hotel stars are OpenStreetMap volunteer tags, not an official rating. Volunteer mapping and the classified subset are not a census of every venue.

Shops
2 classified · 0 unclassified
Cafés
0 classified · 4 unclassified
Fast food and grab-and-go
0 classified · 1 unclassified
Restaurants and pubs
1 classified · 6 unclassified
Hotels
0 classified · 0 unclassified
Health and fitness
0 classified · 2 unclassified

Source: OpenStreetMap; reviewed brand positioning and gym lists · 2026-10-06

Current economic profile

Income, work and financial pressure in the neighbourhood. These describe current standing using the dates shown; the change indicator below describes historical direction.

Household income after housing costs

£43,008

2022/23

Definition and coverage

Neighbourhood St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA E02004927) against St Albans. Food premises within 800 m.

ONS small-area household income estimates

£43,008 a year (ONS estimate of household income after housing costs, 2022/23), higher than 89% of the 6,856 neighbourhoods in England

In work, share of residents aged 16+

57.58%

2021-03-21

Definition and coverage

St Albans 004 (MSOA)

ONS Census 2021, TS066

Denominator: all usual residents aged 16 and over. The In work numerator excludes full-time students. This is a resident share, not an unemployment rate or an employment rate for working-age residents. Census day fell during a lockdown; furloughed people count as in work.

Managerial and professional, share of residents aged 16+

49.89%

2021-03-21

Definition and coverage

St Albans 004 (MSOA)

ONS Census 2021, TS062 (NS-SEC)

ONS socio-economic classification of current or last job. Denominator: all usual residents aged 16 and over, including students and those who never worked; not a share of employed residents. Lower supervisory and technical occupations are not the technology sector. The 2011 denominator was aged 16–74, so no like-for-like trend is inferred.

Children in low-income families

10.9%

2024/25

Definition and coverage

Neighbourhood: St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA); borough: St Albans; region: East of England; England. Ward for children in low-income families. Counts from DWP Stat-Xplore; shares of Census 2021 residents and households. The Claimant Count from ONS (Nomis). Council Tax Support from MHCLG, for the borough. Separate annual-population charts use matching ONS age estimates only for the years and areas held; their captions give the dates and limits.; fixed Census 2021 population denominator

Department for Work and Pensions, Stat-Xplore; Office for National Statistics, Claimant Count (Nomis); Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local Council Tax Support

Children under 16 in relative low-income families (before housing costs) in each financial year, as a share of residents aged 0 to 15 at the 2021 census, a fixed base. DWP definitions: a child is in relative low income when their family's income before housing costs, adjusted for the size and make-up of the household, is below 60% of the median that year; income includes earnings, state support and pensions. Only families claiming Child Benefit and at least one other household benefit (Universal Credit, tax credits or Housing Benefit) are counted. Stat-Xplore holds these figures from 2021/22 on 2021 boundaries; DWP's earlier years (from 2014/15) were published on older boundaries and are not connected. Neighbourhood: St Albans 004 (ONS middle layer super output area, 2021). Ward figures are in the row below: no count of all children by ward is loaded, so the ward is not drawn as a share.

Universal Credit / working-age population

10.6%

May 2026

Definition and coverage

Neighbourhood: St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA); borough: St Albans; region: East of England; England. Ward for children in low-income families. Counts from DWP Stat-Xplore; shares of Census 2021 residents and households. The Claimant Count from ONS (Nomis). Council Tax Support from MHCLG, for the borough. Separate annual-population charts use matching ONS age estimates only for the years and areas held; their captions give the dates and limits.; fixed Census 2021 population denominator

Department for Work and Pensions, Stat-Xplore; Office for National Statistics, Claimant Count (Nomis); Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local Council Tax Support

Numbered on the chart: 1: April 2020, the first month after the Covid-19 lockdown began (23 March 2020); 2: August 2022, the first month DWP marks people moved across from older benefits by Move to UC. People on Universal Credit on the second Thursday of each month (May 2013 to May 2026), all ages, as a share of residents aged 16 to 64 at the 2021 census, a fixed base: population change since 2021 is not reflected. Neighbourhood: St Albans 004 (ONS middle layer super output area, 2021). Universal Credit has been replacing six older benefits (income-based Jobseeker's Allowance, income-related Employment and Support Allowance, Income Support, Housing Benefit, Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit) since 2013. It was rolled out area by area until it took new claims in every Jobcentre in December 2018 (shaded): the rise until then shows the roll-out, not more people claiming, so the reading above starts in May 2019. DWP's Move to UC (managed migration) has also been moving people across from those benefits since 2022, so growth since then partly reflects that move, not only more people claiming. In May 2026, 48 of the 401 people on Universal Credit here, and 1,421,184 of the 7,222,784 in England, had moved across from older benefits through Move to UC (DWP marks them from August 2022). Recent months are provisional (the latest is dashed) and DWP revises them. All-age UC claimants divided by residents aged 16–64; not the percentage of working-age residents claiming. Do not add to Claimant Count.

Premium chain branches within 1 km

0

Observation date not held

Definition and coverage

Classified shop, café, fast-food and restaurant chain branches within 1 km in a straight line; excludes hotels and independent venues

OpenStreetMap; report brand positioning list

Denominator: all high, mid and budget branches in that same 1 km scope. Independents are unclassified, not assumed budget. Premier (1, mid), Tesco (1, mid), Miller & Carter (1, mid). Local comparison: listed shop, café, fast-food and restaurant chain branches within 1 km in a straight line of the selected point. Each column and branch count uses that same boundary; farther venues do not count. Highest brand weight first, with the nearest local distance. Hotels are shown separately; the experimental positioning figure also includes branded hotels within 1 km. Independent venues have no open price data and are unclassified, never assumed budget. OpenStreetMap volunteer coverage varies; positioning describes brands, not the people who use them.

How to read this profile

Current economic standing and historical gentrification answer different questions: an established affluent area can show little recent change. These are the latest held snapshots, not simultaneous measurements: Census employment and occupations describe March 2021. Compare each source, date and population before drawing conclusions.

The saved Affluence today model uses household income (weight 3), resale prices (2), income deprivation (3) and overall deprivation (1). Employment, occupations, child low income, benefits and amenities provide separate context and do not alter that model. Missing values are not zero. Benefits overlap and must not be added; Universal Credit includes people in work. PIP is disability support, not unemployment. NS-SEC uses current or last job and does not identify technology-sector workers. Premium venues describe local provision, not residents’ wealth.

Percentage bars share a 0–100 scale; they are not scores.

Today's characterAmong the most affluent

One of the most affluent neighbourhoods in England: household income after housing costs higher than 89% of neighbourhoods in England, and houses around £740k and flats around £240k, dearer than 89%. Area signals point away from gentrification against St Albans (the gentrification indication). How well off the neighbourhood is today, from 4 money measures listed in the full evidence; a label, not a score.

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Evidence coverage11 of 12 sections

Sections holding evidence, including partial or older sources. Dates and gaps are shown separately; this is not a confidence score.

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Gentrification indicator

Experimental
Moving the other way

Signals of changing affluence, mainly compared with the borough.

A reading of recorded changes. It does not predict house prices or establish displacement.

Weighted balance-0.21
Rising affluence
1
In line
13
The other way
3

17 measured signals · 5 not measured. Related benefit measures count together. Coverage is not confidence.

Strongest signals towards rising affluence

  • Homes selling
    Figures and period

    Sales 2022–2023 → 2024–2025: +19% here against -1% across the borough.

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    Weight 1

Strongest signals the other way

  • Benefit claims (DWP)
    Figures and period

    People on Universal Credit: May 2023 → May 2026: 289 → 353 here (+22%) against 6,921 → 7,962 across St Albans (+15%), a gap of +7 points. People on Universal Credit (DWP Stat-Xplore). Leaves out people DWP marks as moved across from older benefits by Move to UC (48 here and 1,908 across St Albans in May 2026), whose arrival would otherwise read as more need. Rising faster than the borough counts the other way; falling faster counts towards rising affluence; within 10 points is in line.

    Children in low-income families: 2021/22 → 2024/25: 116 → 163 here (+41%) against 2,407 → 2,344 across St Albans (−3%), a gap of +43 points. Children under 16 in relative low-income families, before housing costs (DWP and HMRC, Stat-Xplore). Rising faster than the borough counts the other way; falling faster counts towards rising affluence; within 10 points is in line.

    Households getting help with rent: March 2023 → March 2026: 287 → 308 here (+7%) against 6,933 → 7,433 across St Albans (+7%), a gap of 0 points. Housing Benefit and Universal Credit housing entitlement together, every tenure, so claims moving from one to the other are not counted as change (DWP Stat-Xplore). Rising faster than the borough counts the other way; falling faster counts towards rising affluence; within 10 points is in line.

    Pension Credit: February 2023 → March 2026 (the nearest earlier quarter DWP publishes): 52 → 53 here (+2%) against 1,454 → 1,486 across St Albans (+2%), a gap of 0 points. Pension Credit claimants (DWP Stat-Xplore). Rising faster than the borough counts the other way; falling faster counts towards rising affluence; within 10 points is in line.

    Council Tax Support (borough against England): June 2023 → June 2026: 5,951 → 5,910 claimants across St Albans (−1%) against 3,737,417 → 3,635,623 across England (−3%), a gap of +2 points. Local Council Tax Support claimants, pensioners and working age together (MHCLG), as a share of households: the borough's change, the same for every neighbourhood in it. Each council in England sets its own scheme for working-age people, so a change can also follow a change to the scheme. Rising faster than England counts the other way; falling faster counts towards rising affluence; within 10 points is in line.

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    Weight 4
  • Recent price momentum
    Figures and period

    Houses -7% here against +1% across the borough, 2022–2023 → 2024–2025.

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    Weight 3
  • Recorded crime
    Figures and period

    Recorded crime changed +24% here against +12% across the borough. Falling faster than the borough counts towards rising affluence; rising faster counts against.

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    Weight 2

Wider-area and housing context

Shown separately; not included in this saved local-change reading.

Homes improving their energy rating

Context, not counted: Selective re-certification, assessment changes, grants and the starting housing stock can change this rate without establishing rising local affluence. 43% of 51 homes re-certified in the last 3 years improved their rating, against 48% across the borough.

Borough against the region

Context, not counted: Council-wide momentum is shown separately: it does not establish change within this neighbourhood. St Albans against the East of England: prices +12% against +17% (UK House Price Index, 2017–2019 → 2023–2025); household income +33% against +34% for the typical neighbourhood (2011/12 → 2022/23); income deprivation ranks -3.7 against -1.2 percentile points of national position (2019 → 2025; up is less deprived); residents with a degree +7 against +6 points (2011 → 2021). 0 of 4 point towards rising affluence and 1 the other way, so it is keeping pace with the East of England. The same council-wide context for every neighbourhood in St Albans; shown separately from local change.

These are the years represented across the saved charts, not continuous coverage of every measure. Census ethnicity describes residents; school ethnicity describes pupils. Neither feeds this indicator. A history of this indicator itself requires comparable saved snapshots; it cannot be reconstructed from today’s balance.

How this reading is supported

1 of 17 measured signals point towards rising affluence against the borough, 3 the other way and 13 in line. Weighing each by how directly it tracks rising incomes and values (1 to 5), the balance is -0.21, on a scale from -1 (all the other way) to +1 (all rising). A reading of the signals, not a prediction.

Each signal has a weight from 1 to 5. The balance is rising weight minus falling weight, divided by all measured weight, including signals in line. Missing signals are excluded. The reading also needs several signals to agree and applies the income safeguard where relevant.

Source periods and geographic coverage vary. The evidence below retains the report’s original figures and dates.

  • Resale pricesIn line · Weight 5

    Change against St Albans: houses +4 points, flats -3 points.

  • Recent price momentumThe other way · Weight 3

    Houses -7% here against +1% across the borough, 2022–2023 → 2024–2025.

  • Degree-educated residentsIn line · Weight 3

    2011 → 2021: +5 points here against +7 across the borough.

  • Residents aged 25 to 29In line · Weight 1

    2011 → 2021: -1 points here against -1 across the borough.

  • Single-person households under 65In line · Weight 1

    2011 → 2021: -1 points here against -1 across the borough.

  • Recorded crimeThe other way · Weight 2

    Recorded crime changed +24% here against +12% across the borough. Falling faster than the borough counts towards rising affluence; rising faster counts against.

  • Anti-social behaviourIn line · Weight 1

    Reports of anti-social behaviour changed -4% here (78 → 75) against -4% across St Albans, the 12 months to August 2026 against the 12 months to August 2024. A gap under 20 points is ordinary variation. It tends to move with recorded crime, which is counted as its own signal, so the two often agree; forces record anti-social behaviour differently, so it is compared only with the borough.

  • Income deprivation rankingIn line · Weight 3

    2019 → 2025 national position on the income domain moved +0.1 percentile points; the St Albans average moved -3.7. The overall ranking, which already includes income, moved +7.6 and is shown beside it for context only.

  • Household incomeIn line · Weight 5

    Average household income 2011/12 → 2022/23: +26% here against +33% for the typical neighbourhood in St Albans (the median of 18 others with unchanged boundaries). A gap under 10 points is ordinary variation.

  • Plug-in car growthIn line · Weight 3

    Share of privately kept cars that are plug-in, June 2023 → June 2026: +4.8 points here (4.3% → 9.1%) against +4.6 across St Albans (3.6% → 8.2%). A gap under 1 point is ordinary variation.

  • Schools improvingNot measured · Weight 3

    Ofsted: not compared, only 3 nearby schools have a last inspection that can be compared (at least 4 are needed). Results, weighted by pupils: primary results (expected standard in reading, writing and maths): not compared, only 2 nearby schools with results in both 2022/23 and 2024/25 (at least 3 are needed); GCSE Attainment 8: not compared, only 1 nearby school with results in both 2022/23 and 2024/25 (at least 2 are needed). Not enough nearby schools to compare.

  • Air qualityIn line · Weight 1

    Nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) in the air, 2019 → 2024: -33% here (12.2 → 8.2 µg/m³) against -35% across St Albans (15.8 → 10.3). A gap under 3 points is ordinary variation. Defra's modelled background levels, averaged over the 1 km squares of the neighbourhood's postcodes; the extra pollution right beside a busy road is not included.

  • Solar and heat pumpsIn line · Weight 2

    Certificates for existing homes recording solar panels or a heat pump, July 2023 to June 2026: 3.5% here (3.9% in the 3 years before) against 2.5% across St Albans (1.3% before). It counts towards rising affluence only when ahead of St Albans by 1.5 points and growing faster by 1 point; behind or slower is not counted the other way, because flats rarely get panels or heat pumps.

  • New-build activityIn line · Weight 1

    15 new homes certified here from July 2023 to June 2026, 5.7 per 1,000 households, against St Albans 14. At least 2 times the council's rate, and at least 30 homes, counts towards rising affluence; fewer is not counted the other way.

  • Lifestyle businessesIn line · Weight 1

    0 new lifestyle companies in 3 years here (0.0 per 1,000 households) against 0.4 across St Albans (0.0×); the St Albans rate would give 1.1 here. Fewer than 5 new here: in line (too few to stand out).

  • Premium and budget brandsNot measured · Weight 1

    Only 0 premium and 0 budget brand premises within 800 m: too few to compare (common where independents dominate).

  • Home improvement applicationsNot measured · Weight 3

    Not compared: too few households nearby for a rate.

  • Premium home worksNot measured · Weight 3

    Not compared: too few households nearby for a rate.

  • New independent cafés and restaurantsNot measured · Weight 1

    Tracking began 2026-09-08; openings are compared once 90 days of weekly snapshots exist (42 days so far).

  • Homes sellingRising affluence · Weight 1

    Sales 2022–2023 → 2024–2025: +19% here against -1% across the borough.

  • New stations nearbyIn line · Weight 2

    No new rail, Underground, metro or tram stop within 1.5 km since 2016.

  • Benefit claims (DWP)The other way · Weight 4

    People on Universal Credit: May 2023 → May 2026: 289 → 353 here (+22%) against 6,921 → 7,962 across St Albans (+15%), a gap of +7 points. People on Universal Credit (DWP Stat-Xplore). Leaves out people DWP marks as moved across from older benefits by Move to UC (48 here and 1,908 across St Albans in May 2026), whose arrival would otherwise read as more need. Rising faster than the borough counts the other way; falling faster counts towards rising affluence; within 10 points is in line.

    Children in low-income families: 2021/22 → 2024/25: 116 → 163 here (+41%) against 2,407 → 2,344 across St Albans (−3%), a gap of +43 points. Children under 16 in relative low-income families, before housing costs (DWP and HMRC, Stat-Xplore). Rising faster than the borough counts the other way; falling faster counts towards rising affluence; within 10 points is in line.

    Households getting help with rent: March 2023 → March 2026: 287 → 308 here (+7%) against 6,933 → 7,433 across St Albans (+7%), a gap of 0 points. Housing Benefit and Universal Credit housing entitlement together, every tenure, so claims moving from one to the other are not counted as change (DWP Stat-Xplore). Rising faster than the borough counts the other way; falling faster counts towards rising affluence; within 10 points is in line.

    Pension Credit: February 2023 → March 2026 (the nearest earlier quarter DWP publishes): 52 → 53 here (+2%) against 1,454 → 1,486 across St Albans (+2%), a gap of 0 points. Pension Credit claimants (DWP Stat-Xplore). Rising faster than the borough counts the other way; falling faster counts towards rising affluence; within 10 points is in line.

    Council Tax Support (borough against England): June 2023 → June 2026: 5,951 → 5,910 claimants across St Albans (−1%) against 3,737,417 → 3,635,623 across England (−3%), a gap of +2 points. Local Council Tax Support claimants, pensioners and working age together (MHCLG), as a share of households: the borough's change, the same for every neighbourhood in it. Each council in England sets its own scheme for working-age people, so a change can also follow a change to the scheme. Rising faster than England counts the other way; falling faster counts towards rising affluence; within 10 points is in line.

Context excluded from the calculation: Prices over ten years; Homes improving their energy rating; New companies registered; New cafés, creative and fitness businesses; Borough against the region; Deprivation ranking; Jobs nearby.

Saved weighting review: 2026-10-13. This is the reading stored with this report.

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  • At the postcode centre: Surface water flood risk: Medium (see Environmental checks).
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The neighbourhood in five questions

Each answer is drawn from the evidence below and says what was measured and when. Open a card's section for the charts.

Is it getting cheaper?

Rising

No: prices here have risen (houses +8% over three years). After inflation: houses −7%.

  • Measured · 2025 Houses here: typical resale £741k over 2023 to 2025, +8% on 2020 to 2022 (St Albans +10%); after inflation −7%.
  • Whole council · July 2026 Across St Albans the average price moved +2.3% in the last year (UK House Price Index, all homes).
  • Whole council · August 2026 Private rents across St Albans: £1,931 a month, +2.9% in a year.

The answer is in cash, as paid; "after inflation" sets each year's price in the latest year's pounds (Consumer Prices Index, ONS). A typical price moves with which homes happened to sell, so three years are averaged.

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Is the area going up?

Moving the other way

Moving the other way against the borough; today it is among the most affluent.

  • Measured 1 of 17 measured signals point towards rising affluence against the borough, 3 the other way and 13 in line.
  • Measured How well off it is today: among the most affluent. One of the most affluent neighbourhoods in England: household income after housing costs higher than 89% of neighbourhoods in England, and houses around £740k and flats around £240k, dearer than 89%.
  • Estimate Household income: £75,100 here vs £76,000 St Albans.
  • Measured Prices vs borough (points): Houses +4 · Flats -3.

The balance of the counted signals in "How the area is changing", each measured against the borough; every signal and its weight is listed there.

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Who lives here now, and who is arriving?

Changing

The mix of ages is shifting (25 to 49: 30.6% of residents in 2011, 25.5% in 2024); residents are up 6.6% since 2011.

  • Estimate · 2024 Ages: 25 to 49: 30.6% of residents in 2011, 25.5% in 2024.
  • Estimate · 2024 Residents: 6,849 at mid-2024. 2011: 6,425 (+6.6%). St Albans +6.9% over the same years.
  • Measured · 2025/26 Pupils at nearby state schools with a first language other than English: 10.5%. St Albans's state schools: 17.5%. Pupils where they go to school, not the residents.
  • Census 2021 Born outside the UK: 10% of residents. 2011: 7.4%. St Albans: 17%.

Yearly figures are ONS estimates and school censuses; country of birth, ethnic group and religion of all residents are counted only at the census.

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How is religion changing here?

Changing

Between the 2011 and 2021 censuses: Christian fell 64% to 51%; No religion rose 26% to 39%.

  • Census 2021 Christian: 74.3% in 2001, then 64% → 51% of residents (St Albans 47.4% in 2021).
  • Census 2021 No religion: 17.4% in 2001, then 26% → 39% of residents (St Albans 37.1% in 2021).
  • Mapped today Places of worship within 1 km: 3 churches · 0 mosques · 0 synagogues (OpenStreetMap; no opening dates, so no trend).

Religion is counted only at the census (21 March 2021; the next is 2031): nothing measures it between censuses. Fewer people left the question unanswered (8% in 2011, 6% in 2021), which lifts every other share a little.

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Is it getting safer?

Crime rising

Recorded crime here rose 24% over two years (St Albans +12%).

  • Measured · Aug 2026 Police.uk records in this neighbourhood: 212 → 262 (+24%) vs St Albans +12%.
  • Measured Crimes per 1,000 residents in the last 12 months: 39 here · 65 St Albans.
  • Measured Anti-social behaviour per 1,000 residents, last 12 months: 11 here · 16 St Albans.
  • Measured Theft from the person per 1,000 residents, last 12 months: 0.1 here · 0.6 St Albans.

Crimes the police recorded and published, by where they happened; changes in recording move the figures too.

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What matters for this home

  • Flooding from heavy rain

    At the postcode centre: Medium risk of flooding when rain cannot drain away.

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  • Nearest station

    Harpenden Rail Station · 3.3 km.

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  • Schools

    9 of the 10 nearest schools are rated well.

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  • How the area is changing

    Signals point away from gentrification: 1 of 17 measured signals point towards rising affluence against the borough, 3 the other way and 13 in line.

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  • Crime

    39 recorded crimes a year per 1,000 residents here, against 65 across St Albans and 71 across the East of England.

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Daily life around this home

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Shops & coffee

Shops, cafés, pubs, restaurants and takeaways.

  • Village Store (Premier)Convenience shop (mainstream brand), about 740 m (OpenStreetMap).
  • Tesco ExpressConvenience shop (mainstream brand), about 800 m (OpenStreetMap).
  • BrewHouse CoffeeCafé, about 750 m (OpenStreetMap).
  • Marley'sCafé, about 760 m (OpenStreetMap).

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Amenities and green space · Ordnance Survey: OS Open Greenspace
Section date: 2026-09-23T07:46:10+00:00. Individual observation periods may differ; see the source evidence.

Families

Schools, nurseries, play spaces, parks and community spaces. Proximity does not establish admissions eligibility.

  • Melissa Field Village GreenPublic parks and gardens, about 354 m to the nearest entrance in a straight line.
  • Play spacesPlay spaces, about 422 m to the nearest entrance in a straight line.
  • The Folly AllotmentsAllotments and community growing spaces, about 240 m to the nearest entrance in a straight line.
  • The Folly AllotmentsAllotment site, about 240 m in a straight line (OS Open Greenspace).

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Amenities and green space · Ordnance Survey: OS Open Greenspace
Section date: 2026-09-23T07:46:10+00:00. Individual observation periods may differ; see the source evidence.

Schools · Department for Education — Get Information about Schools
Section date: 2026-10-20. Individual observation periods may differ; see the source evidence.

Wellbeing

Health services, parks and sports grounds; the services layer also includes gyms, libraries and post offices.

  • Melissa Field Village GreenPublic parks and gardens, about 354 m to the nearest entrance in a straight line.
  • Other sports facilitiesOther sports facilities, about 704 m to the nearest entrance in a straight line.
  • Playing fieldsPlaying fields, about 430 m to the nearest entrance in a straight line.
  • The Folly AllotmentsAllotments and community growing spaces, about 240 m to the nearest entrance in a straight line.

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Amenities and green space · Ordnance Survey: OS Open Greenspace
Section date: 2026-09-23T07:46:10+00:00. Individual observation periods may differ; see the source evidence.

Transport

Stations, bus stops, cycle hire and EV chargers.

  • Harpenden Rail StationRail station, about 3.3 km in a straight line; 2,806,312 entries and exits a year.
  • Luton Airport DART StationUnderground, metro or tram stop, about 8.4 km in a straight line.
  • CottagesBus stop, about 30 m.
  • CottagesBus stop, about 60 m.

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Getting to work · Department for Transport (NaPTAN and aviation statistics)
Section date: 2026-10-14. Individual observation periods may differ; see the source evidence.

Amenities and green space · Ordnance Survey: OS Open Greenspace
Section date: 2026-09-23T07:46:10+00:00. Individual observation periods may differ; see the source evidence.

Source periods and coverage vary by layer. Read Everyday life, Schools and Getting around for their saved evidence and sources.

Area scores (experimental)

Each theme is scored from 1 to 5 as a weighted average of figures shown in this report, using weights and bands from our configuration file. They describe the area, not the home, leave out anything about who lives here, and never change the assessment, the headlines or the questions. The breakdown under each score lists every input, what it scored and what was missing.

Safety

4.0out of 5

Good

Based on 6 of 6 inputs (100% of the weight).

Experimental — weights from our config, not an official rating.

How this is worked out

Higher: less recorded crime, anti-social behaviour and possession of weapons per resident than the borough, crime not rising faster than the borough, few injury collisions near the home, and fewer dwelling fires than England's rate (in Greater Manchester, where the police publish no street-level figures, less crime across the council than England's rate). Lower: the opposite. Flood risk is a risk to the property, shown under Environment, and is not part of this score.

InputIn this reportScoreWeight
Crime per resident against the boroughPolice.uk crimes, excluding anti-social behaviour, per Census 2021 resident in the neighbourhood over the last 12 months, divided by the borough's rate. Busy centres count many visitors against few residents. 39 here · 65 St AlbansScored on 0.6× the borough rate 43
Anti-social behaviour per resident against the boroughPolice.uk anti-social behaviour reports per resident in the neighbourhood over the last 12 months, divided by the borough's rate. 78 → 75 (-4%) vs St Albans -4%Scored on 0.71× the borough rate 42
Possession of weapons per resident against the boroughPolice.uk possession of weapons offences over the three years of the archive (counts are small) per Census 2021 resident in the neighbourhood, divided by the borough's rate. Bands are about the 20th, 40th, 60th and 80th percentiles of the 6,577 neighbourhoods in the 2026-08 crime build (median 0.79). Optional: Greater Manchester and British Transport Police publish no street-level figures, so there it is left out. Weight 1 until the owner reviews it (owner, 6 and 7 October 2026: 'it will feed a score', 'yes rewrite'). 1.0 here · 1.5 St AlbansScored on 0.7× the borough rate 31
Recorded crime trend against the boroughThe area change dial's crime signal: 'up' (4) when crime fell at least 10 points faster here than across the borough, 'down' (2) when it rose at least 10 points faster, in line (3) otherwise. A trend, so it moves the score less than the level. Recorded crime changed +24% here against +12% across the borough. Falling faster than the borough counts towards rising affluence; rising faster counts against. 21
Injury collisions within 250 mPolice-reported injury collisions within 250 m over the last five years (STATS19; PSNI in Northern Ireland). Counts, not rates: busy roads have more. 0 52
Dwelling fires per 1,000 homes against EnglandFires in homes attended by fire and rescue services in the neighbourhood over three years (MHCLG incident-level data, England only), per Census 2021 household, divided by England's rate. Bands are about the 20th, 40th, 60th and 80th percentiles (0.54 / 0.77 / 1.01 / 1.40) of 6,766 English neighbourhoods, April 2023 to March 2026; Suffolk's 90 neighbourhoods are not held for 2024/25. Optional: England only. Weight 1 until the owner reviews it (owner, 6 and 7 October 2026: 'it will feed a score', 'yes rewrite'). 1.1 here · 2.1 St Albans · 3.3 EnglandScored on 0.34× England's rate 51

Weighted average: (3×4 + 2×4 + 1×3 + 1×2 + 2×5 + 1×5) ÷ 10 = 4.0. Inputs without a value are left out, never counted as zero; the theme needs at least 60% of its weight and 2 inputs with a value.

Not part of this score here: Crime per resident across the council against England (Home Office) (Does not apply here).

Travel

2.3out of 5

Below average

Based on 4 of 4 inputs (100% of the weight).

Experimental — weights from our config, not an official rating.

How this is worked out

Higher: a station and buses close by, good public transport access (London), a commute well within your limit, an airport within reach, public car parks mapped near the home, and no residents' parking zone or driving charge zone at the home. Lower: the opposite.

InputIn this reportScoreWeight
Nearest stationStraight-line distance in metres to the nearest Tube or rail station (TfL, London) or rail, Underground, metro or tram stop (NaPTAN, elsewhere). Harpenden Rail Station · 3.3 km 13
Buses within 400 mIn London, the distinct TfL bus routes at stops within 400 m (about a 5-minute walk); elsewhere, the bus stops within 400 m (NaPTAN), which says nothing about how often buses run. 3 32
Nearest airportStraight-line distance in metres to the nearest airport with scheduled passenger flights. London Luton Airport · 8.7 km 51
Public car parks mapped within 500 mHow many public car parks (no restriction recorded on the map; customers-only, permit and street-side parking not counted) OpenStreetMap maps within 500 m, in a straight line to the middle of each, as the car parks row in Getting to work counts them (owner, 6 October 2026: "it will feed a score"). None mapped within 500 m is a reading of the map once the import holds car parks, so it scores 1; before the import ("Not available yet") or when it cannot be read it is not scored. Volunteers' mapping is incomplete, so a low count can mean car parks not yet mapped. Bands from the national spread: every tenth of Great Britain's postcodes in OS Code-Point Open (August 2026), 174,823 of them, against the car parks the import keeps from the UK extract of 5 October 2026 (151,622 public): no car park 24% of postcodes (scores 1), 1 car park 16% (2), 2 or 3 21% (3), 4 to 7 20% (4), 8 or more 20% (5), so the cut points 1, 2, 4 and 8 sit at about the 24th, 40th, 60th and 80th percentiles (the 20th is 0). Northern Ireland is not in Code-Point Open. 1 public car park mapped 21

Weighted average: (3×1 + 2×3 + 1×5 + 1×2) ÷ 7 = 2.3. Inputs without a value are left out, never counted as zero; the theme needs at least 60% of its weight and 2 inputs with a value.

Not part of this score here: Public transport access level (London) (TfL's PTAL covers Greater London only); Your commute against your limit (Only when you give a workplace and a maximum journey time); Residents' parking permit zone (Does not apply here); Driving charge or emission zone (Only where a mapped charging, clean air, low or zero emission zone is in the home's council or within about 2 km; a zone whose boundary is not published or not loaded, or within about 100 m of Oxford's Zero Emission Zone (published as its streets, not an area), is never scored).

Gentrification

3.0out of 5

In line with the borough

Based on 11 of 12 inputs (94% of the weight).

Experimental — weights from our config, not an official rating.

How this is worked out

Higher: more of the area change signals point towards rising affluence against the borough; 3 is in line with the borough; lower points the other way. It describes change around the home: it is not a verdict on the home or a prediction. The plain-language gentrification indication in 'How the area is changing' is worked out separately and does not use this score.

InputIn this reportScoreWeight
Resale prices Change against St Albans: houses +4 points, flats -3 points. 32
Recent price momentum Houses -7% here against +1% across the borough, 2022–2023 → 2024–2025. 12
Degree-educated residents 2011 → 2021: +5 points here against +7 across the borough. 32
Residents aged 25 to 29 2011 → 2021: -1 points here against -1 across the borough. 31
Single-person households under 65 2011 → 2021: -1 points here against -1 across the borough. 31
Recorded crime Recorded crime changed +24% here against +12% across the borough. Falling faster than the borough counts towards rising affluence; rising faster counts against. 11
Deprivation ranking Context, not counted: the income domain below is counted instead, so income counts once. 2019 → 2025 national position moved +7.6 percentile points; the borough average moved -0.4. 52
Premium and budget brands Not scored. Shown as “Only 0 premium and 0 budget brand premises within 800 m: too few to compare (common where independents dominate).”, which has no measured value to score. –1
Homes improving their energy rating Context, not counted: Selective re-certification, assessment changes, grants and the starting housing stock can change this rate without establishing rising local affluence. 43% of 51 homes re-certified in the last 3 years improved their rating, against 48% across the borough. 31
New companies registeredThe two Companies House signals weigh 1 each, so together they count about as much as one of the main signals (the indication counts them once). Context, not counted: new company registrations read up more often where incomes fell behind the borough than where they rose, so they are shown but not counted. 11.2 a year per 1,000 households in this small area against 14.5 across the borough (0.8×). 31
Homes selling Sales 2022–2023 → 2024–2025: +19% here against -1% across the borough. 51
New stations nearby No new rail, Underground, metro or tram stop within 1.5 km since 2016. 31

Weighted average: (2×3 + 2×1 + 2×3 + 1×3 + 1×3 + 1×1 + 2×5 + 1×3 + 1×3 + 1×5 + 1×3) ÷ 15 = 3.0. Inputs without a value are left out, never counted as zero; the theme needs at least 60% of its weight and 4 inputs with a value.

Not part of this score here: Home improvement applications (London only (GLA planning datahub)); New independent cafés and restaurants (Shown only where food premises are tracked); New cafés, creative and fitness businesses (Shown only where Companies House data is loaded); Catching up with neighbouring areas (Shown only where neighbouring prices can be compared).

Neighbourhood

3.8out of 5

Good

Based on 15 of 16 inputs (90% of the weight).

Experimental — weights from our config, not an official rating.

How this is worked out

Higher: parks, well-rated schools, a supermarket, a GP and an A&E close by, allotments, community centres and libraries within a walk, with quieter roads, few late-night venues mapped nearby and cleaner air; and, where measured, higher ground than most of the council's homes, a roof that could make more solar electricity, a garden facing south, no public right of way across the plot, no landlord licensing area, no roadworks planned within 100 m, no sewage works, waste site or intensive farm close by, and a street where homes are owned for longer than across the council. Lower: the opposite.

InputIn this reportScoreWeight
Nearest public parkStraight-line distance in metres to the nearest mapped entrance of a public park or garden (OS Open Greenspace). Melissa Field Village Green · 354 m 42
Parks within 1 km 6 51
Height of the ground among the council's homesThe share of the council's homes standing on lower ground than this home (0 to 100), from the Height above sea level row in Everyday life: OS Terrain 50's ground height at the home's point against a ladder of the council's homes (Census 2021 households at output area centres in England and Wales; NRS occupied homes by data zone in Scotland). Higher ground is a preference some buyers have (views, drainage); it is not a flood figure: flood risk is its own section and is never read here. A share spreads evenly over each council's homes by construction, so the bands 20, 40, 60 and 80 put a fifth of the homes in each score: on the national build of 7 October 2026 (OS Terrain 50 July 2026, 196,272 output areas and data zones, 27.4 million homes) 19.9%, 20.0%, 20.0%, 20.0% and 20.1% of homes score 1 to 5. Weight 1 until the owner reviews it. About 82 m · higher than about 20% of homes in St AlbansScored on 18.2% of the council's homes on lower ground 11
Schools rated well nearbyHow many of the nearest ten schools within 3 km have a good or outstanding latest inspection (the green schools in the Schools section). Not scored when inspections are not loaded. 9 of the 10 nearest schools within 3 km rated well (latest inspection) 52
Nearest supermarketStraight-line distance in metres on OpenStreetMap. None mapped within 1 km is not scored, because volunteers' mapping is incomplete. Not scored. Shown as “None mapped within 1 km”, which has no measured value to score. –2
Nearest GP surgery None 11
Nearest A&E Lister Hospital · 13.6 km 21
Road noise by dayModelled daytime road noise at the home in dB (Defra strategic noise maps). The bands follow the report's words: 50 dB or less scores 5 (quiet below 50, including below the maps' 40 dB cutoff), up to 55 scores 4 (moderate), up to 60 scores 3 and up to 65 scores 2 (noticeable from 55, high from 63), above 65 scores 1. 49.3 dB · quiet 52
Late-night venues within 200 mNightclubs, and bars and pubs whose opening hours as mapped run past midnight, within 200 m on OpenStreetMap (the figure in Environmental checks, Noise). None mapped scores 5; it is not scored before the map data holds these places or when it cannot be read. Volunteers map few opening hours (about 15% of pubs and 18% of bars), so a small count can mean hours not yet mapped. Bands from every Great Britain postcode (OS Code-Point Open, 1,748,230) against the UK map of 3 October 2026: none within 200 m 96.5% of postcodes (scores 5), 1 2.2% (4), 2 or 3 0.9% (3), 4 to 6 0.3% (2), more than 6 0.1% (1). With so many at none, the cut points follow the postcodes with any: their 60th, 80th and 95th percentiles are 1, 3 and 6. Household-weighted over England and Wales output areas, 97.9% have none. None mappedScored on 0 mapped 51
Nitrogen dioxideModelled annual background nitrogen dioxide for the 1 km square, µg/m³ (WHO guideline 10, UK limit 40). 8.2 µg/m³ 52
Planned roadworks within 100 mWorks planned or in progress within 100 m of the home in the next six months (DfT Street Manager, England; the row Planned roadworks within 100 m in Traffic and road safety): none scores 5, one 4, two 3, three or four 2, five or more 1. Measured on 30,307 English postcode points (a 2% sample of OS Code-Point Open) with the twelve archives to 30 September 2026, on 7 October 2026: 76.2% had none, 14.4% one, 5.1% two, 3.0% three or four and 1.3% five or more (the 20th, 40th and 60th percentiles are 0, the 80th and 90th 1, the 95th 2, the 99th 5), so cut points at the 20th to 80th percentiles cannot rise; these are the nearest that do. Not scored where Street Manager does not cover the home (Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland) or its archives are not loaded or out of date. Owner's decision, 6 October 2026: "it will feed a score". 1 planned or in progress 41
Years homes are owned before resale, against the councilHow long homes on the home's street (the street of that name in its place, the locality HM Land Registry records or else the town, within its postcode district; its postcode sector when the street has fewer than 10 resale pairs) are usually owned before they are sold again: the median gap between two sales of the same address since 1995 (HM Land Registry Price Paid Data), divided by the council's median. Higher: homes here are kept longer than across the council. It describes how long homes are kept, not who lives here. Too few resales (under 10 pairs in the street and in its sector) are never scored. Bands are the 20th, 40th, 60th and 80th percentiles of the 340,233 streets in England and Wales with 10 or more resale pairs whose pairs all fall in one council, each against that council's median (build of 7 October 2026 from the Price Paid publication of 28 August 2026): 0.82, 0.95, 1.08 and 1.27. Council medians run from 4.7 to 6.8 years, 5.7 in the middle; England and Wales, 5.7 years. About 4 yearsScored on 0.78× the council's 11
Allotments, community centres and libraries within 1 kmHow many allotment sites, community centres and libraries are within 1 km of the home in a straight line, as the Community spaces row in Everyday life counts them (owner, 6 October 2026: "it will feed a score"; 7 October 2026: allotments and community spaces within a walk): allotment and community growing sites from OS Open Greenspace (to the nearest mapped entrance), community centres and village halls from OpenStreetMap, and public libraries from Arts Council England's list (open at the end of 2023) in England, OpenStreetMap's libraries in Wales and Scotland. Scored only when all three are held for the home: before the monthly import holds community centres ("Not available yet") and in Northern Ireland (no OS Open Greenspace) it is left out, never 0; a measured 0 scores 1. Volunteers' mapping is incomplete, so a low count can mean places not yet mapped. Bands from the national spread: every tenth of Great Britain's postcodes in OS Code-Point Open (174,797 of them) against OS Open Greenspace (April 2026, 13,778 allotment sites), the community centres the import keeps from the UK extract of 5 October 2026 (16,611) and the 2,987 open libraries on Arts Council England's list (3,879 OpenStreetMap libraries for Wales and Scotland): none within 1 km 15.5% of postcodes (scores 1), 1 place 15.3% (2), 2 or 3 28.3% (3), 4 or 5 19.0% (4), 6 or more 21.8% (5), so the cut points 1, 2, 4 and 6 sit at the 20th, 40th, 60th and 80th percentiles (median 3). 2 allotment sites and a community centre; no public library listed 31
Mortgage possession claims against the nationThe council's mortgage possession claims over the latest year per 10,000 owner-occupier households (Ministry of Justice; Census 2021 households), divided by England's or Wales's rate. A borough figure by the defendant's address, not this street. Bands are about the 20th, 40th, 60th and 80th percentiles of 302 councils (councils with under 20 claims are not scored). Optional: England and Wales only. Weight 1 until the owner reviews it (owner, 7 October 2026: 'money ones in'). 7.6 per 10,000 owner-occupier households (England 13)Scored on 0.57× the national rate 51
Landlord possession claims against the nationThe council's landlord possession claims (social, private and accelerated) over the latest year per 10,000 rented households, divided by England's or Wales's rate. A borough figure by the defendant's address, not this street. Bands are about the 20th, 40th, 60th and 80th percentiles of 316 councils (councils with under 20 claims are not scored). Optional: England and Wales only. Weight 1 until the owner reviews it (owner, 7 October 2026: 'money ones in'). 89 per 10,000 rented households (England 100)Scored on 0.89× the national rate 31
Individual insolvencies against the nationThe council's individual insolvencies (bankruptcies, debt relief orders and voluntary arrangements) in the latest year per 10,000 adults, as the Insolvency Service publishes them, divided by England's or Wales's rate. A borough figure, not this street; the latest year's rates are provisional. Bands are about the 20th, 40th, 60th and 80th percentiles of 316 councils (the City of London and the Isles of Scilly, published within another council's figure, are not scored). Optional: England and Wales only. Weight 1 until the owner reviews it (owner, 7 October 2026: 'money ones in'). 15.0 per 10,000 adults (England 25.7)Scored on 0.59× the national rate 51

Weighted average: (2×4 + 1×5 + 1×1 + 2×5 + 1×1 + 1×2 + 2×5 + 1×5 + 2×5 + 1×4 + 1×1 + 1×3 + 1×5 + 1×3 + 1×5) ÷ 19 = 3.8. Inputs without a value are left out, never counted as zero; the theme needs at least 60% of its weight and 2 inputs with a value.

Not part of this score here: Solar electricity the home's roof could make (Used only where the report works out the home's own roof: a house whose building outline is matched (Great Britain), never a flat, a home under another or with a flat roof, or a home of unknown kind in an outline of several addresses); Public rights of way across or beside the plot (Used only when the home's own plot (HM Land Registry's title extent at its address point or the building chosen on the map) was checked against the mapped public rights of way, in England and Wales; never for a postcode centre, a home whose plot could not be picked (a 25 m circle round the point is shown instead), or before the OpenStreetMap layer is loaded); High street positioning (Used only when the experimental high-street figure is in the report (at least 5 chain branches within 1 km)); Landlord licensing area (Used only where the council's licensing areas are listed and loaded (twenty-three councils in the list in October 2026: Nottingham, Bristol, Westminster, Brighton & Hove, Salford, Gedling, Leeds, Southend-on-Sea, Bexley, Newham, Redbridge, Waltham Forest, Wandsworth, Hackney, Havering, Haringey, Brent, Merton, Islington, Southwark, Lambeth, Croydon and Lewisham); elsewhere it is not measured and left out, never scored); Nearest sewage works, waste site or intensive farm (Held only in England, and only once sewage works are shown (nuisance_sites_discharges_enabled) and every register is loaded, so a home without it is not marked down (parent session's decision, 7 October 2026)); Garden faces (Given only where the home's plot and building can be matched (England and Wales, at the home's own address or building, never a flat), so a home without it is not marked down).

Price and value · Partial evidence

Prices, rents and local comparisons

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Local price change+2.3% in a year
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Year to July 2026, all homes: St Albans +2.3% · East of England +0.5% · England +1.1%. St Albans: average £646,781 in July 2026, from £632,028 a year earlier (all homes, UK House Price Index). A mix-adjusted average for the whole area, not a valuation of this home.

Average private rent£1,931 a month
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All homes in St Albans, August 2026, from £1,878 a year earlier. Year to August 2026, all homes: St Albans +2.9% · East of England +3.5% · England +4.0%. Borough-average gross yield for all homes in July 2026: about 3.6% (12 × £1,931 ÷ £646,781, the UK House Price Index average price of all homes in St Albans; rent and price from the same month), before costs: a rough borough figure, not this home's yield. ONS Price Index of Private Rents (official statistics in development): rents paid on new and existing lets, not asking rents.

Annual price change

All homes · Year to July 2026

St Albans +2.3%
East of England +0.5%
England +1.1%

Scale: −2.3% to +2.3% · Centre: no annual change.

UK House Price Index: mix-adjusted averages for the named areas, not a valuation of this home. Latest months are provisional and subject to revision. Each panel uses its own stated month and scale.

Annual rent change

All homes · Year to August 2026

St Albans +2.9%
East of England +3.5%
England +4%

Scale: −4% to +4% · Centre: no annual change.

ONS Price Index of Private Rents: rents paid on new and existing lets, not asking rents. Official statistics in development. These annual rates cover all homes, even where the monthly rent figure is for a selected property type. Each panel uses its own stated month and scale.
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Prices and rents indexed (2015 = 100): houses here against St Albans and East of England

Observation period: 2015 → 2026

2026

From 2015 to 2025: houses here +42%, St Albans +36%, East of England +44%, house rents in St Albans +51%.

Prices and rents indexed (2015 = 100): houses here against St Albans and East of England: This neighbourhood 100 (2015) to 172 (2026); St Albans 100 (2015) to 132 (2026); East of England 100 (2015) to 145 (2026); St Albans rents (borough, not this street) 100 (2015) to 154 (2026). Sales here: 2015 84, 2016 80, 2017 72, 2018 77, 2019 71, 2020 63, 2021 114, 2022 75, 2023 56, 2024 69, 2025 86, 2026 29.109163202620242022202020182015Sales8480727771631147556698629This neighbourhood172St Albans132East of England145St Albans rents (borough, not this street)154
Each line is set to 100 in 2015, so 130 means 30% higher than in 2015. This neighbourhood and St Albans: the median resale price of houses each year (HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales, new builds left out); a year with fewer than 10 sales here is a gap, and the number under each year is the houses resold here. East of England: the UK House Price Index average for houses (the simple average of its detached, semi-detached and terraced prices; it publishes none for houses together), the mean of each year's months: a mix-adjusted average of every sale, new builds included. St Albans rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents for houses (the simple average of its terraced, semi-detached and detached rents), the yearly average of monthly rents paid on new and existing lets; borough, not this street. 2026 is the year so far (dashed). Sales published 28 August 2026, the index to July 2026, rents to August 2026. Scope: this neighbourhood, the borough and the region (St Albans 004, St Albans, East of England); not a valuation of this home.
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Prices and rents indexed (2015 = 100): houses here against St Albans and East of England
ObservationThis neighbourhoodSt AlbansEast of EnglandSt Albans rents (borough, not this street)Sales
201510010010010084
2016104.64109.96110.87104.780
2017108.5115.6117.8108.7472
2018129.67115.13121.45110.2677
2019110.02114.61121.43109.8371
2020120.83114.11123.95113.5163
2021124.56124.06130.67118.2114
2022157.17134.4143.76124.5875
2023149.85136143.1131.4956
2024144.4137.03140.87140.7169
2025142.44135.81143.56150.586
2026171.91131.58145.32154.0529
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Observation period
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Neighbourhood St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA E02004927) against St Albans. Food premises within 800 m. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-10-20
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
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Freshness
Source date: 2026-10-20
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
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HM Land Registry, ONS postcode lookup, FSA food hygiene register

Neighbourhood St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA E02004927) against St Albans. Food premises within 800 m. · 2026-10-20

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Average monthly private rent, all homes, August each year

Observation period: 2015 → 2026

2026Average private rents: St Albans against East of England and England: St Albans £1,251 (2015) to £1,931 (2026); East of England £824 (2015) to £1,289 (2026); England £971 (2015) to £1,459 (2026).£966£1,789202620242022202020182015St Albans£1,931East of England£1,289England£1,459
Average monthly private rent for all homes in August each year, St Albans against East of England and England: ONS Price Index of Private Rents (official statistics in development), what tenants pay on new and existing lets. Borough level, not this street.
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Average private rents: St Albans against East of England and England
ObservationSt AlbansEast of EnglandEngland
2015£1,251£824£971
2016£1,309£869£1,006
2017£1,356£902£1,028
2018£1,367£920£1,034
2019£1,363£938£1,054
2020£1,425£948£1,072
2021£1,467£984£1,084
2022£1,561£1,028£1,135
2023£1,630£1,085£1,224
2024£1,759£1,167£1,327
2025£1,878£1,245£1,403
2026£1,931£1,289£1,459
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Private rent growth (January 2015 = 100)

Observation period: 2015-01 → 2026-08

2026-08Private rent growth in St Albans: St Albans 100 (2015-01) to 160 (2026-08); East of England 100 (2015-01) to 161 (2026-08); England 100 (2015-01) to 154 (2026-08).108153Jan 2015201820212024Aug 2026St Albans160East of England161England154
ONS Price Index of Private Rents (official statistics in development), all homes: rents paid on new and existing lets, not asking rents or the rent of this home. St Albans is the whole borough; comparisons are the named region or nation. Monthly observations through August 2026, rebased from the official index to 100 in the same base month, January 2015, for every line. Missing months remain gaps; areas are never rebased at different dates.
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Private rent growth in St Albans
ObservationSt AlbansEast of EnglandEngland
2015-01100100100
2015-02101.06100.56100.18
2015-03101.79100.93100.51
2015-04102.08101.27100.93
2015-05102.15101.72101.38
2015-06102.56102.12101.58
2015-07102.95102.47101.8
2015-08103.46102.89102.22
2015-09103.68103.38102.63
2015-10103.97103.97102.78
2015-11104.14104.38103
2015-12104.83104.78103.26
2016-01105.4105.23103.51
2016-02105.94105.74103.71
2016-03105.82106.27104.14
2016-04106.09106.76104.42
2016-05106.51107.17104.78
2016-06107.14107.68105.11
2016-07107.65108.1105.54
2016-08108.2108.53105.86
2016-09108.65109.04106.17
2016-10109.07109.53106.43
2016-11109.49109.93106.73
2016-12109.87110.16106.97
2017-01110.17110.76107.18
2017-02110.29111.09107.26
2017-03110.65111.46107.45
2017-04110.92111.79107.69
2017-05111.12111.93107.65
2017-06111.33112.23107.86
2017-07111.68112.51108.17
2017-08112.08112.72108.2
2017-09112.27113.04108.14
2017-10112.59113.35108.27
2017-11112.77113.45108.38
2017-12113.23113.67108.46
2018-01113.41113.79108.31
2018-02113.68114.11108.53
2018-03113.66114.24108.35
2018-04113.75114.38108.32
2018-05113.97114.43108.33
2018-06113.8114.57108.4
2018-07113.49114.71108.62
2018-08113.05114.92108.82
2018-09112.81115.19108.96
2018-10112.56115.32109.22
2018-11112.2115.54109.47
2018-12112.02115.6109.69
2019-01111.81115.83109.75
2019-02111.99116.15109.98
2019-03112.2116.22110.01
2019-04112.27116.33110.04
2019-05112.18116.6110.59
2019-06112.06116.7110.57
2019-07112.1116.9110.71
2019-08112.7117.16110.95
2019-09113.41117.43111.3
2019-10114.29117.56111.55
2019-11114.53117.68111.76
2019-12114.77117.74111.94
2020-01114.93117.93112.08
2020-02115.19118.13112.32
2020-03115.54118.14112.44
2020-04115.76118.16112.35
2020-05115.78118.25112.51
2020-06116.16118.28112.56
2020-07116.94118.23112.71
2020-08117.85118.41112.8
2020-09118.33118.56112.96
2020-10118.19118.78113.14
2020-11117.98118.84113.13
2020-12118.53119.23113.17
2021-01119.32119.55113.24
2021-02120.56120.44113.44
2021-03120.9120.79113.58
2021-04121.42121.19113.51
2021-05121.55121.6113.53
2021-06121.44122.06113.77
2021-07121.3122.39113.84
2021-08121.31122.87114.14
2021-09121.66123.36114.45
2021-10122.13123.92114.88
2021-11122.54124.45115.22
2021-12122.93124.95115.79
2022-01123.32125.37116.2
2022-02123.87125.85116.68
2022-03124.87126.25117.04
2022-04125.78126.74117.5
2022-05126.54127.16117.91
2022-06127.1127.67118.34
2022-07127.95128.18118.9
2022-08129.09128.46119.49
2022-09129.74128.81120.18
2022-10130.19129.24120.63
2022-11130.4129.69121.39
2022-12131.06130.3122.07
2023-01131.7130.87122.76
2023-02132.67131.39123.42
2023-03133.42132.18124.09
2023-04133.99132.74125.06
2023-05134.02133.34126.13
2023-06134.1133.96127.07
2023-07134.35134.85127.96
2023-08134.74135.59128.85
2023-09135.19136.36129.65
2023-10135.93137.21130.51
2023-11137.06137.9131.27
2023-12138.39138.67132.07
2024-01139.31139.38133.02
2024-02140.17140.61134.25
2024-03140.84141.21135.28
2024-04141.61141.97136.11
2024-05142.17142.72137.02
2024-06143.06143.59137.96
2024-07144.07144.7138.88
2024-08145.45145.73139.67
2024-09146.59147.03140.63
2024-10147.74148.07141.89
2024-11149.38149.42143.39
2024-12151.19150.29144.14
2025-01152.79151.08144.76
2025-02153.32152.09145.34
2025-03153.51152.77145.88
2025-04153.7153.44146.26
2025-05154.12154.44146.76
2025-06154.55154.89147.25
2025-07154.91154.85147.18
2025-08155.24155.57147.71
2025-09155.66156.3148.4
2025-10156.11156.77148.99
2025-11156.66157.57149.65
2025-12157.17158.21149.83
2026-01157.67158.41149.76
2026-02157.88158.49150.5
2026-03158.07159.18150.91
2026-04158.64159.62151.4
2026-05159.17159.97151.74
2026-06159.63160.03152.19
2026-07159.61160.52152.76
2026-08159.67161.02153.61
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Monthly transactions · UK House Price Index

Observation period: 2021-08 → 2026-05

2026-05

Recent counts are provisional: registration lag can make the latest months look unusually low.

Recorded home sales in St Albans: St Albans 146 (2021-08) to 95 (2026-05).Recent months: provisional93372Aug 2021202320242025Jul 2026St Albans95
Monthly residential transaction counts recorded in the UK House Price Index for St Albans (E07000240), the whole published area, August 2021 to July 2026. These are not the nearby resale sample. The latest 12 months are marked as provisional context: registration lag and revisions affect recent counts, so a low latest point is not evidence of a collapse in sales. Gaps mean unavailable counts; a published zero remains zero. No seasonal adjustment or market-direction judgement is made.
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Recorded home sales in St Albans
ObservationSt Albans
2021-08146
2021-09299
2021-10140
2021-11153
2021-12187
2022-01166
2022-02171
2022-03185
2022-04187
2022-05182
2022-06195
2022-07217
2022-08261
2022-09245
2022-10240
2022-11217
2022-12206
2023-01137
2023-02132
2023-03163
2023-04125
2023-05134
2023-06167
2023-07162
2023-08181
2023-09150
2023-10175
2023-11146
2023-12127
2024-01129
2024-02112
2024-03141
2024-04158
2024-05161
2024-06139
2024-07197
2024-08186
2024-09191
2024-10208
2024-11186
2024-12173
2025-01169
2025-02199
2025-03422
2025-0463
2025-05113
2025-06158
2025-07162
2025-08186
2025-09195
2025-10221
2025-11163
2025-12138
2026-01122
2026-02124
2026-03143
2026-0494
2026-0595
2026-06Not held
2026-07Not held
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Homes sold each year: this neighbourhood against St Albans

Observation period: 2015 → 2025

2025Homes sold each year: this neighbourhood against St Albans: This neighbourhood 100 (2015) to 102 (2025); St Albans 100 (2015) to 85 (2025).74127202520232021201920172015This neighbourhood102St Albans85
Standard resales (HM Land Registry, new builds excluded), each line set to 100 in 2015. 2020 and 2021 moved with the stamp duty holiday everywhere.
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Homes sold each year: this neighbourhood against St Albans
ObservationThis neighbourhoodSt Albans
2015100100
201692.689.7
201787.282
201894.778.3
201986.276.5
202076.673.7
2021136.2112
202291.592.3
202364.971.5
20248477.7
2025102.184.7
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Neighbourhood St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA E02004927) against St Albans. Food premises within 800 m. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
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House prices: this neighbourhood against St Albans

Observation period: 1995 → 2026

2026House prices: this neighbourhood against St Albans: This neighbourhood £122k (1995) to £875k (2026); St Albans £99k (1995) to £700k (2026).£198k£776k2026202120162011200620011995This neighbourhood£875kSt Albans£700k
Median resale price each year (HM Land Registry, standard sales, new builds excluded) in St Albans 004. Years with fewer than 10 sales are left out. 2026 is the year so far (dashed).
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House prices: this neighbourhood against St Albans
ObservationThis neighbourhoodSt Albans
1995£121,500£98,500
1996£120,000£105,000
1997£135,000£123,650
1998£151,000£138,000
1999£165,000£150,000
2000£199,000£189,000
2001£220,500£207,500
2002£259,975£239,950
2003£285,000£250,000
2004£272,500£280,000
2005£321,500£300,000
2006£327,975£320,000
2007£360,000£362,000
2008£365,000£364,750
2009£369,750£349,950
2010£440,000£400,000
2011£445,050£395,000
2012£355,000£410,000
2013£400,000£431,750
2014£500,000£485,000
2015£509,000£532,000
2016£532,625£585,000
2017£552,250£615,000
2018£660,000£612,500
2019£560,000£609,750
2020£615,000£607,050
2021£634,000£660,000
2022£800,000£715,000
2023£762,750£723,500
2024£735,000£729,000
2025£725,000£722,500
2026£875,000£700,000
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House prices after inflation: this neighbourhood against St Albans, in 2025 pounds

Observation period: 1995 → 2025

2025House prices after inflation: this neighbourhood against St Albans, in 2025 pounds: This neighbourhood £250k (1995) to £725k (2025); St Albans £203k (1995) to £723k (2025).£293k£819k2025202020152010200520001995This neighbourhood£725kSt Albans£723k
The chart before it again with every year's typical resale price put into 2025 pounds by the Consumer Prices Index (ONS, all items, yearly averages): a level line means prices kept pace with other prices, a falling one that homes became cheaper in real terms. General consumer prices, not housing costs. The year so far is left out.
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House prices after inflation: this neighbourhood against St Albans, in 2025 pounds
ObservationThis neighbourhoodSt Albans
1995£250,232£202,863
1996£241,395£211,221
1997£266,534£244,125
1998£293,517£268,247
1999£316,727£287,933
2000£378,839£359,802
2001£414,636£390,190
2002£482,960£445,759
2003£522,437£458,278
2004£492,993£506,562
2005£569,726£531,626
2006£568,107£554,293
2007£609,095£612,479
2008£596,411£596,002
2009£590,917£559,273
2010£681,163£619,239
2011£659,475£585,310
2012£511,259£590,468
2013£562,030£606,642
2014£692,000£671,240
2015£704,456£736,288
2016£732,029£804,012
2017£739,182£823,172
2018£862,550£800,472
2019£718,961£782,833
2020£783,036£772,914
2021£786,251£818,495
2022£909,778£813,114
2023£808,924£767,298
2024£759,701£753,500
2025£725,000£722,500
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Flat prices: this neighbourhood against St Albans

Observation period: 1995 → 2026

2026Flat prices: this neighbourhood against St Albans: This neighbourhood £54k (1995) to £262k (2025); St Albans £55k (1995) to £329k (2026).£89k£295k2026202120162011200620011995This neighbourhood£262kSt Albans£329k
Median resale price each year (HM Land Registry, standard sales, new builds excluded) in St Albans 004. Years with fewer than 10 sales are left out. 2026 is the year so far (dashed).
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Flat prices: this neighbourhood against St Albans
ObservationThis neighbourhoodSt Albans
1995£54,178£55,000
1996Not held£55,500
1997£59,950£60,000
1998£58,975£67,750
1999Not held£79,000
2000£79,995£99,998
2001£84,975£109,950
2002£110,000£134,950
2003£124,950£150,000
2004£143,975£164,950
2005£138,000£163,000
2006£150,750£180,500
2007£170,475£197,500
2008£170,000£190,000
2009£154,000£175,000
2010£149,000£200,000
2011Not held£210,000
2012£158,500£203,500
2013Not held£210,000
2014£177,500£239,000
2015£207,500£260,000
2016Not held£295,000
2017£239,950£300,000
2018£222,500£300,000
2019£223,250£295,000
2020Not held£315,000
2021£235,000£315,000
2022£282,000£325,000
2023Not held£315,000
2024£185,000£330,000
2025£261,500£330,000
2026Not held£329,000
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Flat prices after inflation: this neighbourhood against St Albans, in 2025 pounds

Observation period: 1995 → 2025

2025Flat prices after inflation: this neighbourhood against St Albans, in 2025 pounds: This neighbourhood £112k (1995) to £262k (2025); St Albans £113k (1995) to £330k (2025).£149k£368k2025202020152010200520001995This neighbourhood£262kSt Albans£330k
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Flat prices after inflation: this neighbourhood against St Albans, in 2025 pounds
ObservationThis neighbourhoodSt Albans
1995£111,581£113,274
1996Not held£111,645
1997£118,361£118,459
1998£114,637£131,694
1999Not held£151,645
2000£152,288£190,368
2001£159,790£206,754
2002£204,349£250,699
2003£229,047£274,967
2004£260,472£298,419
2005£244,548£288,850
2006£261,124£312,656
2007£288,432£334,156
2008£277,780£310,460
2009£246,115£279,677
2010£230,667£309,620
2011Not held£311,178
2012£228,266£293,074
2013Not held£295,066
2014£245,660£330,776
2015£287,180£359,840
2016Not held£405,442
2017£321,171£401,547
2018£290,784£392,068
2019£286,622£378,738
2020Not held£401,067
2021£291,434£390,645
2022£320,697£369,597
2023Not held£334,069
2024£191,217£341,090
2025£261,500£330,000
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Rents against house prices in St Albans

Observation period: 2015 → 2026

2026Rents against house prices in St Albans: House rents 100 (2015) to 154 (2026); House prices 100 (2015) to 132 (2026).107147202620242022202020182015House rents154House prices132
Across St Albans, each line set to 100 in 2015: the yearly average of ONS monthly private rents for houses (the simple average of terraced, semi-detached and detached rents) against HM Land Registry's median house resale price that year. A year without a full set of monthly rents is left out. 2026 is the year so far (dashed). Borough level, not this street.
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Rents against house prices in St Albans
ObservationHouse rentsHouse prices
2015100100
2016104.7110
2017108.7115.6
2018110.3115.1
2019109.8114.6
2020113.5114.1
2021118.2124.1
2022124.6134.4
2023131.5136
2024140.7137
2025150.5135.8
2026154.1131.6
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Rents against flat prices in St Albans

Observation period: 2015 → 2026

2026Rents against flat prices in St Albans: Flat rents 100 (2015) to 155 (2026); Flat prices 100 (2015) to 127 (2026).107148202620242022202020182015Flat rents155Flat prices127
Across St Albans, each line set to 100 in 2015: the yearly average of ONS monthly private rents for flats and maisonettes against HM Land Registry's median flat resale price that year. A year without a full set of monthly rents is left out. 2026 is the year so far (dashed). Borough level, not this street.
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Rents against flat prices in St Albans
ObservationFlat rentsFlat prices
2015100100
2016104.7113.5
2017108.6115.4
2018110.3115.4
2019109.9113.5
2020113.8121.2
2021118121.2
2022122.9125
2023130121.2
2024139.8126.9
2025150.5126.9
2026154.6126.5
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2026-10-20
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Share of resales that were flats: this neighbourhood against St Albans

Observation period: 2015 → 2026

2026Share of resales that were flats: this neighbourhood against St Albans: This neighbourhood 10.6% (2015) to 12.1% (2026); St Albans 25.1% (2015) to 23.8% (2026).10.2%23.1%202620242022202020182015This neighbourhood12.1%St Albans23.8%
Of the houses and flats resold each year (HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales), the share that were flats, here and across St Albans. A year with fewer than 20 resales here is a gap. New builds are not in these yearly figures, so their share is not shown. 2026 is the year so far (dashed). A change in the mix moves an average of all homes, which is why the price lines keep houses and flats apart.
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Share of resales that were flats: this neighbourhood against St Albans
ObservationThis neighbourhoodSt Albans
201510.6%25.1%
20168%24%
201712.2%23.4%
201813.5%22.4%
201912.3%20.9%
202012.5%19.8%
202110.9%20.6%
202212.8%25.3%
20238.2%23.1%
202412.7%24.4%
202510.4%23.5%
202612.1%23.8%
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Average prices in St Albans, a year apart

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All homes
£632k → £647k
Reference £293k
Detached
£1.2m → £1.3m
Reference £475k
Semi-detached
£744k → £768k
Reference £292k
Terraced
£559k → £576k
Reference £247k
Flats
£328k → £327k
Reference £217k
First-time buyers
£467k → £475k
Reference £246k
Former owner-occupiers
£779k → £800k
Reference £357k
New build (May 2026)
£1m → £1.1m
Reference £398k
Existing homes (May 2026)
£610k → £629k
Reference £288k

Earlier → later · Open square: earlier · Filled square: later · Scale: £0k–£1.4m

Open square: a year earlier · filled square: the latest month (July 2026 unless shown). Grey mark: England in the same month as each local row (omitted when unavailable). UK House Price Index, mix-adjusted averages for the whole area.
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Council tax bands: this area against St Albans

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Council tax bands: this area against St Albans: Mostly bands E to G, higher than typical for St Albans. Band A 0% here, 1% across St Albans, £1,613 a year; band B 0% here, 5% across St Albans, £1,882 a year; band C 1% here, 17% across St Albans, £2,150 a year; band D 14% here, 26% across St Albans, £2,419 a year; band E 32% here, 21% across St Albans, £2,957 a year; band F 25% here, 15% across St Albans, £3,494 a year; band G 24% here, 13% across St Albans, £4,032 a year; band H 4% here, 2% across St Albans, £4,838 a year.Mostly bands E to G, higher than typical for St AlbansBands come from what a home would have sold for on 1 April 1991: A is thecheapest homes, H the most valuable.This small areaAll of St Albans0%A£1,6130%B£1,8821%C£2,15014%D£2,41932%E£2,95725%F£3,49424%G£4,0324%H£4,838← cheapest homesmost valuable homes →
Share of homes in each band: this small area (720 homes) against all of St Albans (63,790 homes), Valuation Office Agency, 31 March 2026; counts are rounded to the nearest 10. Under each band: its yearly bill before any discount.
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Mortgage possession claims each quarter per 10,000 owner-occupier households: St Albans against England

Observation period: 2003 Q1 → 2026 Q2

2026 Q2

Year to June 2026 (shaded): 7.6 per 10,000 owner-occupier households in St Albans, 13 across England. The most in one quarter in St Albans: 13.8, July to September 2006.

Mortgage possession claims each quarter per 10,000 owner-occupier households: St Albans against England: St Albans 4.8 (2003 Q1) to 1.4 (2026 Q2); England 9.8 (2003 Q1) to 3.4 (2026 Q2).Latest year3.322.720052010201520202025St Albans1.4England3.4
Claims by mortgage lenders in each quarter from January 2003 to June 2026, per 10,000 owner-occupier households (owned outright, with a mortgage or loan, or in shared ownership) at the 2021 census, so earlier years are set against today's households. Counted by the defendant's address: the council where the borrower lives, which is not necessarily the property, and for the whole council, never this street. England is our sum of its councils (claims whose council could not be identified are left out). The shaded quarters make up the year to June 2026 in this section's evidence; the dashed last step is the latest quarter, which is provisional. Source: Ministry of Justice, Mortgage and landlord possession statistics, April to June 2026 (local authority data, Open Government Licence v3.0); the rates are our own.
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Mortgage possession claims each quarter per 10,000 owner-occupier households: St Albans against England
ObservationSt AlbansEngland
2003 Q14.759.78
2003 Q24.519.94
2003 Q34.7510.29
2003 Q44.9811.09
2004 Q16.1711.82
2004 Q23.5611.8
2004 Q35.6912.26
2004 Q44.7513.09
2005 Q14.5116.31
2005 Q27.5918.03
2005 Q39.2519.03
2005 Q46.8819.7
2006 Q16.8821
2006 Q26.6420.93
2006 Q313.7621.8
2006 Q44.2719.55
2007 Q19.4922.24
2007 Q28.0721.2
2007 Q36.4122.32
2007 Q48.7822.07
2008 Q18.5426.06
2008 Q210.4424.85
2008 Q38.0724.23
2008 Q45.6915.72
2009 Q16.1715.33
2009 Q28.0716.84
2009 Q37.1215.89
2009 Q43.0811.58
2010 Q12.8511.96
2010 Q24.2711.72
2010 Q37.1212.97
2010 Q46.1711.4
2011 Q15.2212.46
2011 Q23.811.64
2011 Q32.8511.93
2011 Q45.6910.47
2012 Q13.810.75
2012 Q23.89.3
2012 Q33.089.01
2012 Q44.518.94
2013 Q12.859.17
2013 Q23.568.14
2013 Q32.379.03
2013 Q43.327.7
2014 Q14.988.02
2014 Q22.146.81
2014 Q32.376.13
2014 Q42.145.02
2015 Q11.193.55
2015 Q21.423.06
2015 Q30.713.15
2015 Q42.372.75
2016 Q11.192.98
2016 Q20.472.76
2016 Q31.422.79
2016 Q40.953.02
2017 Q11.423.5
2017 Q20.953.26
2017 Q30.953
2017 Q40.712.73
2018 Q11.422.81
2018 Q20.472.8
2018 Q31.423.1
2018 Q42.373.58
2019 Q11.423.89
2019 Q21.663.93
2019 Q30.954.44
2019 Q40.953.98
2020 Q12.143.17
2020 Q200.1
2020 Q30.240.07
2020 Q400.16
2021 Q100.47
2021 Q20.711.6
2021 Q30.951.8
2021 Q40.711.64
2022 Q12.611.84
2022 Q20.472.22
2022 Q31.422.34
2022 Q41.422.03
2023 Q11.422.6
2023 Q20.472.54
2023 Q32.142.66
2023 Q42.372.78
2024 Q11.93.34
2024 Q22.853.44
2024 Q31.94.15
2024 Q41.93.83
2025 Q11.664.3
2025 Q23.084.21
2025 Q33.323.91
2025 Q41.422.83
2026 Q11.423.29
2026 Q21.423.35
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Landlord possession claims each quarter per 10,000 rented households: St Albans against England

Observation period: 2003 Q1 → 2026 Q2

2026 Q2

Year to June 2026 (shaded): 89 per 10,000 rented households in St Albans, 100 across England. The most in one quarter in St Albans: 57.2, January to March 2006.

Landlord possession claims each quarter per 10,000 rented households: St Albans against England: St Albans 41.7 (2003 Q1) to 20.9 (2026 Q2); England 48.6 (2003 Q1) to 26 (2026 Q2).Latest year8.950.120052010201520202025St Albans20.9England26
Claims by social and private landlords (the accelerated procedure included) in each quarter from January 2003 to June 2026, per 10,000 households renting from a social or private landlord at the 2021 census, so earlier years are set against today's households. Counted by the defendant's address: the council where the tenant lives, which is not necessarily the property, and for the whole council, never this street. England is our sum of its councils (claims whose council could not be identified are left out). The shaded quarters make up the year to June 2026 in this section's evidence; the dashed last step is the latest quarter, which is provisional. Source: Ministry of Justice, Mortgage and landlord possession statistics, April to June 2026 (local authority data, Open Government Licence v3.0); the rates are our own.
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Landlord possession claims each quarter per 10,000 rented households: St Albans against England
ObservationSt AlbansEngland
2003 Q141.6948.62
2003 Q244.6741.77
2003 Q332.1644.97
2003 Q435.1444.33
2004 Q131.5746.87
2004 Q231.5743.09
2004 Q341.144.71
2004 Q448.2544.2
2005 Q135.1442.71
2005 Q243.4842.33
2005 Q342.2943.81
2005 Q439.9142.91
2006 Q157.1845.53
2006 Q253.6140.31
2006 Q327.9943.49
2006 Q414.8937.2
2007 Q147.6539.91
2007 Q239.9137.85
2007 Q334.5540.77
2007 Q445.2738.92
2008 Q151.2242.01
2008 Q241.139.24
2008 Q341.6940.37
2008 Q445.8638.01
2009 Q134.5540.18
2009 Q244.6735.19
2009 Q329.1937.1
2009 Q433.9535.15
2010 Q134.5538.18
2010 Q225.6134.04
2010 Q340.537.47
2010 Q429.7836.51
2011 Q139.9140.21
2011 Q238.1236.12
2011 Q333.9540.87
2011 Q436.3337.77
2012 Q136.3341.95
2012 Q247.0537.71
2012 Q335.7442.48
2012 Q450.6342.57
2013 Q153.0146.36
2013 Q240.542.97
2013 Q344.0848.39
2013 Q444.0847.87
2014 Q154.251.24
2014 Q242.8941.83
2014 Q343.4844.51
2014 Q442.8941.57
2015 Q150.6345.9
2015 Q240.539.47
2015 Q335.1441.94
2015 Q433.9539.68
2016 Q131.5741.23
2016 Q235.7437.05
2016 Q332.1637.43
2016 Q445.8633.61
2017 Q141.6938.28
2017 Q229.1934.8
2017 Q338.1237.11
2017 Q436.9333.94
2018 Q134.5534.58
2018 Q228.5932.04
2018 Q335.7434.23
2018 Q429.7831.21
2019 Q133.3632.86
2019 Q218.4628.96
2019 Q325.0230.85
2019 Q417.8727.64
2020 Q126.2126.45
2020 Q21.793.3
2020 Q35.964.29
2020 Q412.519.09
2021 Q18.936.98
2021 Q210.137.63
2021 Q310.1311.13
2021 Q411.9115.95
2022 Q123.2321.01
2022 Q218.4619.76
2022 Q323.2322.55
2022 Q428.5921.93
2023 Q118.4625.26
2023 Q220.2524.7
2023 Q331.5727.21
2023 Q422.0425.75
2024 Q116.0827.46
2024 Q218.4627.07
2024 Q328.5928.07
2024 Q426.2126.49
2025 Q123.8326.49
2025 Q225.0224.6
2025 Q322.6325.73
2025 Q416.0823.6
2026 Q129.7824.97
2026 Q220.8526.04
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Individual insolvencies each year per 10,000 adults: St Albans against England

Observation period: 2015 → 2025

2025

15.0 per 10,000 adults across St Albans in 2025 (provisional), against 25.7 across England; 9.6 across St Albans in 2015.

Individual insolvencies each year per 10,000 adults: St Albans against England: St Albans 9.6 (2015) to 15 (2025); England 17.3 (2015) to 25.7 (2025).5.622.3202520232021201920172015St Albans15England25.7
Bankruptcies, debt relief orders and individual voluntary arrangements together, each year from 2015 to 2025, per 10,000 residents aged 18 and over, as the Insolvency Service publishes them; counted by the postcode each person gave, for the whole council, never this street. The dashed last step is 2025: the Insolvency Service marks its rates provisional, worked out on the previous year's population estimates. Source: The Insolvency Service, Individual insolvencies by location, England and Wales, 2015 to 2025 (Official Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0).
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Individual insolvencies each year per 10,000 adults: St Albans against England
ObservationSt AlbansEngland
20159.6117.3
20169.0219.33
201712.121.2
201812.3824.48
201914.3825.83
202012.4623.57
202112.2423.14
202210.3124.73
202311.0421.24
20241523.97
20251525.66
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Years owned before resale: Lower Luton Road (Wheathampstead) against St Albans

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Homes on Lower Luton Road in Wheathampstead are usually owned for about 4 years before they are sold again, about a year shorter than across St Albans (median 5.7 years).

Years owned before resale: Lower Luton Road (Wheathampstead) against St Albans: Lower Luton Road (Wheathampstead): median 4.4 years from 94 resale pairs, middle half 2.7 to 8.8 years; St Albans: median 5.7 years from 39,624 resale pairs, middle half 3.2 to 9.7 years.Lower Luton Road (Wheathampstead)94 resalesmedian 4.4 yrsSt Albans39,624 resalesmedian 5.7 yrs051015202530+yrsResales hereResales across St AlbansMiddle halfMedian
Each column is how many resale pairs had been owned that many whole years (30 or more in the last); the band under each line is the middle half and the tick the median. Resales since 1995: a home sold, then sold again. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, published 28 August 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Local price change
+2.3% in a year

Year to July 2026, all homes: St Albans +2.3% · East of England +0.5% · England +1.1%. St Albans: average £646,781 in July 2026, from £632,028 a year earlier (all homes, UK House Price Index). A mix-adjusted average for the whole area, not a valuation of this home.

Average private rent
£1,931 a month

All homes in St Albans, August 2026, from £1,878 a year earlier. Year to August 2026, all homes: St Albans +2.9% · East of England +3.5% · England +4.0%. Borough-average gross yield for all homes in July 2026: about 3.6% (12 × £1,931 ÷ £646,781, the UK House Price Index average price of all homes in St Albans; rent and price from the same month), before costs: a rough borough figure, not this home's yield. ONS Price Index of Private Rents (official statistics in development): rents paid on new and existing lets, not asking rents.

Company-owned titles here
1 in AL4 8HH

HM Land Registry lists 1 registered title with the postcode AL4 8HH held by companies: 1 by UK companies or bodies (1 limited company or public limited company) and none by overseas companies. A count of titles, not a share of homes; it does not show whether this home itself is company-owned.

Most common council tax bands here
E 32% · F 25%

Mostly bands E to G, higher than typical for St Albans. Band mix of homes in this small area (VOA, 31 March 2026); bands come from what homes were worth in 1991, A the cheapest. The home's own band is on GOV.UK: check before you offer.

Council tax 2026-27, Band D
£2,419 a year

Average for St Albans including county or GLA, police, fire and parish charges; parish charges vary within the council area.

Years owned before resale
About 4 years

Homes on Lower Luton Road in Wheathampstead (the only street recorded in AL4 8HH) are usually owned for about 4 years before they are sold again (HM Land Registry, resales since 1995): a median of 4.4 years over 94 resale pairs of 46 homes. St Albans: about 6 years (median 5.7 years, 39,624 pairs). HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, published 28 August 2026.

  • Council tax band mix in this small area

    A 0%, B 0%, C 1%, D 14%, E 32%, F 25%, G 24%, H 4%. Counts are rounded to the nearest 10 by the VOA; a band with fewer than 5 homes shows as 0%.

    720 homes
  • Council tax band mix across St Albans

    A 1%, B 5%, C 17%, D 26%, E 21%, F 15%, G 13%, H 2%. The sum of the borough's small areas (VOA, 31 March 2026), each rounded to the nearest 10.

    63,790 homes
  • Council tax by band, 2026-27

    A £1,613, B £1,882, C £2,150, D £2,419, E £2,957, F £3,494, G £4,032, H £4,838. Before any discount (such as 25% for a single adult).

    A £1,613 … H £4,838
  • This home's council tax band

    Individual bands are not published as reusable data. Look the address up at https://www.gov.uk/council-tax-bands before you offer; a band can be challenged, and a recently altered home can be rebanded when sold.

    Check on GOV.UK
  • Council finances

    No section 114 notice, exceptional financial support, council tax rise above the usual limit or government intervention recorded for St Albans (list reviewed 26 September 2026: section 114 notices since 2020, exceptional support and council tax limits for 2024-25 to 2026-27, and current government interventions). A list of official decisions, not a judgement of the council's finances.

    Nothing recorded
  • Plot size

    The title extent is found at the home's own point: choose its exact address or its building on the map. A postcode centre could sit on any plot, so none is given for it.

    Choose the home
  • Garden faces

    Not measured: the garden is worked out at the home's own point. Choose its exact address or its building on the map; a postcode centre could sit on any plot.

    Not measured
  • Detached

    +3.5% in the year to July 2026, from £1,216,509 (St Albans, UK House Price Index).

    £1,258,766
  • Semi-detached

    +3.1% in the year to July 2026, from £744,429 (St Albans, UK House Price Index).

    £767,828
  • Terraced

    +3.1% in the year to July 2026, from £558,571 (St Albans, UK House Price Index).

    £575,819
  • Flats

    -0.3% in the year to July 2026, from £327,872 (St Albans, UK House Price Index).

    £327,034
  • First-time buyers

    +1.8% in the year to July 2026, from £466,657 (St Albans, UK House Price Index).

    £474,986
  • Former owner-occupiers

    +2.7% in the year to July 2026, from £778,933 (St Albans, UK House Price Index).

    £799,828
  • New build

    +4.1% in the year to May 2026, from £1,025,280 (St Albans, UK House Price Index).

    £1,067,425
  • Existing homes

    +3.2% in the year to May 2026, from £609,863 (St Albans, UK House Price Index).

    £629,414
  • Cash buyers

    +2.1% in the year to July 2026, from £590,450 (St Albans, UK House Price Index).

    £602,562
  • Mortgage buyers

    +2.4% in the year to July 2026, from £646,648 (St Albans, UK House Price Index).

    £662,400
  • Owners by line of business

    The 1 titles with the postcode AL4 8HH in the UK companies list, by the first owner's kind (HM Land Registry) and, for companies, the first business code it declares on Companies House (October 2026): letting and management is SIC 68 (buying, selling, letting and managing property), developers and builders SIC 41, hotels and holiday lets SIC 55.

    1 other company
  • Owner companies on Companies House

    Each owner company counted once (1), as the Companies House register stood in October 2026. None is in liquidation, administration or receivership, and none has left the register.

    1 active
  • Age of the owner companies

    Years since incorporation of the owner companies on the register, as of October 2026.

    Median 35 years
  • Held by: limited company or public limited company

    Registered titles with the postcode AL4 8HH whose first owner is of this kind (UK companies list).

    1
  • About company-owned titles

    In the postcode sector AL4 8: 128 held by UK companies and 2 by overseas companies. Titles owned by individuals and charities are not in these lists, and HM Land Registry does not publish how many titles each postcode has, so this is a count, not a share; one title can cover many homes. The lists carry no property reference number and their address lines may not be used for matching, so whether this home itself is company-owned is not shown.

    Sector AL4 8
  • Public rights of way

    Rights of way are checked against the home's own plot: choose its exact address or its building on the map. A postcode centre could sit on any plot, so nothing is measured for it.

    Public rights of way (GOV.UK)
    Not measured
  • Mortgage possession claims in St Albans, year to June 2026

    32 claims by mortgage lenders in the year from July 2025 to June 2026 (36 in the year before). In the same year 30 orders for possession (outright or suspended), 27 warrants and 4 repossessions by county court bailiffs. England: 19,551 claims, 13 per 10,000 (our sum of its councils; claims whose council could not be identified are left out). Per 10,000 owner-occupier households (owned outright, with a mortgage or loan, or in shared ownership) at the 2021 census. Many claims end without the home being repossessed. Counted by the defendant's address: the council where the borrower lives, which is not necessarily the property, and for the whole council, never this street. Source: Ministry of Justice, Mortgage and landlord possession statistics, April to June 2026 (the latest quarter is provisional); the rates are our own.

    7.6 per 10,000 owner-occupier households (England 13)
  • Landlord possession claims in St Albans, year to June 2026

    150 claims by landlords in the year from July 2025 to June 2026 (174 in the year before): 54 by social landlords, 34 by private landlords and 62 by the accelerated procedure. In the same year 123 orders for possession (outright or suspended), 77 warrants and 44 repossessions by county court bailiffs. England: 88,300 claims, 100 per 10,000 (our sum of its councils; claims whose council could not be identified are left out). Per 10,000 households renting from a social or private landlord at the 2021 census. The accelerated procedure, in the Ministry of Justice's words, is quicker than a normal eviction and does not usually need a court hearing. Counted by the defendant's address: the council where the tenant lives, which is not necessarily the property, and for the whole council, never this street. Source: Ministry of Justice, Mortgage and landlord possession statistics, April to June 2026 (the latest quarter is provisional); the rates are our own.

    89 per 10,000 rented households (England 100)
  • Individual insolvencies in St Albans, 2025

    172 people living in St Albans became insolvent in 2025 (15.0 per 10,000 adults in 2024). Per 10,000 adults: 1.7 bankruptcies, 6.5 debt relief orders and 6.7 individual voluntary arrangements. England: 1.5 bankruptcies, 9.6 debt relief orders and 14.6 individual voluntary arrangements. Counted by the postcode each person gave, for the whole council, never this street; rates per 10,000 residents aged 18 and over, as the Insolvency Service publishes them. Source: The Insolvency Service, Individual insolvencies by location, England and Wales, 2015 to 2025 (Official Statistics).

    15.0 per 10,000 adults (England 25.7)
  • Homes on Lower Luton Road in Wheathampstead are usually owned for about 4 years before they are sold again

    HM Land Registry, resales since 1995, Lower Luton Road in Wheathampstead (the only street recorded in AL4 8HH), AL4. Each sale of an address (the same postcode, house number or name, flat and street) is paired with the sale of that address before it, and the median of those gaps is shown: a median of 4.4 years over 94 resale pairs of 46 homes; the middle half came 2.7 to 8.8 years after the sale before. The street is counted in its place (the locality HM Land Registry records, else the town), so streets of the same name elsewhere in AL4 are kept apart. St Albans: about 6 years (median 5.7 years, 39,624 pairs). Left out: a new home's first sale as the start of a pair (HM Land Registry marks new builds), two sales of an address on the same day, and other kinds of property. Sales to companies, repossessions and buy-to-let purchases count as sales from October 2013, when HM Land Registry began recording them. Homes kept longer than the records go back, or never sold again, are not counted, so these are the gaps of homes that were sold again; a home whose address was written differently at its two sales is not paired. It describes how long homes are kept, not who lives here. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, published 28 August 2026.

    About 4 years (St Albans: about 6 years)

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Getting to work · Partial evidence

How connected the area is: trains from the nearest station, buses within a 5-minute walk and DfT's public transport score against the council.

How connected the area is: trains from the nearest station, buses within a 5-minute walk and DfT's public transport score against the council. Getting around from this home: the nearest airports with scheduled passenger flights, in straight lines. Add a work postcode to see a scheduled journey.

Section coverage: Straight-line distances from the home to airports in the United Kingdom with scheduled passenger flights. · 2026-10-14

Trains from the nearest stationHarpenden, 3.3 km: Thameslink to Bedford (26 to 36 min) and Luton (about 9 min); about 13 trains an hour 159 trains timetabled to leave between 07:00 and 19:00 on Tuesday 6 October 2026 (13 an hour; 12 in the quietest hour, 18 in the busiest). In the evening (19:00 to 23:00): 35 (8.8 an hour); on Saturday 144 (12 an hour) and on Sunday 128 (11 an hour) between 07:00 and 19:00. Where they go (weekday daytime): Bedford 51, Luton 26, Rainham (Kent) 25, Three Bridges 25, Brighton 24, East Grinstead 4, Elephant & Castle 2, Orpington 2. Trains that end here are not counted, and each train counts once however it is timed through the station. Timetabled journey times on the same weekday (07:00 to 19:00; a range runs from the quickest train to the average): Bedford 26 to 36 min (Thameslink); Luton about 9 min (Thameslink); Rainham (Kent) 130 to 140 min (Thameslink); Three Bridges 77 to 86 min (Thameslink); Brighton about 111 min (Thameslink); East Grinstead 91 to 98 min (Thameslink); Elephant & Castle about 52 min (Thameslink); Orpington about 96 min (Thameslink). These timetables may be out of date: the weekly job has not refreshed them.
Buses an hour7.4 buses an hour from 3 stops within a 5-minute walk · never fewer than 6 in any daytime hour 89 departures between 07:00 and 19:00 on Tuesday 29 September 2026 from the 3 stops with buses within 400 m: 7.4 an hour on average, 6 in the quietest hour and 9 in the busiest. In the evening (19:00 to 23:00): 9 departures (2.3 an hour); on Saturday 45 between 07:00 and 19:00 (3.8 an hour); on Sunday 11 between 07:00 and 19:00 (0.9 an hour). Each route and direction is counted once. These timetables were read for Tuesday 29 September 2026 and may be out of date: the weekly job has not refreshed them.
Public transport connectivity56 of 100 · better connected than 11% of St Albans neighbourhoods (median 70.1) How easily people here can reach jobs, schools and colleges, healthcare, shops, leisure and other homes by public transport, on DfT's scale from 0 to 100 (higher is better connected), worked out from the timetables of October to December 2024. This small area scores 56.0; against the 88 small areas (neighbourhoods of about 1,500 residents) in St Albans, the median is 70.1 and the range 43.3 to 89.5. DfT publishes it as Experimental Statistics: read it against other areas, not as a journey time.
Nearest airportLondon Luton Airport · 8.7 km Straight-line distance. About 17 million passengers in 2024. Aircraft noise here: below the levels on the official airport noise map; see Environment.
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Public transport: this neighbourhood against St Albans

Observation period not held separately; see the source notes.

Below the St Albans median for every purpose; best placed for education (better connected than 13% of St Albans neighbourhoods), least for residential (better than 8%).

Public transport connectivity by purpose against St Albans: Jobs 56 (St Albans median 65.8, range 47.9 to 89.2); Education 61 (St Albans median 78.8, range 36.0 to 89.9); Health 47 (St Albans median 61.8, range 32.9 to 89.4); Shopping 52 (St Albans median 72.2, range 36.3 to 93.8); Leisure 56 (St Albans median 68.2, range 43.4 to 90.8); Residential 58 (St Albans median 66.2, range 49.6 to 85.5).Jobs56Education61Health47Shopping52Leisure56Residential580255075100HereMiddle half of St AlbansSt Albans medianFull range
DfT connectivity scores by public transport (0 to 100, higher is better connected), October to December 2024. The dot is this small area; the bar spans St Albans's small areas with a published score for that purpose, darker for the middle half, with the median marked. Experimental statistics: scores are relative, and a purpose is not comparable with another mode.
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Observation period
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Section coverage — may differ from this chart
Straight-line distances from the home to airports in the United Kingdom with scheduled passenger flights. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-10-14
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source dated 2026-10-14
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

DfT connectivity scores by public transport (0 to 100, higher is better connected), October to December 2024. The dot is this small area; the bar spans St Albans's small areas with a published score for that purpose, darker for the middle half, with the median marked. Experimental statistics: scores are relative, and a purpose is not comparable with another mode.

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Buses each hour on a weekday within a 5-minute walk

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Busiest 10:00 to 11:00 with 9 buses; quietest 07:00 to 08:00 with 6.

Buses each hour on a weekday within a 5-minute walk: 07 6, 08 8, 09 6, 10 9, 11 6, 12 7, 13 8, 14 8, 15 9, 16 8, 17 6, 18 8.607808609910611712813814915816617818
Timetabled bus departures from the stops within 400 m in each hour from 07:00 to 19:00 on Tuesday 29 September 2026, each route and direction counted once (Bus Open Data Service).
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Straight-line distances from the home to airports in the United Kingdom with scheduled passenger flights. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-10-14
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source dated 2026-10-14
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Timetabled bus departures from the stops within 400 m in each hour from 07:00 to 19:00 on Tuesday 29 September 2026, each route and direction counted once (Bus Open Data Service).

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Straight-line distances from the home to airports in the United Kingdom with scheduled passenger flights. · 2026-10-14

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Airports by distance

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London Luton17 million passengers a year
8.7 km
London Heathrow84 million passengers a year
39 km
London Stansted30 million passengers a year
40 km
London City3.6 million passengers a year
42 km

Scale: 0–47.6

Straight-line distance from the home to the nearest airports with scheduled passenger flights. Locations from DfT NaPTAN (Great Britain) and Translink (Northern Ireland). A longer bar is further away. Passengers are arrivals and departures in the year given in the row below.
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Straight-line distances from the home to airports in the United Kingdom with scheduled passenger flights. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-10-14
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source dated 2026-10-14
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Straight-line distance from the home to the nearest airports with scheduled passenger flights. Locations from DfT NaPTAN (Great Britain) and Translink (Northern Ireland). A longer bar is further away. Passengers are arrivals and departures in the year given in the row below.

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Straight-line distances from the home to airports in the United Kingdom with scheduled passenger flights. · 2026-10-14

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Walking connectivity against St Albans, October to December 2024

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2024Walking connectivity against St Albans, October to December 2024: Walking 39 (St Albans median 66.2, range 31.0 to 84.0).Walking390255075100HereMiddle half of St AlbansSt Albans medianFull range
DfT Transport Connectivity Metric, Experimental Statistics, October to December 2024. The dot is this small area; the bar is the range of St Albans’s small areas with a published score for this measure, darker for the middle half, with the median marked. Scores compare areas, not journey times. Different transport modes should not be directly compared.
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Section coverage — may differ from this chart
Straight-line distances from the home to airports in the United Kingdom with scheduled passenger flights. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-10-14
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source dated 2026-10-14
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

DfT Transport Connectivity Metric, Experimental Statistics, October to December 2024. The dot is this small area; the bar is the range of St Albans’s small areas with a published score for this measure, darker for the middle half, with the median marked. Scores compare areas, not journey times. Different transport modes should not be directly compared.

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Straight-line distances from the home to airports in the United Kingdom with scheduled passenger flights. · 2026-10-14

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Cycling connectivity against St Albans, October to December 2024

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2024Cycling connectivity against St Albans, October to December 2024: Cycling 60 (St Albans median 71.4, range 54.2 to 80.8).Cycling600255075100HereMiddle half of St AlbansSt Albans medianFull range
DfT Transport Connectivity Metric, Experimental Statistics, October to December 2024. The dot is this small area; the bar is the range of St Albans’s small areas with a published score for this measure, darker for the middle half, with the median marked. Scores compare areas, not journey times. Different transport modes should not be directly compared.
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Section coverage — may differ from this chart
Straight-line distances from the home to airports in the United Kingdom with scheduled passenger flights. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-10-14
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source dated 2026-10-14
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

DfT Transport Connectivity Metric, Experimental Statistics, October to December 2024. The dot is this small area; the bar is the range of St Albans’s small areas with a published score for this measure, darker for the middle half, with the median marked. Scores compare areas, not journey times. Different transport modes should not be directly compared.

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Straight-line distances from the home to airports in the United Kingdom with scheduled passenger flights. · 2026-10-14

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Driving connectivity against St Albans, October to December 2024

Saved period label: 2024

2024Driving connectivity against St Albans, October to December 2024: Driving 83 (St Albans median 88.0, range 75.9 to 93.6).Driving830255075100HereMiddle half of St AlbansSt Albans medianFull range
DfT Transport Connectivity Metric, Experimental Statistics, October to December 2024. The dot is this small area; the bar is the range of St Albans’s small areas with a published score for this measure, darker for the middle half, with the median marked. Scores compare areas, not journey times. Different transport modes should not be directly compared.
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Section coverage — may differ from this chart
Straight-line distances from the home to airports in the United Kingdom with scheduled passenger flights. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-10-14
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source dated 2026-10-14
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

DfT Transport Connectivity Metric, Experimental Statistics, October to December 2024. The dot is this small area; the bar is the range of St Albans’s small areas with a published score for this measure, darker for the middle half, with the median marked. Scores compare areas, not journey times. Different transport modes should not be directly compared.

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Straight-line distances from the home to airports in the United Kingdom with scheduled passenger flights. · 2026-10-14

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Combined overall connectivity against St Albans, October to December 2024

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2024Combined overall connectivity against St Albans, October to December 2024: Overall 50 (St Albans median 68.7, range 39.6 to 86.8).Overall500255075100HereMiddle half of St AlbansSt Albans medianFull range
DfT Transport Connectivity Metric, Experimental Statistics, October to December 2024. The dot is this small area; the bar is the range of St Albans’s small areas with a published score for this measure, darker for the middle half, with the median marked. Scores compare areas, not journey times. Different transport modes should not be directly compared.
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Observation period
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Section coverage — may differ from this chart
Straight-line distances from the home to airports in the United Kingdom with scheduled passenger flights. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-10-14
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source dated 2026-10-14
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

DfT Transport Connectivity Metric, Experimental Statistics, October to December 2024. The dot is this small area; the bar is the range of St Albans’s small areas with a published score for this measure, darker for the middle half, with the median marked. Scores compare areas, not journey times. Different transport modes should not be directly compared.

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Department for Transport (NaPTAN and aviation statistics)

Straight-line distances from the home to airports in the United Kingdom with scheduled passenger flights. · 2026-10-14

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Car parks mapped near the home, by distance

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1 public car park is mapped within 500 m, about 440 m away.

Car parks mapped near the home, by distance: Public car parks (1 within 500 m): 440 m.Public car parks (1 within 500 m)100 m200 m300 m400 m500 m
Each dot is one car park mapped on OpenStreetMap, at its straight-line distance from the home to the middle of the car park as mapped (a large one can start nearer); dots are lifted where they would touch. Every dot is the same size: the number of spaces is not kept. Parking along a road is counted apart, in the row. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), mapped by volunteers, extract of 6 October 2026. None mapped does not mean none there.
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Observation period
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Section coverage — may differ from this chart
Straight-line distances from the home to airports in the United Kingdom with scheduled passenger flights. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-10-14
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source dated 2026-10-14
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Each dot is one car park mapped on OpenStreetMap, at its straight-line distance from the home to the middle of the car park as mapped (a large one can start nearer); dots are lifted where they would touch. Every dot is the same size: the number of spaces is not kept. Parking along a road is counted apart, in the row. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), mapped by volunteers, extract of 6 October 2026. None mapped does not mean none there.

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Minutes by bus or train: this neighbourhood against St Albans

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Trips longer than the St Albans median to a GP, a primary school, a secondary school, a supermarket and a pharmacy; about the same to a hospital.

Minutes by bus or train: this neighbourhood against St Albans: GP 31 min here, St Albans median 20, range 0 to 52; Hospital 32 min here, St Albans median 30, range 0 to 57; Primary school 23 min here, St Albans median 8, range 0 to 28; Secondary school 32 min here, St Albans median 16, range 0 to 52; Supermarket 31 min here, St Albans median 22, range 0 to 52; Pharmacy 30 min here, St Albans median 12, range 0 to 30.This neighbourhoodSt Albans medianRange across its neighbourhoods, quickest to slowestGP31 minmedian 20Hospital32 minmedian 30Primary school23 minmedian 8Secondary school32 minmedian 16Supermarket31 minmedian 22Pharmacy30 minmedian 120204060minutes
Each row: this neighbourhood (navy dot), the St Albans median (grey line) and the range across its 88 neighbourhoods (pale band). St Albans medians are our own figures: the middle value across its 88 neighbourhoods as UBDC published them (2011 boundaries). Modelled by UBDC (AI23) for 7am on a weekday with early-2023 timetables, from the neighbourhood's population-weighted centre, not this front door. Shown for context, not counted.
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Observation period
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Section coverage — may differ from this chart
Straight-line distances from the home to airports in the United Kingdom with scheduled passenger flights. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-10-14
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
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Each row: this neighbourhood (navy dot), the St Albans median (grey line) and the range across its 88 neighbourhoods (pale band). St Albans medians are our own figures: the middle value across its 88 neighbourhoods as UBDC published them (2011 boundaries). Modelled by UBDC (AI23) for 7am on a weekday with early-2023 timetables, from the neighbourhood's population-weighted centre, not this front door. Shown for context, not counted.

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Department for Transport (NaPTAN and aviation statistics)

Straight-line distances from the home to airports in the United Kingdom with scheduled passenger flights. · 2026-10-14

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Trains from the nearest station
Harpenden, 3.3 km: Thameslink to Bedford (26 to 36 min) and Luton (about 9 min); about 13 trains an hour

159 trains timetabled to leave between 07:00 and 19:00 on Tuesday 6 October 2026 (13 an hour; 12 in the quietest hour, 18 in the busiest). In the evening (19:00 to 23:00): 35 (8.8 an hour); on Saturday 144 (12 an hour) and on Sunday 128 (11 an hour) between 07:00 and 19:00. Where they go (weekday daytime): Bedford 51, Luton 26, Rainham (Kent) 25, Three Bridges 25, Brighton 24, East Grinstead 4, Elephant & Castle 2, Orpington 2. Trains that end here are not counted, and each train counts once however it is timed through the station. Timetabled journey times on the same weekday (07:00 to 19:00; a range runs from the quickest train to the average): Bedford 26 to 36 min (Thameslink); Luton about 9 min (Thameslink); Rainham (Kent) 130 to 140 min (Thameslink); Three Bridges 77 to 86 min (Thameslink); Brighton about 111 min (Thameslink); East Grinstead 91 to 98 min (Thameslink); Elephant & Castle about 52 min (Thameslink); Orpington about 96 min (Thameslink). These timetables may be out of date: the weekly job has not refreshed them.

Buses an hour
7.4 buses an hour from 3 stops within a 5-minute walk · never fewer than 6 in any daytime hour

89 departures between 07:00 and 19:00 on Tuesday 29 September 2026 from the 3 stops with buses within 400 m: 7.4 an hour on average, 6 in the quietest hour and 9 in the busiest. In the evening (19:00 to 23:00): 9 departures (2.3 an hour); on Saturday 45 between 07:00 and 19:00 (3.8 an hour); on Sunday 11 between 07:00 and 19:00 (0.9 an hour). Each route and direction is counted once. These timetables were read for Tuesday 29 September 2026 and may be out of date: the weekly job has not refreshed them.

Public transport connectivity
56 of 100 · better connected than 11% of St Albans neighbourhoods (median 70.1)

How easily people here can reach jobs, schools and colleges, healthcare, shops, leisure and other homes by public transport, on DfT's scale from 0 to 100 (higher is better connected), worked out from the timetables of October to December 2024. This small area scores 56.0; against the 88 small areas (neighbourhoods of about 1,500 residents) in St Albans, the median is 70.1 and the range 43.3 to 89.5. DfT publishes it as Experimental Statistics: read it against other areas, not as a journey time.

Nearest airport
London Luton Airport · 8.7 km

Straight-line distance. About 17 million passengers in 2024. Aircraft noise here: below the levels on the official airport noise map; see Environment.

Combined overall connectivity
49.6 of 100 · St Albans median 68.7

DfT’s published combined overall score across transport modes, not an average calculated by this report. DfT Transport Connectivity Metric, Experimental Statistics, October to December 2024. The dot is this small area; the bar is the range of St Albans’s small areas with a published score for this measure, darker for the middle half, with the median marked. Scores compare areas, not journey times. Different transport modes should not be directly compared.

By bus or train at 7am
GP 31 min · hospital 32 · secondary school 32 · St Albans medians 20 · 30 · 16

Trips longer than the St Albans median to a GP, a primary school, a secondary school, a supermarket and a pharmacy; about the same to a hospital. Also: primary school 23 min (St Albans median 8), supermarket 31 min (St Albans median 22), pharmacy 30 min (St Albans median 12). St Albans medians are our own figures: the middle value across its 88 neighbourhoods as UBDC published them (2011 boundaries). Modelled by the Urban Big Data Centre (University of Glasgow, AI23): door-to-door trips by bus, tram, train or on foot, leaving at 7am on a weekday with early-2023 timetables, from the neighbourhood's population-weighted centre to the nearest place of each kind. Not this front door: a home at the edge of the neighbourhood may be quicker or slower, and places may have opened or closed since: UBDC's lists of places can miss some, so check the nearest schools, GPs and shops by distance in their own sections. "In this neighbourhood" means UBDC places the nearest one inside it (0 minutes in its figures).

Jobs within 45 minutes by bus or train
about 26,000 · St Albans median 59,000

Jobs reachable leaving at 7am on a weekday: within 30 minutes about 2,900 (St Albans median 19,000), within an hour about 119,000 (St Albans median 171,000). UBDC counts jobs by small area from ONS employment data; each small area's jobs count once it is reachable. St Albans medians are our own figures: the middle value across its 88 neighbourhoods as UBDC published them (2011 boundaries). Modelled for early-2023 timetables from the neighbourhood's population-weighted centre, not this front door. Shown for context, not counted.

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  • Nearest airports

    London Luton Airport, 8.7 km, about 17 million passengers; London Heathrow Airport, 39 km, about 84 million passengers; London Stansted Airport, 40 km, about 30 million passengers; London City Airport, 42 km, about 3.6 million passengers. Straight-line distances, nearest first; passengers are arrivals and departures in 2024 (DfT aviation statistics, from Civil Aviation Authority data). Airports in the United Kingdom with scheduled passenger flights; small island airstrips that do not report to the Civil Aviation Authority (Orkney and Shetland inter-island, Coll, Colonsay, Oban, Tresco) and airports in the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands and the Republic of Ireland are not included.

    8.7 km · 39 km · 40 km · 42 km
  • Public transport by purpose

    Jobs and business 56.3 (St Albans median 65.8, better than 11%); Education 61.1 (St Albans median 78.8, better than 13%); Health 46.7 (St Albans median 61.8, better than 13%); Shopping 52.0 (St Albans median 72.2, better than 9%); Leisure 55.7 (St Albans median 68.2, better than 13%); Residential 57.9 (St Albans median 66.2, better than 8%). DfT's public transport scores for each kind of trip; health is GPs, hospitals and other healthcare, leisure includes community venues, residential measures access to other homes.

    Jobs 56 · Education 61 · Health 47 · Shopping 52 · Leisure 56 · Residential 58
  • Walking, cycling and driving

    Walking 38.9 (St Albans median 66.2); Cycling 60.4 (St Albans median 71.4); Driving 82.8 (St Albans median 88.0). Each mode is scored on its own scale: in DfT's words, "Different transport modes should not be directly compared", so a walking score above the public transport score does not mean walking is the better way to travel.

    Walking 39 · Cycling 60 · Driving 83
  • About the connectivity scores

    The Department for Transport's Transport Connectivity Metric (first published September 2025) scores every small area in England and Wales from 0 to 100 on the value of the places people can reach and how easily, using journey planning on the transport networks and timetables of October to December 2024. DfT publishes it as Experimental Statistics and says the scores should be interpreted relative to other areas. It is not a journey time: it assumes services run as timetabled, and says nothing about reliability, crowding or disruption. Services may have changed since 2024. The comparison with St Albans uses the small areas under the council today.

    Experimental Statistics
  • Combined overall connectivity

    DfT’s published combined overall score across transport modes, not an average calculated by this report. DfT Transport Connectivity Metric, Experimental Statistics, October to December 2024. The dot is this small area; the bar is the range of St Albans’s small areas with a published score for this measure, darker for the middle half, with the median marked. Scores compare areas, not journey times. Different transport modes should not be directly compared.

    49.6 of 100 · St Albans median 68.7
  • Bus routes near the home

    610 (Uno): 3.8 an hour; 357 (Red Rose Travel): 1.8 an hour; 366 (Centrebus): 1.3 an hour; 45 (Centrebus): 3 between 07:00 and 19:00; 866 (Red Eagle): 2 between 07:00 and 19:00; 367 (Centrebus): 1 between 07:00 and 19:00. Both directions together, weekday daytime.

    6 routes: 610, 357, 366, 45, 866, 367
  • About the bus counts

    Departures timetabled on Tuesday 29 September 2026, the next ordinary weekday (a Tuesday to Thursday outside bank holidays and Christmas), from stops within 400 m of the home in a straight line (about a 5-minute walk). Each route and direction is counted once, at the nearby stop it serves most, so a bus passing two nearby stops counts once; journeys that end at a nearby stop, and stops where a bus only sets down, are not counted. Timetables do not mark school-day services, which can bunch several buses into one or two hours in villages, so the quietest daytime hour is shown beside the average. They are as the operators registered them, not live running, and can change in school holidays. Bus Open Data Service timetables built on 27/09/2026, read 2026-09-27. These timetables were read for Tuesday 29 September 2026 and may be out of date: the weekly job has not refreshed them.

    May be out of date
  • About the train counts

    Departures timetabled on Tuesday 6 October 2026 (a Tuesday to Thursday outside bank holidays and Christmas) and on the Saturday and Sunday after it, from Network Rail's timetable with its short-term changes and cancellations applied (read 2026-10-05). Only passenger trains with a public departure time are counted; trains that end at the station, replacement buses and empty trains are not. It is the timetable, not live running: engineering works announced late and strikes are not in it.

    May be out of date
  • Car parks within 500 m

    Its spaces are not recorded; it is recorded as free. By kind: 1 surface. Nearest: a surface car park about 440 m away (free). Public means no restriction is recorded on the map; private car parks, lock-up garages and carports are left out, and spaces are never added up (most car parks have none recorded). Distances are in a straight line to the middle of each car park as mapped, so a large one can start nearer. Whether this street needs a resident's permit is not in national open data: see the questions to ask. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), mapped by volunteers, extract of 6 October 2026. None mapped does not mean none there.

    1 public car park mapped
  • Nearest public car park mapped

    A surface car park about 440 m away (free), in a straight line to the middle of the car park as mapped, so a large one can start nearer. Public means no restriction is recorded on the map; car parks for customers only or permit holders, and parking along a road, are not looked at. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), mapped by volunteers, extract of 6 October 2026. A nearer car park may be there but not mapped.

    About 440 m (OpenStreetMap)

Source dated 2026-10-14

Environmental checks · Partial evidence

Flooding, noise, air and pollution checks at the postcode centre.

Flooding, noise, air and pollution checks at the postcode centre. Each check shows its source and date.

Section coverage: Coverage varies by check: long-term flood layers, landfill, pollution incidents, annual sewage records and current flood conditions. · 2026-09-22

Flood risk from rivers and sea (with defences) · postcode centreVery low At the postcode centre; the exact home has not been selected. Chance of flooding from rivers or the sea less than 0.1% (1 in 1,000) each year, taking flood defences into account (Environment Agency, 2025).
Rivers and sea: properties in this postcode at medium or high risk1 of 26 1 of 26 properties in AL4 8HH are at medium or high risk from rivers and sea (Environment Agency Postcodes in Areas at Risk, June 2026, with defences): 1 high, 0 medium, 0 low and 0 very low; the rest are outside its risk areas. Homes: 0 of 21 homes at medium or high risk. Context for the street, not a finding about this home.
Surface water flood risk · postcode centreMedium At the postcode centre; the exact home has not been selected. Chance of flooding from heavy rain between 1% and 3.3% (1 in 100 to 1 in 30) each year, within about 10 m of the postcode centre.
Surface water in a 1 in 100 year flood · postcode centreunder 0.2 m · low hazard At the postcode centre; the exact home has not been selected. Environment Agency maps of the land within about 10 m of the point: in a flood with a 1 in 100 (1%) chance each year, water could lie here, under 0.2 m deep, slow-moving (under 0.25 m/s), low hazard.

For live flood warnings and alerts for AL4 8HH, see FloodRadar's page for this postcode.

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Rivers and sea flood risk (with defences) · postcode centre

Observation period not held separately; see the source notes.

Rivers and sea flood risk (with defences) · postcode centre: Postcode centre at Very low; 2050s at Very low.Very lowLowMediumHighPostcode centre2050s
At the postcode centre; the exact home has not been selected. Environment Agency bands: chance of flooding from rivers or the sea each year, with defences.
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Section date
2026-09-22
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-09-22
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

At the postcode centre; the exact home has not been selected. Environment Agency bands: chance of flooding from rivers or the sea each year, with defences.

Section source
FloodRadar current flood briefing and stored environmental records

Coverage varies by check: long-term flood layers, landfill, pollution incidents, annual sewage records and current flood conditions. · 2026-09-22

All figures and supporting records Notes and sources
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Surface water flood risk · postcode centre

Observation period not held separately; see the source notes.

Surface water flood risk · postcode centre: Postcode centre at Medium; 2050s at Medium.Very lowLowMediumHighPostcode centre2050s
At the postcode centre; the exact home has not been selected. Medium · in a 1 in 100 year flood water could lie here, under 0.2 m deep, slow-moving (under 0.25 m/s), low hazard · national model (2022) · by the 2050s: Medium. Environment Agency bands: chance of flooding from heavy rain each year.
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2026-09-22
Coverage status
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Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-09-22
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

At the postcode centre; the exact home has not been selected. Medium · in a 1 in 100 year flood water could lie here, under 0.2 m deep, slow-moving (under 0.25 m/s), low hazard · national model (2022) · by the 2050s: Medium. Environment Agency bands: chance of flooding from heavy rain each year.

Section source
FloodRadar current flood briefing and stored environmental records

Coverage varies by check: long-term flood layers, landfill, pollution incidents, annual sewage records and current flood conditions. · 2026-09-22

All figures and supporting records Notes and sources
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Surface water depth in each flood · postcode centre

Observation period not held separately; see the source notes.

Surface water depth in each flood · postcode centre: 1 in 30 a year, not in the mapped area; 1 in 100 a year, under 0.2 m · under 0.25 m/s · low hazard; 1 in 1,000 a year, 0.2–0.6 m · under 0.25 m/s · low hazard; 2050s, 1 in 100, under 0.2 m.any0.2 m0.6 m1.2 m1 in 30 a yearnot in the mapped area1 in 100 a yearunder 0.2 m · under 0.25 m/s ·low hazard1 in 1,000 a year0.2–0.6 m · under 0.25 m/s ·low hazard2050s, 1 in 100under 0.2 m
At the postcode centre; the exact home has not been selected. Environment Agency: how deep water could get on the land around the point in the floods it maps (a 3.3%, 1% and 0.1% chance each year), with its speed and hazard to people; the 2050s row is its climate change scenario.
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Section date
2026-09-22
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-09-22
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

At the postcode centre; the exact home has not been selected. Environment Agency: how deep water could get on the land around the point in the floods it maps (a 3.3%, 1% and 0.1% chance each year), with its speed and hazard to people; the 2050s row is its climate change scenario.

Section source
FloodRadar current flood briefing and stored environmental records

Coverage varies by check: long-term flood layers, landfill, pollution incidents, annual sewage records and current flood conditions. · 2026-09-22

All figures and supporting records Notes and sources
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Rivers and canals on foot

Observation period not held separately; see the source notes.

Rivers and canals on foot: River Lea 39 m.250 m500 m1 kmRiver Lea · 39 m
Nearest mapped river and canal, straight-line distance (OpenStreetMap).
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Section coverage — may differ from this chart
Coverage varies by check: long-term flood layers, landfill, pollution incidents, annual sewage records and current flood conditions. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-09-22
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-09-22
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Nearest mapped river and canal, straight-line distance (OpenStreetMap).

Section source
FloodRadar current flood briefing and stored environmental records

Coverage varies by check: long-term flood layers, landfill, pollution incidents, annual sewage records and current flood conditions. · 2026-09-22

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Road noise, daytime

Observation period not held separately; see the source notes.

Road noise, daytime: 49.3 dB.quietmoderatenoticeablehigh49.3 dBRoad noise, daytime
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Section coverage — may differ from this chart
Coverage varies by check: long-term flood layers, landfill, pollution incidents, annual sewage records and current flood conditions. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-09-22
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-09-22
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Section source
FloodRadar current flood briefing and stored environmental records

Coverage varies by check: long-term flood layers, landfill, pollution incidents, annual sewage records and current flood conditions. · 2026-09-22

All figures and supporting records Notes and sources
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Rail noise, daytime

Observation period not held separately; see the source notes.

Rail noise, daytime: Under 40 dB.quietmoderatenoticeablehighUnder 40 dBRail noise, daytime
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Not held separately for this chart. The section date below may cover several datasets.
Section coverage — may differ from this chart
Coverage varies by check: long-term flood layers, landfill, pollution incidents, annual sewage records and current flood conditions. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-09-22
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-09-22
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Section source
FloodRadar current flood briefing and stored environmental records

Coverage varies by check: long-term flood layers, landfill, pollution incidents, annual sewage records and current flood conditions. · 2026-09-22

All figures and supporting records Notes and sources
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Aircraft noise, Lden

Observation period not held separately; see the source notes.

Aircraft noise, Lden: Under 40 dB.loweraction planUnder 40 dBAircraft noise, Lden
Modelled for 2021, a year of far fewer flights, on London Luton's official noise map (Defra, Round 4). Airport noise action plans cover homes from 55 dB Lden.
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Section coverage — may differ from this chart
Coverage varies by check: long-term flood layers, landfill, pollution incidents, annual sewage records and current flood conditions. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-09-22
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-09-22
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Modelled for 2021, a year of far fewer flights, on London Luton's official noise map (Defra, Round 4). Airport noise action plans cover homes from 55 dB Lden.

Section source
FloodRadar current flood briefing and stored environmental records

Coverage varies by check: long-term flood layers, landfill, pollution incidents, annual sewage records and current flood conditions. · 2026-09-22

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Air quality, 2024

Saved period label: 2024

2024
NO₂
8.2 µg/m³
WHO (10) · UK limit (40)
Scale: 0–46
PM2.5
7.2 µg/m³
WHO (5) · UK limit (20)
Scale: 0–23
PM10
12.1 µg/m³
WHO (15) · UK limit (40)
Scale: 0–46
Annual background levels for the 1 km square, against the WHO guideline and the UK legal limit.
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Section date
2026-09-22
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-09-22
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Annual background levels for the 1 km square, against the WHO guideline and the UK legal limit.

Section source
FloodRadar current flood briefing and stored environmental records

Coverage varies by check: long-term flood layers, landfill, pollution incidents, annual sewage records and current flood conditions. · 2026-09-22

All figures and supporting records Notes and sources
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Radon potential (1 km square)

Observation period not held separately; see the source notes.

Radon potential (1 km square): This square at 1–3%.<1%1–3%3–5%5–10%10–30%30%+This square
UKHSA and BGS classes: the estimated share of homes at or above the radon action level. Indicative: each 1 km square shows the highest class found within it.
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Section date
2026-09-22
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-09-22
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

UKHSA and BGS classes: the estimated share of homes at or above the radon action level. Indicative: each 1 km square shows the highest class found within it.

Section source
FloodRadar current flood briefing and stored environmental records

Coverage varies by check: long-term flood layers, landfill, pollution incidents, annual sewage records and current flood conditions. · 2026-09-22

All figures and supporting records Notes and sources
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Dwelling fires per 1,000 homes each year: St Albans 004, St Albans and England

Observation period: 2010/11 → 2025/26

2025/26

In 2025/26, fires in homes per 1,000 homes: 0.4 in St Albans 004, 0.9 across St Albans and 1.1 across England.

Dwelling fires per 1,000 homes each year: St Albans 004, St Albans and England: St Albans 004 (here) 1.9 (2010/11) to 0.4 (2025/26); St Albans 1.1 (2010/11) to 0.9 (2025/26); England 1.6 (2010/11) to 1.1 (2025/26).0.72.62025/262022/232019/202016/172013/142010/11St Albans 004 (here)0.4St Albans0.9England1.1
Fires in homes attended by fire and rescue services in each financial year (April to March), per 1,000 homes at the 2021 census in every year (so earlier years are set against the homes of 2021): St Albans 004 is the home's 2021 neighbourhood, 2,652 homes. Small counts move a lot from year to year. Source: MHCLG fire statistics incident level datasets (low level geography), published 22 July 2026; Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Dwelling fires per 1,000 homes each year: St Albans 004, St Albans and England
ObservationSt Albans 004 (here)St AlbansEngland
2010/111.891.091.56
2011/121.891.091.51
2012/131.5111.42
2013/141.8911.36
2014/152.260.931.34
2015/162.260.861.34
2016/171.891.11.29
2017/180.750.831.31
2018/190.751.11.26
2019/201.890.81.22
2020/211.510.931.15
2021/221.510.731.16
2022/230.750.681.14
2023/240.380.611.09
2024/250.380.581.09
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Evidence confidence and comparability

Observation period
Not held separately for this chart. The section date below may cover several datasets.
Section coverage — may differ from this chart
Coverage varies by check: long-term flood layers, landfill, pollution incidents, annual sewage records and current flood conditions. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-09-22
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-09-22
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Fires in homes attended by fire and rescue services in each financial year (April to March), per 1,000 homes at the 2021 census in every year (so earlier years are set against the homes of 2021): St Albans 004 is the home's 2021 neighbourhood, 2,652 homes. Small counts move a lot from year to year. Source: MHCLG fire statistics incident level datasets (low level geography), published 22 July 2026; Open Government Licence v3.0.

Section source
FloodRadar current flood briefing and stored environmental records

Coverage varies by check: long-term flood layers, landfill, pollution incidents, annual sewage records and current flood conditions. · 2026-09-22

All figures and supporting records Notes and sources
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Flood risk from rivers and sea (with defences) · postcode centre
Very low

At the postcode centre; the exact home has not been selected. Chance of flooding from rivers or the sea less than 0.1% (1 in 1,000) each year, taking flood defences into account (Environment Agency, 2025).

Rivers and sea: properties in this postcode at medium or high risk
1 of 26

1 of 26 properties in AL4 8HH are at medium or high risk from rivers and sea (Environment Agency Postcodes in Areas at Risk, June 2026, with defences): 1 high, 0 medium, 0 low and 0 very low; the rest are outside its risk areas. Homes: 0 of 21 homes at medium or high risk. Context for the street, not a finding about this home.

Surface water flood risk · postcode centre
Medium

At the postcode centre; the exact home has not been selected. Chance of flooding from heavy rain between 1% and 3.3% (1 in 100 to 1 in 30) each year, within about 10 m of the postcode centre.

Surface water in a 1 in 100 year flood · postcode centre
under 0.2 m · low hazard

At the postcode centre; the exact home has not been selected. Environment Agency maps of the land within about 10 m of the point: in a flood with a 1 in 100 (1%) chance each year, water could lie here, under 0.2 m deep, slow-moving (under 0.25 m/s), low hazard.

Surface water by the 2050s · postcode centre
Medium, as now

At the postcode centre; the exact home has not been selected. Environment Agency climate change scenario for 2040–2060 (UKCP18, RCP8.5 central allowances): chance of flooding from heavy rain between 1% and 3.3% (1 in 100 to 1 in 30) each year, against medium today.

Long-term flood zone (rivers and sea) · postcode centre
Outside Zones 2 and 3

At the postcode centre; the exact home has not been selected. Environment Agency Flood Map for Planning, checked 2026-09-27. Undefended extents; excludes surface water and other sources.

Active warnings nearby
0

Up to 10 stored warnings within 30 km. Warning-feed refresh time is unknown; check official warnings.

Road noise (daytime, 07:00–23:00)
49.3 dB · quiet

Night: 42.9 dB · moderate. Modelled annual average at the address point.

Rail noise (daytime, 07:00–23:00)
Below 40 dB (quiet)

Night: Below 35 dB (quiet). Modelled annual average at the address point.

Aircraft noise (London Luton)
Below the mapped levels (under 40 dB Lden)

The home is inside the area London Luton's official noise map covers, but below its lowest mapped level (40 dB Lden, 35 dB at night), modelled for 2021. That is below the 55 dB Lden from which airport noise action plans apply. Planes can still be heard, especially under arrival and departure routes, and 2021 had far fewer flights than usual because of Covid travel restrictions, so noise now is likely to be higher.

Nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) 2024
8.2 µg/m³

UK legal limit 40; WHO guideline 10. Within the WHO guideline.

Fine particles (PM2.5) 2024
7.2 µg/m³

UK legal limit 20; WHO guideline 5. Within the UK limit, above the WHO guideline (as most of the UK is).

Storm overflows within 1 km (2025)
None

No storm overflow outlet reported within 1 km.

Particles (PM10) 2024
12.1 µg/m³

UK legal limit 40; WHO guideline 15. Within the WHO guideline.

Recorded flood outlines at this point · postcode centre
0

At the postcode centre; the exact home has not been selected. Environment Agency outlines of past floods covering the point, where the dataset records them. An outline is an extent, not proof that this building flooded.

Recorded flood outlines nearby
17

Environment Agency outlines of past floods within about 1 km of the point, none covering it (FloodRadar's count). Proximity does not establish that the home flooded: ask the seller and your insurer.

Historic landfill sites shown (up to 8)
1

Stored site bounding boxes intersecting an approximately 1 km search box; distance is to stored centroid; coverage available, as of unknown.

Authorised waste sites shown (up to 8)
0

Register readiness is assessed separately from the historic register.

Major/significant pollution incidents shown (up to 8)
0

Source-rounded incident coordinates within 1 km; category 1/2, latest ten years plus undated records; coverage available, as of 2026-09-22.

Annual sewage context
2 sites in 2025

Overflow sites within 5 km; annual site aggregates; coverage available, reporting period ends 2025-12-31, captured 2026-11-02 04:21:10.

Nearest river
River Lea · 40 m

Straight-line distance to the mapped river on OpenStreetMap.

Nearest canal
None mapped within 1 km

OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers; small channels may be missing.

Environment Agency main river
40 m

Works in, over, under or within 8 m of a main river (16 m if tidal) need a flood risk activity permit from the Environment Agency, which matters for extensions, walls and outbuildings.

Late-night venues within 200 m
None mapped

None mapped within 200 m: no nightclub, and no bar or pub mapped as open past midnight, on OpenStreetMap (extract of 6 October 2026). Mapping of opening hours is incomplete, so this is not proof there are none. The FSA food hygiene register lists no pub, bar or nightclub within 200 m (latest extract 6 October 2026; it records no opening hours).

Overhead power lines and pylons
None recorded within 500 m

No overhead line or pylon is recorded within 500 m in Ordnance Survey's map of overhead lines on pylons (Great Britain; no voltage given) and UK Power Networks' 132 kV and 33 kV overhead lines. This home is in UK Power Networks' East England area (approximate boundaries). Not covered: National Grid's own maps of its transmission lines, pylons and substations (they may not be used commercially; its lines on pylons are in Ordnance Survey's map) and lower-voltage local lines and poles (11 kV and below). This describes these datasets only; it is not evidence that there are none.

Coal mining
Outside the coal mining reporting area

No coal mining risk area is recorded at the address point. Other ground risks (subsidence, clay shrinkage, other mining) are not checked here.

Radon (indicative)
1–3% of homes above the action level

About 1–3% of homes in this 1 km square (grid square TL1714) are estimated to be at or above the radon action level (200 Bq/m³). This is a radon Affected Area, where UKHSA advises testing every home. Each square takes the highest class found anywhere within it, so this is indicative and can overstate this home's area; it is not a measurement. Only a test shows the level in a home; UKHSA's validated testing service is at https://www.ukradon.org/.

Dwelling fires per 1,000 homes, 3 years to March 2026
1.1 here · 2.1 St Albans · 3.3 England

3 fires in homes in this neighbourhood (St Albans 004) from April 2023 to March 2026, over 2,652 homes at the 2021 census (a three-year count, not a yearly rate); 123 across St Albans over 58,982 homes; 77,223 across England over 23,436,382 homes. Source: MHCLG fire statistics incident level datasets (low level geography), published 22 July 2026.

  • Live flood briefing (current conditions only)

    Generated 2026-11-03T13:43:12Z; river observations 2026-11-03 13:15:00 to 2026-11-03 13:15:00. Excluded from the long-term buying verdict.

    Normal
  • Flood map coverage

    Layer availability flags indicate configured overlays, not successful tile retrieval or complete coverage. A blank map is not evidence of no risk.

    Check coverage
  • Wick Avenue

    Distance is to the stored site centroid; proximity is not proof of contamination or operation.

    920 m
  • Sewage overflow context, 2021

    1 sites within 5 km; 1 reported hours. Coverage imported; annual totals do not measure water quality at the home.

    120.5 spill hours reported
  • Sewage overflow context, 2022

    2 sites within 5 km; 1 reported hours. Coverage imported; annual totals do not measure water quality at the home.

    47.1 spill hours reported
  • Sewage overflow context, 2023

    2 sites within 5 km; 1 reported hours. Coverage imported; annual totals do not measure water quality at the home.

    35.0 spill hours reported
  • Sewage overflow context, 2024

    2 sites within 5 km; 2 reported hours. Coverage imported; annual totals do not measure water quality at the home.

    439.9 spill hours reported
  • Sewage overflow context, 2025

    2 sites within 5 km; 2 reported hours. Coverage imported; annual totals do not measure water quality at the home.

    89.7 spill hours reported
  • WHEATHAMPSTEAD PUMPING STATION

    Thames Water; 1.08 km away. Last reported not discharging at 2026-11-03 13:41:02. Freshness: available.

    not discharging
  • Harpenden

    Thames Water; 1.94 km away. Last reported not discharging at 2026-11-03 13:41:02. Freshness: available.

    not discharging
  • Long-term flood zone (rivers and sea) · postcode centre

    At the postcode centre; the exact home has not been selected. No Flood Zone 2 or 3 is mapped within about 10 metres of the postcode centre, which the Environment Agency treats as Flood Zone 1: less than a 0.1% annual chance from rivers and sea.

    Outside Zones 2 and 3
  • Surface water flood risk (heavy rainfall) · postcode centre

    At the postcode centre; the exact home has not been selected. Environment Agency Risk of Flooding from Surface Water: between 1% and 3.3% (1 in 100 to 1 in 30) each year. This is where rain cannot drain away quickly enough; it is separate from river and sea flooding and is the most common kind of flooding in England. It describes the area around the postcode centre, not the building itself; ask about past flooding, and check insurance quotes before exchange.

    Medium
  • Surface water depth, speed and hazard · postcode centre

    At the postcode centre; the exact home has not been selected. What the Environment Agency's maps show for the land within about 10 m of the point in the three floods it maps. 1 in 30 (3.3% a year): not in the mapped area. 1 in 100 (1% a year): water could lie here, under 0.2 m deep, slow-moving (under 0.25 m/s), low hazard. 1 in 1,000 (0.1% a year): water could reach 0.2–0.6 m here, slow-moving (under 0.25 m/s), low hazard. Hazard is the EA's rating of danger to people from depth and speed together (Defra's depth × (speed + 0.5) + an allowance for debris): low hazard means take care; above that, danger for some (such as children), for most people, or for all. Modelled with the Environment Agency's national model (New national model 2023/24; model year 2022). The EA also gives each mapped cell a confidence score (1 here) but says its confidence scores are still being developed and should not be used in decisions yet, so the report does not rate it. The maps describe the land around the point, not the building, and cannot say whether water would get in (that depends on floor levels and thresholds).

    1 in 100: under 0.2 m
  • Surface water by the 2050s (climate change) · postcode centre

    At the postcode centre; the exact home has not been selected. The Environment Agency's climate change scenario for 2040–2060 (UKCP18, RCP8.5 central allowances): between 1% and 3.3% (1 in 100 to 1 in 30) each year (today: medium). In a 1 in 100 year flood then, water could lie here, under 0.2 m deep.

    Medium
  • Flood risk from rivers and sea, with defences · postcode centre

    At the postcode centre; the exact home has not been selected. Environment Agency Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (national assessment, 2025): less than 0.1% (1 in 1,000) each year. Unlike the planning flood zones, it counts flood defences and their condition; defences can still be overtopped or fail.

    Very low
  • Flood risk from rivers and sea by the 2050s (with defences) · postcode centre

    At the postcode centre; the exact home has not been selected. Environment Agency Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea, climate change scenario for the 2050s: less than 0.1% (1 in 1,000) each year, taking flood defences into account. The same band as today. A projection, not a forecast for this home. Read from FloodRadar's copy of the map (edition June 2026), for the point and about 12 m round it.

    Very low
  • Flood risk reduced by defences here · postcode centre

    At the postcode centre; the exact home has not been selected. The Environment Agency maps no reduction in rivers and sea flood risk from defences at this point or within about 12 m of it. That is what its map records, not a survey of every local defence. Environment Agency, Reduction in Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea due to Defences (edition December 2023), read from FloodRadar's copy.

    None mapped
  • Noise (Defra strategic noise maps, 2022)

    LAeq,16h daytime and Lnight levels modelled on a 10 m grid 4 m above ground. "Quiet" means below 50 dB by day or 40 dB at night, under the lowest levels UK planning practice and the WHO treat as having an adverse effect; "moderate" runs up to 55 dB by day or 47 dB at night and "noticeable" from there. "High" means at or above 63 dB by day or 55 dB at night, around the levels UK planning practice treats as a significant adverse effect. The side of a building facing the road is usually louder than the back. Aircraft noise is shown separately; industry and neighbours are not included.

    Road 49.3 dB · quiet · Rail Below 40 dB (quiet)
  • Air quality (Defra modelled background, 2024)

    Annual mean for the 1 km square around the address. Background levels leave out the extra pollution right beside a busy road, which can be much higher.

    Nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) 8.2 · Fine particles (PM2.5) 7.2 · Particles (PM10) 12.1 µg/m³
  • Sewage works, waste sites and intensive farms within 500 m

    None on the registers checked within 500 m (as of 7 October 2026). The nearest is a household waste recycling centre about 2.6 km away (EA permit register, 7 October 2026). Sewage treatment works are not included yet: the Environment Agency's terms for its register of discharges are being confirmed. Distances are straight lines to the point each register gives for the site, not to its boundary. A permit says what a site may do, not whether it can be smelt or heard from the home: ask neighbours, and the council's environmental health team about complaints.

    None on the registers checked
  • Power network data checked

    This home is in UK Power Networks' East England area (approximate boundaries). Checked: Ordnance Survey's map of overhead lines on pylons (Great Britain; no voltage given), UK Power Networks' 132 kV and 33 kV overhead lines and UK Power Networks' grid and primary substations. Not covered: National Grid's own maps of its transmission lines, pylons and substations (they may not be used commercially; its lines on pylons are in Ordnance Survey's map) and lower-voltage local lines and poles (11 kV and below). Distances are straight lines from the address point.

    3 sources
  • Fire and rescue incidents in this neighbourhood, 3 years to March 2026

    Fires attended by fire and rescue services in this neighbourhood (St Albans 004) from April 2023 to March 2026: 3 fires in homes, 0 fires in other buildings, 3 road vehicle fires, 3 larger outdoor fires, 4 chimney fires, 20 small outdoor fires (rubbish, grass and the like; 13 started deliberately). Fires in homes each year: 2023/24: 1, 2024/25: 1, 2025/26: 1. Small counts move a lot from year to year. Per 1,000 homes over the three years: fires in homes 1.1 here, 2.1 across St Albans and 3.3 across England. Each incident is placed by MHCLG in its 2021 small area; incidents whose small area is not known are left out of every count, England's included. England's count includes the incidents Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service could submit for 2024/25 (not all from September 2024 to March 2025). Not counted towards the area's direction; the rate of fires in homes feeds one Safety input of the area scores. Source: MHCLG fire statistics incident level datasets (low level geography), published 22 July 2026.

    33 fires

Source date: 2026-09-22

Recorded crime · Partial evidence

St Albans 004 had 39 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents in Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, against 65 across St Albans, 71 across the East of England and 84 across England (273 of 296 council areas).

St Albans 004 had 39 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents in Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, against 65 across St Albans, 71 across the East of England and 84 across England (273 of 296 council areas). Police.uk street-level records for August 2026 within about a mile of the point. One month shows the mix of crime, not a trend.

Section coverage: One Police.uk month, crimes within a mile of the selected point; returned coordinates are anonymised. · 2026-08

Crimes per 1,000 residents (last 12 months)39 here · 65 St Albans East of England 71 · England 84 (273 of 296 council areas). Police.uk crimes excluding anti-social behaviour, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, per Census 2021 resident; every area counts the same months, crimes and police forces. Town centres, stations and shopping streets have high counts for their population because many visitors pass through.
Change over two years, this neighbourhood212 → 262 (+24%) vs St Albans +12% Police.uk street-level records in St Albans 004, the 12 months to August 2024 against the 12 months to August 2026 (Sep 2023 to Aug 2024; Sep 2025 to Aug 2026). Over the same months: East of England +2%, England (273 of 296 council areas) -1%. Counts, not rates: population change is unknown between these years. Changes in recording or policing can move these figures as much as real change.
Anti-social behaviour per 1,000 residents (last 12 months)11 here · 16 St Albans Police.uk reports of anti-social behaviour (noise, nuisance, rowdiness), Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, per Census 2021 resident; not counted as crime. Forces record it differently, so it is compared only with the borough.
Crimes charged or taken to court2% here · 7% St Albans Latest 12 months. Recent crimes are often still under investigation, so this share rises as cases conclude.
01

Crimes a year per 1,000 residents: here and the 7 nearest neighbourhoods

Observation period not held separately; see the source notes.

Crimes per 1,000 residents: this neighbourhood and the 7 nearest: St Albans 003 67; St Albans 007 56; Welwyn Hatfield 002 50; St Albans 004 (here) 39; St Albans 002 37; St Albans 008 36; St Albans 001 24; St Albans 005 21. Reference lines: St Albans 65, East of England 71, England 84.St Albans 00367St Albans 00756Welwyn Hatfield 00250St Albans 004 (here)39St Albans 00237St Albans 00836St Albans 00124St Albans 00521St Albans 65East of England 71England 84
Police.uk crimes excluding anti-social behaviour, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, per Census 2021 resident, in this neighbourhood (navy) and the 7 whose centres are nearest (ONS neighbourhoods, middle layer super output areas). The dashed lines are St Albans, the East of England and England, counted the same way: the same months, same crimes and the same police forces. England covers 273 of its 296 council areas; the rest are policed by forces whose Police.uk data is incomplete or no longer published. Busy centres count many visitors against few residents.
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Evidence confidence and comparability

Observation period
Not held separately for this chart. The section date below may cover several datasets.
Section coverage — may differ from this chart
One Police.uk month, crimes within a mile of the selected point; returned coordinates are anonymised. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-08
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source dated 2026-08
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Police.uk crimes excluding anti-social behaviour, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, per Census 2021 resident, in this neighbourhood (navy) and the 7 whose centres are nearest (ONS neighbourhoods, middle layer super output areas). The dashed lines are St Albans, the East of England and England, counted the same way: the same months, same crimes and the same police forces. England covers 273 of its 296 council areas; the rest are policed by forces whose Police.uk data is incomplete or no longer published. Busy centres count many visitors against few residents.

Section source
Police.uk street-level crime API

One Police.uk month, crimes within a mile of the selected point; returned coordinates are anonymised. · 2026-08

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Recorded crime over time: this neighbourhood against St Albans

Observation period: Nov 2023 → Aug 2026

Aug 2026Recorded crime over time: this neighbourhood against St Albans: This neighbourhood 81 (Nov 2023) to 136 (Aug 2026); St Albans 93 (Nov 2023) to 119 (Aug 2026).89135Aug 2026Oct 2025Dec 2024Nov 2023This neighbourhood136St Albans119
Police.uk crimes excluding anti-social behaviour, 3-month averages, each line set to 100 for its first year, so a falling line means fewer crimes than then. Months with incomplete police data are left blank. Left out of every year, so each counts the same forces: British Transport Police (incomplete from February 2025), and a few crimes recorded here by other forces with incomplete recent data.
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Recorded crime over time: this neighbourhood against St Albans
ObservationThis neighbourhoodSt Albans
Nov 202381.132075471698193.19481732228319
Dec 202390.5660377358490590.90696860044358
Jan 202496.2264150943396190.67351464923546
Feb 202498.1132075471698190.15991595657756
Mar 2024105.6603773584905693.24150811252481
Apr 202498.1132075471698194.26870549784056
May 2024103.7735849056603699.07785689272792
Jun 2024111.32075471698113103.5601727559239
Jul 2024130.18867924528303112.24465974086613
Aug 2024116.98113207547169117.56740982841136
Sep 202496.22641509433961118.2210808917941
Oct 202484.90566037735849117.42733745768648
Nov 202488.67924528301886111.91782420917475
Dec 202486.79245283018868108.649468892261
Jan 2025103.77358490566036108.18256098984476
Feb 2025120.75471698113208104.54067935099802
Mar 2025137.73584905660377105.00758725341426
Apr 2025113.20754716981132103.60686354616553
May 2025116.98113207547169109.53659390685189
Jun 2025126.41509433962264113.08509396521538
Jul 2025143.39622641509433120.88245593556672
Aug 2025137.73584905660377124.75779152562157
Sep 2025115.09433962264151121.39605462822458
Oct 2025132.0754716981132117.56740982841136
Nov 2025133.96226415094338113.87883739932299
Dec 2025135.8490566037736115.746469008988
Jan 2026107.54716981132076114.67258083343062
Feb 202692.45283018867923108.55608731177774
Mar 2026115.09433962264151106.73514649235439
Apr 2026120.75471698113208103.13995564374927
May 2026132.0754716981132106.78183728259603
Jun 2026109.43396226415092109.30313995564376
Jul 2026113.20754716981132115.27956110657173
Aug 2026135.8490566037736119.1548966966266
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Evidence confidence and comparability

Observation period
Not held separately for this chart. The section date below may cover several datasets.
Section coverage — may differ from this chart
One Police.uk month, crimes within a mile of the selected point; returned coordinates are anonymised. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-08
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source dated 2026-08
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Police.uk crimes excluding anti-social behaviour, 3-month averages, each line set to 100 for its first year, so a falling line means fewer crimes than then. Months with incomplete police data are left blank. Left out of every year, so each counts the same forces: British Transport Police (incomplete from February 2025), and a few crimes recorded here by other forces with incomplete recent data.

Section source
Police.uk street-level crime API

One Police.uk month, crimes within a mile of the selected point; returned coordinates are anonymised. · 2026-08

All figures and supporting records Notes and sources
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Crime types per 1,000 residents: St Albans 004 against St Albans

Observation period: Sep 2025 to Aug 2026

Whole statistical neighbourhood St Albans 004 (E02004927), not a radius around the postcode. 6,716 Census 2021 residents.

Violence and sexual offences
19.1
St Albans (23.3)
Criminal damage and arson
6.1
St Albans (5.4)
Other theft
3.6
St Albans (9.2)
Vehicle crime
3.3
St Albans (5.9)
Public order
2.4
St Albans (3.5)
Other crime
1.5
St Albans (1.5)

Scale: 0–25.7 per 1,000 residents

Latest 12 months, the 6 most common types here. The bar is this neighbourhood; the dashed mark is the borough rate. Counts are divided by each area’s Census 2021 resident population. Visitors and workers are not in that denominator; these rates are not the probability that a resident becomes a victim.
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Evidence confidence and comparability

Observation period
Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
Section coverage — may differ from this chart
One Police.uk month, crimes within a mile of the selected point; returned coordinates are anonymised. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-08
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source dated 2026-08
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Latest 12 months, the 6 most common types here. The bar is this neighbourhood; the dashed mark is the borough rate. Counts are divided by each area’s Census 2021 resident population. Visitors and workers are not in that denominator; these rates are not the probability that a resident becomes a victim.

Section source
Police.uk street-level crime API

One Police.uk month, crimes within a mile of the selected point; returned coordinates are anonymised. · 2026-08

All figures and supporting records Notes and sources
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Crime by type, previous year → latest year

Observation period not held separately; see the source notes.

Violence and sexual offences
87 → 128 (borough +15%)
Criminal damage and arson
33 → 41 (borough +12%)
Other theft
28 → 24 (borough +12%)
Vehicle crime
15 → 22 (borough +7%)
Public order
13 → 16 (borough +29%)
Other crime
7 → 10 (borough +31%)
Burglary
15 → 7 (borough +3%)

Earlier → later · Open square: earlier · Filled square: later · Each row has its own scale

Recorded crimes in this neighbourhood in each 12-month window; the borough's change is in brackets. Small numbers move a lot by chance.
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Evidence confidence and comparability

Observation period
Not held separately for this chart. The section date below may cover several datasets.
Section coverage — may differ from this chart
One Police.uk month, crimes within a mile of the selected point; returned coordinates are anonymised. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-08
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source dated 2026-08
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Recorded crimes in this neighbourhood in each 12-month window; the borough's change is in brackets. Small numbers move a lot by chance.

Section source
Police.uk street-level crime API

One Police.uk month, crimes within a mile of the selected point; returned coordinates are anonymised. · 2026-08

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Outcomes of crimes here, latest year

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  • Charged or taken to court51.9%
  • Caution, fine or local resolution93.4%
  • No suspect identified9335.5%
  • Closed without action12346.9%
  • Under investigation or not yet recorded3212.2%
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Evidence confidence and comparability

Observation period
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Section coverage — may differ from this chart
One Police.uk month, crimes within a mile of the selected point; returned coordinates are anonymised. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-08
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
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Freshness
Source dated 2026-08
How to compare
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Police.uk street-level crime API

One Police.uk month, crimes within a mile of the selected point; returned coordinates are anonymised. · 2026-08

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Outcomes across St Albans, latest year

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  • Charged or taken to court6717%
  • Caution, fine or local resolution5555.8%
  • No suspect identified427644.5%
  • Closed without action295930.8%
  • Under investigation or not yet recorded114211.9%
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Evidence confidence and comparability

Observation period
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Section coverage — may differ from this chart
One Police.uk month, crimes within a mile of the selected point; returned coordinates are anonymised. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-08
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source dated 2026-08
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

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Police.uk street-level crime API

One Police.uk month, crimes within a mile of the selected point; returned coordinates are anonymised. · 2026-08

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Crimes each month in this neighbourhood

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Crimes each month in this neighbourhood: Sep 24 16, Oct 24 20, Nov 24 11, Dec 24 15, Jan 25 29, Feb 25 20, Mar 25 24, Apr 25 16, May 25 22, Jun 25 29, Jul 25 25, Aug 25 19, Sep 25 17, Oct 25 34, Nov 25 20, Dec 25 18, Jan 26 19, Feb 26 12, Mar 26 30, Apr 26 22, May 26 18, Jun 26 18, Jul 26 24, Aug 26 30.Sep 24Jan 25May 25Sep 25Jan 26May 26
Police.uk crimes excluding anti-social behaviour, by month. Months with incomplete police data are left out.
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Observation period
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Section coverage — may differ from this chart
One Police.uk month, crimes within a mile of the selected point; returned coordinates are anonymised. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-08
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source dated 2026-08
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Police.uk crimes excluding anti-social behaviour, by month. Months with incomplete police data are left out.

Section source
Police.uk street-level crime API

One Police.uk month, crimes within a mile of the selected point; returned coordinates are anonymised. · 2026-08

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Possession of weapons per 1,000 residents over 3 years: here against St Albans and England

Observation period not held separately; see the source notes.

7 recorded here in 3 years: 1.0 per 1,000 residents, against 1.5 across St Albans and 2.9 across England.

This neighbourhood7 recorded
1.0
St Albans221 recorded
1.5
England147,883 recorded
2.9

Scale: 0–3.0996

Police.uk's possession of weapons category, September 2023 to August 2026 (every month of the archive), per 1,000 Census 2021 residents; counts are small, so the 3 years are counted together. Every area is counted the same way: only police forces that published every month in full. England is our sum of the 273 of its 296 council areas whose forces published every month in full. Not held for these months: British Transport Police's records (crimes on the railway). Source: Police.uk (Open Government Licence v3.0); residents: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021.
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One Police.uk month, crimes within a mile of the selected point; returned coordinates are anonymised. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-08
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source dated 2026-08
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Police.uk's possession of weapons category, September 2023 to August 2026 (every month of the archive), per 1,000 Census 2021 residents; counts are small, so the 3 years are counted together. Every area is counted the same way: only police forces that published every month in full. England is our sum of the 273 of its 296 council areas whose forces published every month in full. Not held for these months: British Transport Police's records (crimes on the railway). Source: Police.uk (Open Government Licence v3.0); residents: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021.

Section source
Police.uk street-level crime API

One Police.uk month, crimes within a mile of the selected point; returned coordinates are anonymised. · 2026-08

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Crimes per 1,000 residents (last 12 months)
39 here · 65 St Albans

East of England 71 · England 84 (273 of 296 council areas). Police.uk crimes excluding anti-social behaviour, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, per Census 2021 resident; every area counts the same months, crimes and police forces. Town centres, stations and shopping streets have high counts for their population because many visitors pass through.

Change over two years, this neighbourhood
212 → 262 (+24%) vs St Albans +12%

Police.uk street-level records in St Albans 004, the 12 months to August 2024 against the 12 months to August 2026 (Sep 2023 to Aug 2024; Sep 2025 to Aug 2026). Over the same months: East of England +2%, England (273 of 296 council areas) -1%. Counts, not rates: population change is unknown between these years. Changes in recording or policing can move these figures as much as real change.

Anti-social behaviour per 1,000 residents (last 12 months)
11 here · 16 St Albans

Police.uk reports of anti-social behaviour (noise, nuisance, rowdiness), Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, per Census 2021 resident; not counted as crime. Forces record it differently, so it is compared only with the borough.

Crimes charged or taken to court
2% here · 7% St Albans

Latest 12 months. Recent crimes are often still under investigation, so this share rises as cases conclude.

Theft from the person per 1,000 residents (last 12 months)
0.1 here · 0.6 St Albans

1 recorded thefts from the person here in Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, per 1,000 Census 2021 residents against the borough. Property taken from someone without force or threats: pickpocketing, bag and phone snatching. Police.uk does not say what was taken, so phones are not counted apart, and a snatch with force or threats is recorded as robbery. Busy streets, stations and nightlife count many visitors against few residents.

Bicycle theft per 1,000 residents (last 12 months)
0.1 here · 0.8 St Albans

1 recorded bicycle thefts here in Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, per 1,000 Census 2021 residents against the borough. Bicycles stolen, as recorded by the police; many thefts are never reported. Busy stations and town centres, where many people leave bikes, count them against few residents.

Possession of weapons per 1,000 residents (3 years)
1.0 here · 1.5 St Albans

7 recorded here from September 2023 to August 2026 (221 across St Albans), per 1,000 Census 2021 residents against the borough. Police.uk's category for possessing a weapon such as a knife or a firearm; an offence in which a weapon is used is counted under its own type, such as violence or robbery. Counts are small, so all 3 years of the Police.uk archive are counted together. Not held for these months: British Transport Police's records (crimes on the railway).

CCTV cameras mapped within 250 m
None · nearest 3.0 km · 1 in AL4

The nearest is traffic, number plate or speed camera, about 3.0 km away in a straight line. None is mapped within 500 m. In the AL4 postcode district 1 is mapped: 1 traffic, number plate or speed camera. As mapped on OpenStreetMap by volunteers, 6 October 2026. Councils publish few camera positions and the police none, so more cameras exist than are mapped.

Records in August 2026
33

Crimes and anti-social behaviour within about a mile, as returned by Police.uk.

Mapped anonymised locations
33

Up to 50 returned locations are shown; this is a display cap, not a total.

  • Violent Crime

    Recorded category in the one-month snapshot.

    11
  • Anti Social Behaviour

    Recorded category in the one-month snapshot.

    7
  • Criminal Damage Arson

    Recorded category in the one-month snapshot.

    6
  • Other Theft

    Recorded category in the one-month snapshot.

    5
  • Public Order

    Recorded category in the one-month snapshot.

    2
  • Burglary

    Recorded category in the one-month snapshot.

    1
  • Drugs

    Recorded category in the one-month snapshot.

    1
  • Anti-social behaviour, previous year → latest year

    Reports of anti-social behaviour (noise, nuisance, rowdiness) recorded by Police.uk in this neighbourhood; not counted as crime. In the latest year, per resident, 0.71 times the borough rate.

    78 → 75 (-4%) vs St Albans -4%

Source dated 2026-08

Schools · Partial evidence

Compare nearby schools

Open establishments within 3 km of the selected point.

Section coverage: England; nearest 10 imported open establishments within 3 km, and fee-paying schools within 10 km, straight-line distance. · 2026-10-20

Schools getting better1 of 3 nearby improved at their last inspection, 0 declined · results not compared
Details

4 state primary schools within 1.5 km and secondary schools within 3 km near the home. Ofsted: 1 improved, 0 declined, 2 no change at their last inspection against the graded one before (1 not compared: see each school below); across St Albans, 11 of 53 compared improved and 5 declined. Results, weighted by pupils: primary results (expected standard in reading, writing and maths): not compared, only 2 nearby schools with results in both 2022/23 and 2024/25 (at least 3 are needed); GCSE Attainment 8: not compared, only 1 nearby school with results in both 2022/23 and 2024/25 (at least 2 are needed). Counted as "Schools improving" in How the area is changing (not measured here).

Nearest listed school870 m
Details

St Helen's Church of England Primary School. Straight-line distance; not an admissions guide.

Nearest fee-paying schoolAldwickbury School · 1.9 km
Details

Ages 3 to 13, mixed, takes boarders, non-selective; 333 pupils on roll. Inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI); its reports are not open data, so no grade is shown. 9 fee-paying schools within 10 km. Independent school: fees and admissions are set by the school; the DfE does not publish fees. Not counted: 2 independent special schools within 10 km (for pupils with special educational needs; places are mostly arranged through councils rather than bought by families).

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The 10 nearest schools within 3 km

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St Helen's Church of England Primary School

870 m

State primary, voluntary aided · faith school (Church of England) · mixed · ages 4 to 11

Inspection
Ofsted · Ungraded visit: School remains Good · Jun 2024
Previous graded inspection

Ofsted · Good · Mar 2015

Earlier: Ofsted · Outstanding · Jun 2010

Historical inspections, not a current assessment.

Ofsted history source · as at 31 Oct 2025

Results
Key stage 2 (2024/25): 71% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%); 11% at the higher standard (England 8%).
Pupils and capacity
184 pupils (room for 210)Fill: pupils on roll · Mark: stated capacity. Capacity is not a measure of admission places available.
Admissions
Reception applications, 2026 entry: 29 first-preference applications for 29 places offered (1.0 per place); 90% of first-preference applicants were offered a place (26 of 29); 48 applications named it at any preference. 2025 entry: 22 first preferences for 22 places (1.0 per place), all offered a place. 2024 entry: 31 first preferences for 30 places (1.0 per place), 90% offered a place.

Observation period: 2017/18 → 2025/26

St Helen's Church of England Primary School — pupil ethnicity over time: White British 80.7% (2017/18) to 85.9% (2025/26); Other White 7.1% (2017/18) to 4.3% (2025/26); Asian 1.2% (2017/18) to 3.3% (2025/26); Black 1.8% (2017/18) to 1.1% (2025/26); Mixed 8.6% (2017/18) to 4.9% (2025/26); Other 0% (2017/18) to 0% (2025/26).11.2%76%2025/262023/242021/222019/202017/18White British85.9%Other White4.3%Asian3.3%Black1.1%Mixed4.9%Other0%
DfE January school census: pupils attending this school, not neighbourhood residents. Missing or suppressed counts remain gaps. All-age counts only; older compulsory-age records remain in the tables.
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St Helen's Church of England Primary School — pupil ethnicity over time
ObservationWhite BritishOther WhiteAsianBlackMixedOther
2017/1880.67484662576688%7.05521472392638%1.2269938650306749%1.8404907975460123%8.588957055214724%0%
2018/1979.21686746987952%7.83132530120482%1.2048192771084338%2.108433734939759%9.33734939759036%0%
2019/2077.47747747747748%7.5075075075075075%1.5015015015015014%4.2042042042042045%9.00900900900901%0%
2020/2178.24675324675324%6.8181818181818175%1.6233766233766231%5.194805194805195%6.8181818181818175%0%
2021/2278.72340425531915%6.73758865248227%3.1914893617021276%4.609929078014184%6.028368794326241%0%
2022/2378.515625%7.421875%5.078125%2.34375%6.25%0%
2023/2483.56807511737088%6.103286384976526%2.8169014084507045%1.4084507042253522%5.633802816901409%0%
2024/2587.16577540106952%5.88235294117647%2.13903743315508%1.06951871657754%3.2085561497326207%0%
2025/2685.86956521739131%4.3478260869565215%3.260869565217391%1.0869565217391304%4.891304347826087%0%

Observation period: 2017/18 → 2025/26

St Helen's Church of England Primary School — free school meal eligibility over time: St Helen's Church of England Primary School 4.9% (2017/18) to 8.7% (2025/26); St Albans state schools 5.2% (2017/18) to 10.6% (2025/26).2.3%9.3%2025/262023/242021/222019/202017/18St Helen's Church of England Primary School8.7%St Albans state schools10.6%
DfE January school census: pupils attending this school, not neighbourhood residents. Missing or suppressed counts remain gaps. All-age counts only; older compulsory-age records remain in the tables.
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St Helen's Church of England Primary School — free school meal eligibility over time
ObservationSt Helen's Church of England Primary SchoolSt Albans state schools
2017/184.9079754601226995%5.164006168465803%
2018/196.927710843373494%6.0977545028961355%
2019/208.108108108108109%7.073692397433405%
2020/218.441558441558442%8.47747012100067%
2021/227.801418439716312%9.101570829483261%
2022/237.03125%9.78407791217551%
2023/246.103286384976526%10.024803637866887%
2024/258.02139037433155%10.392190443569104%
2025/268.695652173913043%10.6095717884131%

Observation period: 2017/18 → 2025/26

St Helen's Church of England Primary School — pupils on roll over time: Total pupils 326 (2017/18) to 184 (2025/26).702812025/262023/242021/222019/202017/18Total pupils184
DfE January school census: pupils attending this school, not neighbourhood residents. Missing or suppressed counts remain gaps. All-age counts only; older compulsory-age records remain in the tables.
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St Helen's Church of England Primary School — pupils on roll over time
ObservationTotal pupils
2017/18326
2018/19332
2019/20333
2020/21308
2021/22282
2022/23256
2023/24213
2024/25187
2025/26184
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St Helen's Church of England Primary School — pupils, 2025/26

School record (URN 117462)

Primary school, 0.87 km from the home. DfE school census, January 2026 (2025/26 school year). Counts and percentages of all pupils at this school; borough comparison covers state primary and secondary schools with published totals. Missing or suppressed categories are unavailable, never zero; incomplete borough categories are unavailable. Free school meal eligibility is the census eligibility measure, not meals taken on census day or the performance-tables measure. Boys and girls use the recorded pupil sex. These, ethnic groups and first languages are separate breakdowns. Pupils are counted where they attend school, not where they live. First language does not measure proficiency in English.

CategorySt Helen's Church of England Primary School
Count (share)		St Albans state schools
Count (share)
Total pupils 184 (100.0%) 29,775 (100.0%)
Eligible for free school meals 16 (8.7%) 3,159 (10.6%)
Boys 96 (52.2%) 14,738 (49.5%)
Girls 88 (47.8%) 15,037 (50.5%)
White British 158 (85.9%) 17,276 (58.0%)
White Irish 1 (0.5%) 315 (1.1%)
Traveller of Irish heritage 0 (0.0%) 45 (0.2%)
Gypsy or Roma 2 (1.1%) 54 (0.2%)
Any other White background 5 (2.7%) 2,819 (9.5%)
Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1 (0.5%) 454 (1.5%)
Mixed White and Black African 0 (0.0%) 354 (1.2%)
Mixed White and Asian 3 (1.6%) 1,047 (3.5%)
Any other Mixed background 5 (2.7%) 1,323 (4.4%)
Indian 0 (0.0%) 784 (2.6%)
Pakistani 2 (1.1%) 567 (1.9%)
Bangladeshi 0 (0.0%) 682 (2.3%)
Chinese 2 (1.1%) 1,132 (3.8%)
Any other Asian background 2 (1.1%) 765 (2.6%)
Black African 1 (0.5%) 973 (3.3%)
Black Caribbean 1 (0.5%) 154 (0.5%)
Any other Black background 0 (0.0%) 195 (0.7%)
Any other ethnic group 0 (0.0%) 481 (1.6%)
Unclassified 1 (0.5%) 355 (1.2%)
First language: Known or believed to be English 177 (96.2%) 24,495 (82.3%)
First language: Known or believed to be other than English 7 (3.8%) 5,215 (17.5%)
First language: Language unclassified 0 (0.0%) 65 (0.2%)
St Helen's Church of England Primary School — pupils, 2024/25

School record (URN 117462)

Primary school, 0.87 km from the home. DfE school census, January 2025 (2024/25 school year). Counts and percentages of all pupils at this school; borough comparison covers state primary and secondary schools with published totals. Missing or suppressed categories are unavailable, never zero; incomplete borough categories are unavailable. Free school meal eligibility is the census eligibility measure, not meals taken on census day or the performance-tables measure. Boys and girls use the recorded pupil sex. These, ethnic groups and first languages are separate breakdowns. Pupils are counted where they attend school, not where they live. First language does not measure proficiency in English.

CategorySt Helen's Church of England Primary School
Count (share)		St Albans state schools
Count (share)
Total pupils 187 (100.0%) 29,195 (100.0%)
Eligible for free school meals 15 (8.0%) 3,034 (10.4%)
Boys 95 (50.8%) 14,454 (49.5%)
Girls 92 (49.2%) 14,741 (50.5%)
White British 163 (87.2%) 17,285 (59.2%)
White Irish 1 (0.5%) 290 (1.0%)
Traveller of Irish heritage 0 (0.0%) 53 (0.2%)
Gypsy or Roma 2 (1.1%) 49 (0.2%)
Any other White background 8 (4.3%) 2,686 (9.2%)
Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1 (0.5%) 444 (1.5%)
Mixed White and Black African 0 (0.0%) 325 (1.1%)
Mixed White and Asian 2 (1.1%) 994 (3.4%)
Any other Mixed background 3 (1.6%) 1,224 (4.2%)
Indian 0 (0.0%) 770 (2.6%)
Pakistani 2 (1.1%) 519 (1.8%)
Bangladeshi 0 (0.0%) 719 (2.5%)
Chinese 1 (0.5%) 1,118 (3.8%)
Any other Asian background 1 (0.5%) 631 (2.2%)
Black African 1 (0.5%) 987 (3.4%)
Black Caribbean 1 (0.5%) 162 (0.6%)
Any other Black background 0 (0.0%) 130 (0.4%)
Any other ethnic group 0 (0.0%) 454 (1.6%)
Unclassified 1 (0.5%) 355 (1.2%)
First language: Known or believed to be English 179 (95.7%) 24,059 (82.4%)
First language: Known or believed to be other than English 8 (4.3%) 5,061 (17.3%)
First language: Language unclassified 0 (0.0%) 75 (0.3%)
St Helen's Church of England Primary School — pupils, 2023/24

School record (URN 117462)

Primary school, 0.87 km from the home. DfE school census, January 2024 (2023/24 school year). Counts and percentages of all pupils at this school; borough comparison covers state primary and secondary schools with published totals. Missing or suppressed categories are unavailable, never zero; incomplete borough categories are unavailable. Free school meal eligibility is the census eligibility measure, not meals taken on census day or the performance-tables measure. Boys and girls use the recorded pupil sex. These, ethnic groups and first languages are separate breakdowns. Pupils are counted where they attend school, not where they live. First language does not measure proficiency in English.

CategorySt Helen's Church of England Primary School
Count (share)		St Albans state schools
Count (share)
Total pupils 213 (100.0%) 29,028 (100.0%)
Eligible for free school meals 13 (6.1%) 2,910 (10.0%)
Boys 105 (49.3%) 14,409 (49.6%)
Girls 108 (50.7%) 14,619 (50.4%)
White British 178 (83.6%) 17,502 (60.3%)
White Irish 2 (0.9%) 256 (0.9%)
Traveller of Irish heritage 0 (0.0%) 46 (0.2%)
Gypsy or Roma 0 (0.0%) 56 (0.2%)
Any other White background 11 (5.2%) 2,647 (9.1%)
Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3 (1.4%) 438 (1.5%)
Mixed White and Black African 1 (0.5%) 317 (1.1%)
Mixed White and Asian 4 (1.9%) 961 (3.3%)
Any other Mixed background 4 (1.9%) 1,142 (3.9%)
Indian 0 (0.0%) 768 (2.6%)
Pakistani 3 (1.4%) 485 (1.7%)
Bangladeshi 0 (0.0%) 742 (2.6%)
Chinese 2 (0.9%) 1,043 (3.6%)
Any other Asian background 1 (0.5%) 567 (2.0%)
Black African 1 (0.5%) 973 (3.4%)
Black Caribbean 1 (0.5%) 151 (0.5%)
Any other Black background 1 (0.5%) 111 (0.4%)
Any other ethnic group 0 (0.0%) 471 (1.6%)
Unclassified 1 (0.5%) 352 (1.2%)
First language: Known or believed to be English 199 (93.4%) 23,920 (82.4%)
First language: Known or believed to be other than English 14 (6.6%) 5,011 (17.3%)
First language: Language unclassified 0 (0.0%) 97 (0.3%)
St Helen's Church of England Primary School — pupils, 2022/23

School record (URN 117462)

Primary school, 0.87 km from the home. DfE school census, January 2023 (2022/23 school year). Counts and percentages of all pupils at this school; borough comparison covers state primary and secondary schools with published totals. Missing or suppressed categories are unavailable, never zero; incomplete borough categories are unavailable. Free school meal eligibility is the census eligibility measure, not meals taken on census day or the performance-tables measure. Boys and girls use the recorded pupil gender; their published counts may not exhaust the pupil total. These, ethnic groups and first languages are separate breakdowns. Pupils are counted where they attend school, not where they live. First language does not measure proficiency in English.

CategorySt Helen's Church of England Primary School
Count (share)		St Albans state schools
Count (share)
Total pupils 256 (100.0%) 28,853 (100.0%)
Eligible for free school meals 18 (7.0%) 2,823 (9.8%)
Boys 125 (48.8%) 14,304 (49.6%)
Girls 131 (51.2%) 14,548 (50.4%)
White British 201 (78.5%) 17,745 (61.5%)
White Irish 2 (0.8%) 244 (0.8%)
Traveller of Irish heritage 0 (0.0%) 64 (0.2%)
Gypsy or Roma 0 (0.0%) 54 (0.2%)
Any other White background 17 (6.6%) 2,639 (9.1%)
Mixed White and Black Caribbean 5 (2.0%) 435 (1.5%)
Mixed White and Black African 1 (0.4%) 311 (1.1%)
Mixed White and Asian 5 (2.0%) 946 (3.3%)
Any other Mixed background 5 (2.0%) 1,057 (3.7%)
Indian 1 (0.4%) 731 (2.5%)
Pakistani 3 (1.2%) 466 (1.6%)
Bangladeshi 0 (0.0%) 775 (2.7%)
Chinese 8 (3.1%) 883 (3.1%)
Any other Asian background 1 (0.4%) 520 (1.8%)
Black African 3 (1.2%) 927 (3.2%)
Black Caribbean 2 (0.8%) 159 (0.6%)
Any other Black background 1 (0.4%) 109 (0.4%)
Any other ethnic group 0 (0.0%) 419 (1.5%)
Unclassified 1 (0.4%) 369 (1.3%)
First language: Known or believed to be English 233 (91.0%) 23,926 (82.9%)
First language: Known or believed to be other than English 23 (9.0%) 4,838 (16.8%)
First language: Language unclassified 0 (0.0%) 89 (0.3%)
St Helen's Church of England Primary School — pupils, 2021/22

School record (URN 117462)

Primary school, 0.87 km from the home. DfE school census, January 2022 (2021/22 school year). Counts and percentages of all pupils at this school; borough comparison covers state primary and secondary schools with published totals. Missing or suppressed categories are unavailable, never zero; incomplete borough categories are unavailable. Free school meal eligibility is the census eligibility measure, not meals taken on census day or the performance-tables measure. Boys and girls use the recorded pupil gender; their published counts may not exhaust the pupil total. These, ethnic groups and first languages are separate breakdowns. Pupils are counted where they attend school, not where they live. First language does not measure proficiency in English.

CategorySt Helen's Church of England Primary School
Count (share)		St Albans state schools
Count (share)
Total pupils 282 (100.0%) 28,138 (100.0%)
Eligible for free school meals 22 (7.8%) 2,561 (9.1%)
Boys 130 (46.1%) 13,939 (49.5%)
Girls 152 (53.9%) 14,199 (50.5%)
White British 222 (78.7%) 17,916 (63.7%)
White Irish 3 (1.1%) 256 (0.9%)
Traveller of Irish heritage 0 (0.0%) 63 (0.2%)
Gypsy or Roma 0 (0.0%) 43 (0.2%)
Any other White background 16 (5.7%) 2,444 (8.7%)
Mixed White and Black Caribbean 6 (2.1%) 437 (1.6%)
Mixed White and Black African 1 (0.4%) 309 (1.1%)
Mixed White and Asian 5 (1.8%) 904 (3.2%)
Any other Mixed background 5 (1.8%) 980 (3.5%)
Indian 0 (0.0%) 641 (2.3%)
Pakistani 3 (1.1%) 462 (1.6%)
Bangladeshi 0 (0.0%) 797 (2.8%)
Chinese 5 (1.8%) 562 (2.0%)
Any other Asian background 1 (0.4%) 506 (1.8%)
Black African 9 (3.2%) 886 (3.1%)
Black Caribbean 2 (0.7%) 145 (0.5%)
Any other Black background 2 (0.7%) 96 (0.3%)
Any other ethnic group 0 (0.0%) 335 (1.2%)
Unclassified 2 (0.7%) 356 (1.3%)
First language: Known or believed to be English 263 (93.3%) 23,770 (84.5%)
First language: Known or believed to be other than English 19 (6.7%) 4,279 (15.2%)
First language: Language unclassified 0 (0.0%) 89 (0.3%)
St Helen's Church of England Primary School — pupils, 2020/21

School record (URN 117462)

Primary school, 0.87 km from the home. DfE school census, January 2021 (2020/21 school year). Counts and percentages of all pupils at this school; borough comparison covers state primary and secondary schools with published totals. Missing or suppressed categories are unavailable, never zero; incomplete borough categories are unavailable. Free school meal eligibility is the census eligibility measure, not meals taken on census day or the performance-tables measure. Boys and girls use the recorded pupil gender; their published counts may not exhaust the pupil total. These, ethnic groups and first languages are separate breakdowns. Pupils are counted where they attend school, not where they live. First language does not measure proficiency in English.

CategorySt Helen's Church of England Primary School
Count (share)		St Albans state schools
Count (share)
Total pupils 308 (100.0%) 26,942 (100.0%)
Eligible for free school meals 26 (8.4%) 2,284 (8.5%)
Boys 143 (46.4%) 13,312 (49.4%)
Girls 165 (53.6%) 13,630 (50.6%)
White British 241 (78.2%) 17,698 (65.7%)
White Irish 4 (1.3%) 245 (0.9%)
Traveller of Irish heritage 0 (0.0%) 61 (0.2%)
Gypsy or Roma 0 (0.0%) 41 (0.2%)
Any other White background 17 (5.5%) 2,292 (8.5%)
Mixed White and Black Caribbean 10 (3.2%) 411 (1.5%)
Mixed White and Black African 1 (0.3%) 277 (1.0%)
Mixed White and Asian 3 (1.0%) 841 (3.1%)
Any other Mixed background 7 (2.3%) 911 (3.4%)
Indian 1 (0.3%) 583 (2.2%)
Pakistani 3 (1.0%) 433 (1.6%)
Bangladeshi 0 (0.0%) 795 (3.0%)
Chinese 1 (0.3%) 248 (0.9%)
Any other Asian background 0 (0.0%) 439 (1.6%)
Black African 11 (3.6%) 815 (3.0%)
Black Caribbean 2 (0.6%) 146 (0.5%)
Any other Black background 3 (1.0%) 92 (0.3%)
Other ethnic group (including Arab) 0 (0.0%) 320 (1.2%)
Unclassified 4 (1.3%) 294 (1.1%)
First language: Known or believed to be English 294 (95.5%) 23,017 (85.4%)
First language: Known or believed to be other than English 13 (4.2%) 3,850 (14.3%)
First language: Language unclassified 1 (0.3%) 75 (0.3%)
Arab (included in Other) 0 (0.0%) 3 (<0.1%)
St Helen's Church of England Primary School — pupils, 2019/20

School record (URN 117462)

Primary school, 0.87 km from the home. DfE school census, January 2020 (2019/20 school year). Counts and percentages of all pupils at this school; borough comparison covers state primary and secondary schools with published totals. Missing or suppressed categories are unavailable, never zero; incomplete borough categories are unavailable. Free school meal eligibility is the census eligibility measure, not meals taken on census day or the performance-tables measure. Boys and girls use the recorded pupil gender; their published counts may not exhaust the pupil total. These, ethnic groups and first languages are separate breakdowns. Pupils are counted where they attend school, not where they live. First language does not measure proficiency in English.

CategorySt Helen's Church of England Primary School
Count (share)		St Albans state schools
Count (share)
Total pupils 333 (100.0%) 25,715 (100.0%)
Eligible for free school meals 27 (8.1%) 1,819 (7.1%)
Boys 165 (49.5%) 12,656 (49.2%)
Girls 168 (50.5%) 13,059 (50.8%)
White British 258 (77.5%) 17,148 (66.7%)
White Irish 4 (1.2%) 230 (0.9%)
Traveller of Irish heritage 0 (0.0%) 52 (0.2%)
Gypsy or Roma 0 (0.0%) 37 (0.1%)
Any other White background 21 (6.3%) 2,079 (8.1%)
Mixed White and Black Caribbean 12 (3.6%) 391 (1.5%)
Mixed White and Black African 4 (1.2%) 265 (1.0%)
Mixed White and Asian 3 (0.9%) 777 (3.0%)
Any other Mixed background 11 (3.3%) 856 (3.3%)
Indian 1 (0.3%) 514 (2.0%)
Pakistani 2 (0.6%) 423 (1.6%)
Bangladeshi 0 (0.0%) 797 (3.1%)
Chinese 2 (0.6%) 190 (0.7%)
Any other Asian background 0 (0.0%) 421 (1.6%)
Black African 11 (3.3%) 716 (2.8%)
Black Caribbean 1 (0.3%) 134 (0.5%)
Any other Black background 2 (0.6%) 83 (0.3%)
Any other ethnic group 0 (0.0%) 325 (1.3%)
Unclassified 1 (0.3%) 277 (1.1%)
First language: Known or believed to be English 318 (95.5%) 21,927 (85.3%)
First language: Known or believed to be other than English 15 (4.5%) 3,710 (14.4%)
First language: Language unclassified 0 (0.0%) 78 (0.3%)
St Helen's Church of England Primary School — pupils, 2018/19

School record (URN 117462)

Primary school, 0.87 km from the home. DfE school census, January 2019 (2018/19 school year). Counts and percentages of all pupils at this school; borough comparison covers state primary and secondary schools with published totals. Missing or suppressed categories are unavailable, never zero; incomplete borough categories are unavailable. Free school meal eligibility is the census eligibility measure, not meals taken on census day or the performance-tables measure. Boys and girls use the recorded pupil gender; their published counts may not exhaust the pupil total. These, ethnic groups and first languages are separate breakdowns. Pupils are counted where they attend school, not where they live. First language does not measure proficiency in English.

CategorySt Helen's Church of England Primary School
Count (share)		St Albans state schools
Count (share)
Total pupils 332 (100.0%) 25,206 (100.0%)
Eligible for free school meals 23 (6.9%) 1,537 (6.1%)
Boys 169 (50.9%) 12,447 (49.4%)
Girls 163 (49.1%) 12,759 (50.6%)
White British 263 (79.2%) 17,039 (67.6%)
White Irish 3 (0.9%) 240 (1.0%)
Traveller of Irish heritage 0 (0.0%) 60 (0.2%)
Gypsy or Roma 0 (0.0%) 31 (0.1%)
Any other White background 23 (6.9%) 1,896 (7.5%)
Mixed White and Black Caribbean 15 (4.5%) 385 (1.5%)
Mixed White and Black African 3 (0.9%) 243 (1.0%)
Mixed White and Asian 4 (1.2%) 748 (3.0%)
Any other Mixed background 9 (2.7%) 830 (3.3%)
Indian 1 (0.3%) 481 (1.9%)
Pakistani 1 (0.3%) 402 (1.6%)
Bangladeshi 0 (0.0%) 811 (3.2%)
Chinese 2 (0.6%) 182 (0.7%)
Any other Asian background 0 (0.0%) 414 (1.6%)
Black African 3 (0.9%) 646 (2.6%)
Black Caribbean 1 (0.3%) 125 (0.5%)
Any other Black background 3 (0.9%) 83 (0.3%)
Any other ethnic group 0 (0.0%) 316 (1.3%)
Unclassified 1 (0.3%) 274 (1.1%)
First language: Known or believed to be English 318 (95.8%) 21,512 (85.3%)
First language: Known or believed to be other than English 14 (4.2%) 3,631 (14.4%)
First language: Language unclassified 0 (0.0%) 63 (0.2%)
St Helen's Church of England Primary School — pupils, 2017/18

School record (URN 117462)

Primary school, 0.87 km from the home. DfE school census, January 2018 (2017/18 school year). Counts and percentages of all pupils at this school; borough comparison covers state primary and secondary schools with published totals. Missing or suppressed categories are unavailable, never zero; incomplete borough categories are unavailable. Free school meal eligibility is the census eligibility measure, not meals taken on census day or the performance-tables measure. Boys and girls use the recorded pupil gender; their published counts may not exhaust the pupil total. These, ethnic groups and first languages are separate breakdowns. Pupils are counted where they attend school, not where they live. First language does not measure proficiency in English.

CategorySt Helen's Church of England Primary School
Count (share)		St Albans state schools
Count (share)
Total pupils 326 (100.0%) 23,993 (100.0%)
Eligible for free school meals 16 (4.9%) 1,239 (5.2%)
Boys 168 (51.5%) 11,738 (48.9%)
Girls 158 (48.5%) 12,255 (51.1%)
White British 263 (80.7%) 16,350 (68.1%)
White Irish 3 (0.9%) 226 (0.9%)
Traveller of Irish heritage 0 (0.0%) 50 (0.2%)
Gypsy or Roma 0 (0.0%) 28 (0.1%)
Any other White background 20 (6.1%) 1,711 (7.1%)
Mixed White and Black Caribbean 14 (4.3%) 357 (1.5%)
Mixed White and Black African 5 (1.5%) 224 (0.9%)
Mixed White and Asian 2 (0.6%) 677 (2.8%)
Any other Mixed background 7 (2.1%) 811 (3.4%)
Indian 1 (0.3%) 447 (1.9%)
Pakistani 1 (0.3%) 396 (1.7%)
Bangladeshi 0 (0.0%) 827 (3.4%)
Chinese 2 (0.6%) 166 (0.7%)
Any other Asian background 0 (0.0%) 379 (1.6%)
Black African 4 (1.2%) 626 (2.6%)
Black Caribbean 0 (0.0%) 123 (0.5%)
Any other Black background 2 (0.6%) 71 (0.3%)
Any other ethnic group 0 (0.0%) 296 (1.2%)
Unclassified 2 (0.6%) 228 (1.0%)
First language: Known or believed to be English 311 (95.4%) 20,454 (85.2%)
First language: Known or believed to be other than English 15 (4.6%) 3,495 (14.6%)
First language: Language unclassified 0 (0.0%) 44 (0.2%)
St Helen's Church of England Primary School — compulsory school age and above, 2016/17

DfE January 2017 census. Original compulsory-school-age-and-above counts, with the published denominator rounded to the nearest 5: percentages are approximate. This older age basis ends in 2016/17 and is separate from the all-age series from 2017/18. Missing or suppressed counts remain unavailable; they are never reconstructed. Pupils attend these schools and are not neighbourhood residents. First language does not measure English proficiency.

CategorySt Helen's Church of England Primary School
Count (share)		St Albans state schools
Count (share)
Compulsory school age and above (rounded) 260 (100.0%) 21,340 (100.0%)
White British 213 (81.9%) 14,749 (69.1%)
White Irish 3 (1.2%) 225 (1.1%)
Traveller of Irish heritage 0 (0.0%) 35 (0.2%)
Gypsy or Roma 1 (0.4%) 23 (0.1%)
Any other White background 17 (6.5%) 1,552 (7.3%)
Mixed White and Black Caribbean 5 (1.9%) 309 (1.4%)
Mixed White and Black African 2 (0.8%) 191 (0.9%)
Mixed White and Asian 2 (0.8%) 571 (2.7%)
Any other Mixed background 6 (2.3%) 607 (2.8%)
Indian 1 (0.4%) 352 (1.6%)
Pakistani 0 (0.0%) 340 (1.6%)
Bangladeshi 0 (0.0%) 748 (3.5%)
Chinese 0 (0.0%) 148 (0.7%)
Any other Asian background 0 (0.0%) 324 (1.5%)
Black African 5 (1.9%) 543 (2.5%)
Black Caribbean 0 (0.0%) 114 (0.5%)
Any other Black background 2 (0.8%) 70 (0.3%)
Any other ethnic group 1 (0.4%) 271 (1.3%)
Unclassified 1 (0.4%) 169 (0.8%)
First language: Known or believed to be English 246 (94.6%) 18,275 (85.6%)
First language: Known or believed to be other than English 13 (5.0%) 3,026 (14.2%)
First language: Language unclassified 0 (0.0%) 40 (0.2%)
St Helen's Church of England Primary School — compulsory school age and above, 2015/16

DfE January 2016 census. Original compulsory-school-age-and-above counts, with the published denominator rounded to the nearest 5: percentages are approximate. This older age basis ends in 2016/17 and is separate from the all-age series from 2017/18. Missing or suppressed counts remain unavailable; they are never reconstructed. Pupils attend these schools and are not neighbourhood residents. First language does not measure English proficiency.

CategorySt Helen's Church of England Primary School
Count (share)		St Albans state schools
Count (share)
Compulsory school age and above (rounded) 245 (100.0%) 20,810 (100.0%)
White British 206 (84.1%) 14,618 (70.2%)
White Irish 3 (1.2%) 217 (1.0%)
Traveller of Irish heritage 0 (0.0%) 30 (0.1%)
Gypsy or Roma 0 (0.0%) 16 (<0.1%)
Any other White background 13 (5.3%) 1,396 (6.7%)
Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3 (1.2%) 297 (1.4%)
Mixed White and Black African 3 (1.2%) 178 (0.9%)
Mixed White and Asian 3 (1.2%) 516 (2.5%)
Any other Mixed background 5 (2.0%) 567 (2.7%)
Indian 1 (0.4%) 317 (1.5%)
Pakistani 1 (0.4%) 342 (1.6%)
Bangladeshi 0 (0.0%) 741 (3.6%)
Chinese 0 (0.0%) 148 (0.7%)
Any other Asian background 0 (0.0%) 292 (1.4%)
Black African 3 (1.2%) 513 (2.5%)
Black Caribbean 0 (0.0%) 108 (0.5%)
Any other Black background 1 (0.4%) 70 (0.3%)
Any other ethnic group 1 (0.4%) 260 (1.2%)
Unclassified 2 (0.8%) 185 (0.9%)
First language: Known or believed to be English 233 (95.1%) 17,698 (85.0%)
First language: Known or believed to be other than English 11 (4.5%) 3,065 (14.7%)
First language: Language unclassified 1 (0.4%) 50 (0.2%)
St Helen's Church of England Primary School — compulsory school age and above, 2014/15

DfE January 2015 census. Original compulsory-school-age-and-above counts, with the published denominator rounded to the nearest 5: percentages are approximate. This older age basis ends in 2016/17 and is separate from the all-age series from 2017/18. Missing or suppressed counts remain unavailable; they are never reconstructed. Pupils attend these schools and are not neighbourhood residents. First language does not measure English proficiency.

CategorySt Helen's Church of England Primary School
Count (share)		St Albans state schools
Count (share)
Compulsory school age and above (rounded) 235 (100.0%) 20,525 (100.0%)
White British 202 (86.0%) 14,711 (71.7%)
White Irish 1 (0.4%) 213 (1.0%)
Traveller of Irish heritage 0 (0.0%) 35 (0.2%)
Gypsy or Roma 0 (0.0%) 27 (0.1%)
Any other White background 7 (3.0%) 1,246 (6.1%)
Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1 (0.4%) 280 (1.4%)
Mixed White and Black African 3 (1.3%) 168 (0.8%)
Mixed White and Asian 9 (3.8%) 472 (2.3%)
Any other Mixed background 3 (1.3%) 549 (2.7%)
Indian 1 (0.4%) 301 (1.5%)
Pakistani 0 (0.0%) 322 (1.6%)
Bangladeshi 0 (0.0%) 729 (3.6%)
Chinese 0 (0.0%) 135 (0.7%)
Any other Asian background 0 (0.0%) 266 (1.3%)
Black African 2 (0.9%) 489 (2.4%)
Black Caribbean 0 (0.0%) 108 (0.5%)
Any other Black background 1 (0.4%) 64 (0.3%)
Any other ethnic group 1 (0.4%) 247 (1.2%)
Unclassified 2 (0.9%) 167 (0.8%)
First language: Known or believed to be English 223 (94.9%) 17,486 (85.2%)
First language: Known or believed to be other than English 9 (3.8%) 2,986 (14.5%)
First language: Language unclassified 1 (0.4%) 57 (0.3%)
St Helen's Church of England Primary School — compulsory school age and above, 2013/14

DfE January 2014 census. Original compulsory-school-age-and-above counts, with the published denominator rounded to the nearest 5: percentages are approximate. This older age basis ends in 2016/17 and is separate from the all-age series from 2017/18. Missing or suppressed counts remain unavailable; they are never reconstructed. Pupils attend these schools and are not neighbourhood residents. First language does not measure English proficiency.

CategorySt Helen's Church of England Primary School
Count (share)		St Albans state schools
Count (share)
Compulsory school age and above (rounded) 240 (100.0%) 19,785 (100.0%)
White British 212 (88.3%) 14,260 (72.1%)
White Irish Unavailable Unavailable
Traveller of Irish heritage 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Gypsy or Roma 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Any other White background 8 (3.3%) Unavailable
Mixed White and Black Caribbean Unavailable Unavailable
Mixed White and Black African Unavailable Unavailable
Mixed White and Asian 8 (3.3%) Unavailable
Any other Mixed background Unavailable Unavailable
Indian 3 (1.3%) Unavailable
Pakistani 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Bangladeshi 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Chinese 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Any other Asian background 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Black African Unavailable Unavailable
Black Caribbean 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Any other Black background Unavailable Unavailable
Any other ethnic group Unavailable Unavailable
Unclassified Unavailable Unavailable
First language: Known or believed to be English 231 (96.3%) 16,876 (85.3%)
First language: Known or believed to be other than English 11 (4.6%) 2,833 (14.3%)
First language: Language unclassified 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
St Helen's Church of England Primary School — compulsory school age and above, 2012/13

DfE January 2013 census. Original compulsory-school-age-and-above counts, with the published denominator rounded to the nearest 5: percentages are approximate. This older age basis ends in 2016/17 and is separate from the all-age series from 2017/18. Missing or suppressed counts remain unavailable; they are never reconstructed. Pupils attend these schools and are not neighbourhood residents. First language does not measure English proficiency.

CategorySt Helen's Church of England Primary School
Count (share)		St Albans state schools
Count (share)
Compulsory school age and above (rounded) 245 (100.0%) 19,460 (100.0%)
White British 211 (86.1%) 14,291 (73.4%)
White Irish Unavailable Unavailable
Traveller of Irish heritage 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Gypsy or Roma 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Any other White background 12 (4.9%) Unavailable
Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3 (1.2%) Unavailable
Mixed White and Black African Unavailable Unavailable
Mixed White and Asian 7 (2.9%) Unavailable
Any other Mixed background Unavailable Unavailable
Indian 3 (1.2%) Unavailable
Pakistani 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Bangladeshi 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Chinese 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Any other Asian background 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Black African Unavailable Unavailable
Black Caribbean 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Any other Black background 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Any other ethnic group Unavailable Unavailable
Unclassified Unavailable Unavailable
First language: Known or believed to be English 232 (94.7%) 16,672 (85.7%)
First language: Known or believed to be other than English 12 (4.9%) 2,701 (13.9%)
First language: Language unclassified 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
St Helen's Church of England Primary School — compulsory school age and above, 2011/12

DfE January 2012 census. Original compulsory-school-age-and-above counts, with the published denominator rounded to the nearest 5: percentages are approximate. This older age basis ends in 2016/17 and is separate from the all-age series from 2017/18. Missing or suppressed counts remain unavailable; they are never reconstructed. Pupils attend these schools and are not neighbourhood residents. First language does not measure English proficiency.

CategorySt Helen's Church of England Primary School
Count (share)		St Albans state schools
Count (share)
Compulsory school age and above (rounded) 235 (100.0%) 12,710 (100.0%)
White British 207 (88.1%) 9,674 (76.1%)
White Irish Unavailable Unavailable
Traveller of Irish heritage 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Gypsy or Roma 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Any other White background 9 (3.8%) Unavailable
Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3 (1.3%) Unavailable
Mixed White and Black African Unavailable Unavailable
Mixed White and Asian 6 (2.6%) Unavailable
Any other Mixed background 3 (1.3%) Unavailable
Indian Unavailable Unavailable
Pakistani 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Bangladeshi 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Chinese 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Any other Asian background Unavailable Unavailable
Black African Unavailable Unavailable
Black Caribbean 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Any other Black background 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Any other ethnic group Unavailable Unavailable
Unclassified Unavailable Unavailable
First language: Known or believed to be English 227 (96.6%) 11,221 (88.3%)
First language: Known or believed to be other than English 9 (3.8%) Unavailable
First language: Language unclassified 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
St Helen's Church of England Primary School — compulsory school age and above, 2010/11

DfE January 2011 census. Original compulsory-school-age-and-above counts, with the published denominator rounded to the nearest 5: percentages are approximate. This older age basis ends in 2016/17 and is separate from the all-age series from 2017/18. Missing or suppressed counts remain unavailable; they are never reconstructed. Pupils attend these schools and are not neighbourhood residents. First language does not measure English proficiency.

CategorySt Helen's Church of England Primary School
Count (share)		St Albans state schools
Count (share)
Compulsory school age and above (rounded) 230 (100.0%) 6,815 (100.0%)
White British 210 (91.3%) 5,122 (75.2%)
White Irish 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Traveller of Irish heritage 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Gypsy or Roma 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Any other White background 6 (2.6%) Unavailable
Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3 (1.3%) Unavailable
Mixed White and Black African Unavailable Unavailable
Mixed White and Asian 5 (2.2%) Unavailable
Any other Mixed background Unavailable Unavailable
Indian 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Pakistani 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Bangladeshi 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Chinese 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Any other Asian background 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Black African 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Black Caribbean 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Any other Black background 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Any other ethnic group 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Unclassified Unavailable Unavailable
First language: Known or believed to be English 226 (98.3%) Unavailable
First language: Known or believed to be other than English 3 (1.3%) 861 (12.6%)
First language: Language unclassified 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
St Helen's Church of England Primary School — compulsory school age and above, 2009/10

DfE January 2010 census. Original compulsory-school-age-and-above counts, with the published denominator rounded to the nearest 5: percentages are approximate. This older age basis ends in 2016/17 and is separate from the all-age series from 2017/18. Missing or suppressed counts remain unavailable; they are never reconstructed. Pupils attend these schools and are not neighbourhood residents. First language does not measure English proficiency.

CategorySt Helen's Church of England Primary School
Count (share)		St Albans state schools
Count (share)
Compulsory school age and above (rounded) 210 (100.0%) 6,765 (100.0%)
White British 191 (91.0%) 5,154 (76.2%)
White Irish 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Traveller of Irish heritage 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Gypsy or Roma 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Any other White background 8 (3.8%) Unavailable
Mixed White and Black Caribbean Unavailable Unavailable
Mixed White and Black African 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Mixed White and Asian 7 (3.3%) Unavailable
Any other Mixed background Unavailable Unavailable
Indian 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Pakistani 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Bangladeshi 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Chinese 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Any other Asian background 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Black African Unavailable Unavailable
Black Caribbean 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Any other Black background 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Any other ethnic group 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Unclassified Unavailable Unavailable
First language: Known or believed to be English Unavailable Unavailable
First language: Known or believed to be other than English Unavailable Unavailable
First language: Language unclassified 0 (0.0%) Unavailable

Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery

1.4 km

State primary, academy · mixed · ages 3 to 11

Inspection
Ofsted · Good · Sep 2022
Previous graded inspection

Ofsted · Inadequate · Feb 2017 · as its predecessor school

Historical inspections, not a current assessment.

Ofsted history source · as at 31 Oct 2025

Results
Key stage 2 (2024/25): 50% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%); 18% at the higher standard (England 8%).
Pupils and capacity
171 pupils (room for 240)Fill: pupils on roll · Mark: stated capacity. Capacity is not a measure of admission places available.
Admissions
Reception applications, 2026 entry: 15 first-preference applications for 16 places offered (0.9 per place); all first-preference applicants were offered a place; 35 applications named it at any preference. 2025 entry: 20 first preferences for 20 places (1.0 per place), all offered a place. 2024 entry: 12 first preferences for 14 places (0.9 per place), all offered a place.

Observation period: 2018/19 → 2025/26

Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery — pupil ethnicity over time: White British 79.4% (2018/19) to 63.2% (2025/26); Other White 5.5% (2018/19) to 11.7% (2025/26); Asian 1.8% (2018/19) to 7% (2025/26); Black 1.8% (2018/19) to 4.7% (2025/26); Mixed 11% (2018/19) to 12.9% (2025/26); Other 0% (2018/19) to 0.6% (2025/26).10.3%70%2025/262023/242021/222018/19White British63.2%Other White11.7%Asian7%Black4.7%Mixed12.9%Other0.6%
DfE January school census: pupils attending this school, not neighbourhood residents. Missing or suppressed counts remain gaps. All-age counts only; older compulsory-age records remain in the tables.
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Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery — pupil ethnicity over time
ObservationWhite BritishOther WhiteAsianBlackMixedOther
2018/1979.35779816513761%5.5045871559633035%1.834862385321101%1.834862385321101%11.009174311926607%0%
2019/2077.77777777777779%6.349206349206349%3.1746031746031744%1.5873015873015872%11.11111111111111%0%
2020/2180.21978021978022%5.4945054945054945%3.8461538461538463%0.5494505494505495%9.89010989010989%0%
2021/2278.65168539325843%5.056179775280898%4.49438202247191%0.5617977528089888%11.235955056179774%0%
2022/2365.47619047619048%11.904761904761903%4.761904761904762%2.380952380952381%13.690476190476192%0.5952380952380952%
2023/2463.63636363636363%14.772727272727273%3.4090909090909087%2.272727272727273%14.204545454545455%1.7045454545454544%
2024/2559.76331360946746%12.42603550295858%7.100591715976331%3.5502958579881656%16.56804733727811%0.591715976331361%
2025/2663.1578947368421%11.695906432748536%7.017543859649122%4.678362573099415%12.865497076023392%0.5847953216374269%

Observation period: 2018/19 → 2025/26

Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery — free school meal eligibility over time: Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery 7.3% (2018/19) to 37.4% (2025/26); St Albans state schools 6.1% (2018/19) to 10.6% (2025/26).8.2%32.9%2025/262023/242021/222018/19Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery37.4%St Albans state schools10.6%
DfE January school census: pupils attending this school, not neighbourhood residents. Missing or suppressed counts remain gaps. All-age counts only; older compulsory-age records remain in the tables.
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Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery — free school meal eligibility over time
ObservationBeech Hyde Primary School and NurserySt Albans state schools
2018/197.339449541284404%6.0977545028961355%
2019/2014.814814814814813%7.073692397433405%
2020/2121.978021978021978%8.47747012100067%
2021/2229.775280898876407%9.101570829483261%
2022/2334.523809523809526%9.78407791217551%
2023/2433.52272727272727%10.024803637866887%
2024/2534.9112426035503%10.392190443569104%
2025/2637.42690058479532%10.6095717884131%

Observation period: 2018/19 → 2025/26

Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery — pupils on roll over time: Total pupils 218 (2018/19) to 171 (2025/26).451812025/262023/242021/222018/19Total pupils171
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Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery — pupils on roll over time
ObservationTotal pupils
2018/19218
2019/20189
2020/21182
2021/22178
2022/23168
2023/24176
2024/25169
2025/26171
All yearly pupil figures and source notes
Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery — pupils, 2025/26

School record (URN 145487)

Primary school, 1.39 km from the home. DfE school census, January 2026 (2025/26 school year). Counts and percentages of all pupils at this school; borough comparison covers state primary and secondary schools with published totals. Missing or suppressed categories are unavailable, never zero; incomplete borough categories are unavailable. Free school meal eligibility is the census eligibility measure, not meals taken on census day or the performance-tables measure. Boys and girls use the recorded pupil sex. These, ethnic groups and first languages are separate breakdowns. Pupils are counted where they attend school, not where they live. First language does not measure proficiency in English.

CategoryBeech Hyde Primary School and Nursery
Count (share)		St Albans state schools
Count (share)
Total pupils 171 (100.0%) 29,775 (100.0%)
Eligible for free school meals 64 (37.4%) 3,159 (10.6%)
Boys 85 (49.7%) 14,738 (49.5%)
Girls 86 (50.3%) 15,037 (50.5%)
White British 108 (63.2%) 17,276 (58.0%)
White Irish 3 (1.8%) 315 (1.1%)
Traveller of Irish heritage 2 (1.2%) 45 (0.2%)
Gypsy or Roma 5 (2.9%) 54 (0.2%)
Any other White background 10 (5.8%) 2,819 (9.5%)
Mixed White and Black Caribbean 7 (4.1%) 454 (1.5%)
Mixed White and Black African 2 (1.2%) 354 (1.2%)
Mixed White and Asian 10 (5.8%) 1,047 (3.5%)
Any other Mixed background 3 (1.8%) 1,323 (4.4%)
Indian 1 (0.6%) 784 (2.6%)
Pakistani 0 (0.0%) 567 (1.9%)
Bangladeshi 5 (2.9%) 682 (2.3%)
Chinese 2 (1.2%) 1,132 (3.8%)
Any other Asian background 4 (2.3%) 765 (2.6%)
Black African 5 (2.9%) 973 (3.3%)
Black Caribbean 2 (1.2%) 154 (0.5%)
Any other Black background 1 (0.6%) 195 (0.7%)
Any other ethnic group 1 (0.6%) 481 (1.6%)
Unclassified 0 (0.0%) 355 (1.2%)
First language: Known or believed to be English 150 (87.7%) 24,495 (82.3%)
First language: Known or believed to be other than English 21 (12.3%) 5,215 (17.5%)
First language: Language unclassified 0 (0.0%) 65 (0.2%)
Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery — pupils, 2024/25

School record (URN 145487)

Primary school, 1.39 km from the home. DfE school census, January 2025 (2024/25 school year). Counts and percentages of all pupils at this school; borough comparison covers state primary and secondary schools with published totals. Missing or suppressed categories are unavailable, never zero; incomplete borough categories are unavailable. Free school meal eligibility is the census eligibility measure, not meals taken on census day or the performance-tables measure. Boys and girls use the recorded pupil sex. These, ethnic groups and first languages are separate breakdowns. Pupils are counted where they attend school, not where they live. First language does not measure proficiency in English.

CategoryBeech Hyde Primary School and Nursery
Count (share)		St Albans state schools
Count (share)
Total pupils 169 (100.0%) 29,195 (100.0%)
Eligible for free school meals 59 (34.9%) 3,034 (10.4%)
Boys 85 (50.3%) 14,454 (49.5%)
Girls 84 (49.7%) 14,741 (50.5%)
White British 101 (59.8%) 17,285 (59.2%)
White Irish 5 (3.0%) 290 (1.0%)
Traveller of Irish heritage 2 (1.2%) 53 (0.2%)
Gypsy or Roma 4 (2.4%) 49 (0.2%)
Any other White background 10 (5.9%) 2,686 (9.2%)
Mixed White and Black Caribbean 9 (5.3%) 444 (1.5%)
Mixed White and Black African 2 (1.2%) 325 (1.1%)
Mixed White and Asian 12 (7.1%) 994 (3.4%)
Any other Mixed background 5 (3.0%) 1,224 (4.2%)
Indian 1 (0.6%) 770 (2.6%)
Pakistani 0 (0.0%) 519 (1.8%)
Bangladeshi 4 (2.4%) 719 (2.5%)
Chinese 2 (1.2%) 1,118 (3.8%)
Any other Asian background 5 (3.0%) 631 (2.2%)
Black African 3 (1.8%) 987 (3.4%)
Black Caribbean 2 (1.2%) 162 (0.6%)
Any other Black background 1 (0.6%) 130 (0.4%)
Any other ethnic group 1 (0.6%) 454 (1.6%)
Unclassified 0 (0.0%) 355 (1.2%)
First language: Known or believed to be English 148 (87.6%) 24,059 (82.4%)
First language: Known or believed to be other than English 21 (12.4%) 5,061 (17.3%)
First language: Language unclassified 0 (0.0%) 75 (0.3%)
Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery — pupils, 2023/24

School record (URN 145487)

Primary school, 1.39 km from the home. DfE school census, January 2024 (2023/24 school year). Counts and percentages of all pupils at this school; borough comparison covers state primary and secondary schools with published totals. Missing or suppressed categories are unavailable, never zero; incomplete borough categories are unavailable. Free school meal eligibility is the census eligibility measure, not meals taken on census day or the performance-tables measure. Boys and girls use the recorded pupil sex. These, ethnic groups and first languages are separate breakdowns. Pupils are counted where they attend school, not where they live. First language does not measure proficiency in English.

CategoryBeech Hyde Primary School and Nursery
Count (share)		St Albans state schools
Count (share)
Total pupils 176 (100.0%) 29,028 (100.0%)
Eligible for free school meals 59 (33.5%) 2,910 (10.0%)
Boys 92 (52.3%) 14,409 (49.6%)
Girls 84 (47.7%) 14,619 (50.4%)
White British 112 (63.6%) 17,502 (60.3%)
White Irish 5 (2.8%) 256 (0.9%)
Traveller of Irish heritage 2 (1.1%) 46 (0.2%)
Gypsy or Roma 7 (4.0%) 56 (0.2%)
Any other White background 12 (6.8%) 2,647 (9.1%)
Mixed White and Black Caribbean 7 (4.0%) 438 (1.5%)
Mixed White and Black African 2 (1.1%) 317 (1.1%)
Mixed White and Asian 8 (4.5%) 961 (3.3%)
Any other Mixed background 8 (4.5%) 1,142 (3.9%)
Indian 1 (0.6%) 768 (2.6%)
Pakistani 0 (0.0%) 485 (1.7%)
Bangladeshi 2 (1.1%) 742 (2.6%)
Chinese 1 (0.6%) 1,043 (3.6%)
Any other Asian background 2 (1.1%) 567 (2.0%)
Black African 2 (1.1%) 973 (3.4%)
Black Caribbean 1 (0.6%) 151 (0.5%)
Any other Black background 1 (0.6%) 111 (0.4%)
Any other ethnic group 3 (1.7%) 471 (1.6%)
Unclassified 0 (0.0%) 352 (1.2%)
First language: Known or believed to be English 156 (88.6%) 23,920 (82.4%)
First language: Known or believed to be other than English 20 (11.4%) 5,011 (17.3%)
First language: Language unclassified 0 (0.0%) 97 (0.3%)
Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery — pupils, 2022/23

School record (URN 145487)

Primary school, 1.39 km from the home. DfE school census, January 2023 (2022/23 school year). Counts and percentages of all pupils at this school; borough comparison covers state primary and secondary schools with published totals. Missing or suppressed categories are unavailable, never zero; incomplete borough categories are unavailable. Free school meal eligibility is the census eligibility measure, not meals taken on census day or the performance-tables measure. Boys and girls use the recorded pupil gender; their published counts may not exhaust the pupil total. These, ethnic groups and first languages are separate breakdowns. Pupils are counted where they attend school, not where they live. First language does not measure proficiency in English.

CategoryBeech Hyde Primary School and Nursery
Count (share)		St Albans state schools
Count (share)
Total pupils 168 (100.0%) 28,853 (100.0%)
Eligible for free school meals 58 (34.5%) 2,823 (9.8%)
Boys 92 (54.8%) 14,304 (49.6%)
Girls 76 (45.2%) 14,548 (50.4%)
White British 110 (65.5%) 17,745 (61.5%)
White Irish 3 (1.8%) 244 (0.8%)
Traveller of Irish heritage 1 (0.6%) 64 (0.2%)
Gypsy or Roma 2 (1.2%) 54 (0.2%)
Any other White background 14 (8.3%) 2,639 (9.1%)
Mixed White and Black Caribbean 6 (3.6%) 435 (1.5%)
Mixed White and Black African 2 (1.2%) 311 (1.1%)
Mixed White and Asian 6 (3.6%) 946 (3.3%)
Any other Mixed background 9 (5.4%) 1,057 (3.7%)
Indian 0 (0.0%) 731 (2.5%)
Pakistani 0 (0.0%) 466 (1.6%)
Bangladeshi 1 (0.6%) 775 (2.7%)
Chinese 5 (3.0%) 883 (3.1%)
Any other Asian background 2 (1.2%) 520 (1.8%)
Black African 2 (1.2%) 927 (3.2%)
Black Caribbean 0 (0.0%) 159 (0.6%)
Any other Black background 2 (1.2%) 109 (0.4%)
Any other ethnic group 1 (0.6%) 419 (1.5%)
Unclassified 2 (1.2%) 369 (1.3%)
First language: Known or believed to be English 144 (85.7%) 23,926 (82.9%)
First language: Known or believed to be other than English 24 (14.3%) 4,838 (16.8%)
First language: Language unclassified 0 (0.0%) 89 (0.3%)
Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery — pupils, 2021/22

School record (URN 145487)

Primary school, 1.39 km from the home. DfE school census, January 2022 (2021/22 school year). Counts and percentages of all pupils at this school; borough comparison covers state primary and secondary schools with published totals. Missing or suppressed categories are unavailable, never zero; incomplete borough categories are unavailable. Free school meal eligibility is the census eligibility measure, not meals taken on census day or the performance-tables measure. Boys and girls use the recorded pupil gender; their published counts may not exhaust the pupil total. These, ethnic groups and first languages are separate breakdowns. Pupils are counted where they attend school, not where they live. First language does not measure proficiency in English.

CategoryBeech Hyde Primary School and Nursery
Count (share)		St Albans state schools
Count (share)
Total pupils 178 (100.0%) 28,138 (100.0%)
Eligible for free school meals 53 (29.8%) 2,561 (9.1%)
Boys 93 (52.2%) 13,939 (49.5%)
Girls 85 (47.8%) 14,199 (50.5%)
White British 140 (78.7%) 17,916 (63.7%)
White Irish 3 (1.7%) 256 (0.9%)
Traveller of Irish heritage 1 (0.6%) 63 (0.2%)
Gypsy or Roma 3 (1.7%) 43 (0.2%)
Any other White background 2 (1.1%) 2,444 (8.7%)
Mixed White and Black Caribbean 5 (2.8%) 437 (1.6%)
Mixed White and Black African 2 (1.1%) 309 (1.1%)
Mixed White and Asian 3 (1.7%) 904 (3.2%)
Any other Mixed background 10 (5.6%) 980 (3.5%)
Indian 0 (0.0%) 641 (2.3%)
Pakistani 0 (0.0%) 462 (1.6%)
Bangladeshi 3 (1.7%) 797 (2.8%)
Chinese 1 (0.6%) 562 (2.0%)
Any other Asian background 4 (2.2%) 506 (1.8%)
Black African 0 (0.0%) 886 (3.1%)
Black Caribbean 0 (0.0%) 145 (0.5%)
Any other Black background 1 (0.6%) 96 (0.3%)
Any other ethnic group 0 (0.0%) 335 (1.2%)
Unclassified 0 (0.0%) 356 (1.3%)
First language: Known or believed to be English 163 (91.6%) 23,770 (84.5%)
First language: Known or believed to be other than English 14 (7.9%) 4,279 (15.2%)
First language: Language unclassified 1 (0.6%) 89 (0.3%)
Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery — pupils, 2020/21

School record (URN 145487)

Primary school, 1.39 km from the home. DfE school census, January 2021 (2020/21 school year). Counts and percentages of all pupils at this school; borough comparison covers state primary and secondary schools with published totals. Missing or suppressed categories are unavailable, never zero; incomplete borough categories are unavailable. Free school meal eligibility is the census eligibility measure, not meals taken on census day or the performance-tables measure. Boys and girls use the recorded pupil gender; their published counts may not exhaust the pupil total. These, ethnic groups and first languages are separate breakdowns. Pupils are counted where they attend school, not where they live. First language does not measure proficiency in English.

CategoryBeech Hyde Primary School and Nursery
Count (share)		St Albans state schools
Count (share)
Total pupils 182 (100.0%) 26,942 (100.0%)
Eligible for free school meals 40 (22.0%) 2,284 (8.5%)
Boys 91 (50.0%) 13,312 (49.4%)
Girls 91 (50.0%) 13,630 (50.6%)
White British 146 (80.2%) 17,698 (65.7%)
White Irish 1 (0.5%) 245 (0.9%)
Traveller of Irish heritage 0 (0.0%) 61 (0.2%)
Gypsy or Roma 3 (1.6%) 41 (0.2%)
Any other White background 6 (3.3%) 2,292 (8.5%)
Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4 (2.2%) 411 (1.5%)
Mixed White and Black African 4 (2.2%) 277 (1.0%)
Mixed White and Asian 4 (2.2%) 841 (3.1%)
Any other Mixed background 6 (3.3%) 911 (3.4%)
Indian 0 (0.0%) 583 (2.2%)
Pakistani 0 (0.0%) 433 (1.6%)
Bangladeshi 3 (1.6%) 795 (3.0%)
Chinese 0 (0.0%) 248 (0.9%)
Any other Asian background 4 (2.2%) 439 (1.6%)
Black African 1 (0.5%) 815 (3.0%)
Black Caribbean 0 (0.0%) 146 (0.5%)
Any other Black background 0 (0.0%) 92 (0.3%)
Other ethnic group (including Arab) 0 (0.0%) 320 (1.2%)
Unclassified 0 (0.0%) 294 (1.1%)
First language: Known or believed to be English 165 (90.7%) 23,017 (85.4%)
First language: Known or believed to be other than English 15 (8.2%) 3,850 (14.3%)
First language: Language unclassified 2 (1.1%) 75 (0.3%)
Arab (included in Other) 0 (0.0%) 3 (<0.1%)
Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery — pupils, 2019/20

School record (URN 145487)

Primary school, 1.39 km from the home. DfE school census, January 2020 (2019/20 school year). Counts and percentages of all pupils at this school; borough comparison covers state primary and secondary schools with published totals. Missing or suppressed categories are unavailable, never zero; incomplete borough categories are unavailable. Free school meal eligibility is the census eligibility measure, not meals taken on census day or the performance-tables measure. Boys and girls use the recorded pupil gender; their published counts may not exhaust the pupil total. These, ethnic groups and first languages are separate breakdowns. Pupils are counted where they attend school, not where they live. First language does not measure proficiency in English.

CategoryBeech Hyde Primary School and Nursery
Count (share)		St Albans state schools
Count (share)
Total pupils 189 (100.0%) 25,715 (100.0%)
Eligible for free school meals 28 (14.8%) 1,819 (7.1%)
Boys 93 (49.2%) 12,656 (49.2%)
Girls 96 (50.8%) 13,059 (50.8%)
White British 147 (77.8%) 17,148 (66.7%)
White Irish 1 (0.5%) 230 (0.9%)
Traveller of Irish heritage 0 (0.0%) 52 (0.2%)
Gypsy or Roma 4 (2.1%) 37 (0.1%)
Any other White background 7 (3.7%) 2,079 (8.1%)
Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4 (2.1%) 391 (1.5%)
Mixed White and Black African 4 (2.1%) 265 (1.0%)
Mixed White and Asian 8 (4.2%) 777 (3.0%)
Any other Mixed background 5 (2.6%) 856 (3.3%)
Indian 0 (0.0%) 514 (2.0%)
Pakistani 0 (0.0%) 423 (1.6%)
Bangladeshi 2 (1.1%) 797 (3.1%)
Chinese 0 (0.0%) 190 (0.7%)
Any other Asian background 4 (2.1%) 421 (1.6%)
Black African 2 (1.1%) 716 (2.8%)
Black Caribbean 1 (0.5%) 134 (0.5%)
Any other Black background 0 (0.0%) 83 (0.3%)
Any other ethnic group 0 (0.0%) 325 (1.3%)
Unclassified 0 (0.0%) 277 (1.1%)
First language: Known or believed to be English 173 (91.5%) 21,927 (85.3%)
First language: Known or believed to be other than English 14 (7.4%) 3,710 (14.4%)
First language: Language unclassified 2 (1.1%) 78 (0.3%)
Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery — pupils, 2018/19

School record (URN 145487)

Primary school, 1.39 km from the home. DfE school census, January 2019 (2018/19 school year). Counts and percentages of all pupils at this school; borough comparison covers state primary and secondary schools with published totals. Missing or suppressed categories are unavailable, never zero; incomplete borough categories are unavailable. Free school meal eligibility is the census eligibility measure, not meals taken on census day or the performance-tables measure. Boys and girls use the recorded pupil gender; their published counts may not exhaust the pupil total. These, ethnic groups and first languages are separate breakdowns. Pupils are counted where they attend school, not where they live. First language does not measure proficiency in English.

CategoryBeech Hyde Primary School and Nursery
Count (share)		St Albans state schools
Count (share)
Total pupils 218 (100.0%) 25,206 (100.0%)
Eligible for free school meals 16 (7.3%) 1,537 (6.1%)
Boys 113 (51.8%) 12,447 (49.4%)
Girls 105 (48.2%) 12,759 (50.6%)
White British 173 (79.4%) 17,039 (67.6%)
White Irish 2 (0.9%) 240 (1.0%)
Traveller of Irish heritage 0 (0.0%) 60 (0.2%)
Gypsy or Roma 2 (0.9%) 31 (0.1%)
Any other White background 8 (3.7%) 1,896 (7.5%)
Mixed White and Black Caribbean 5 (2.3%) 385 (1.5%)
Mixed White and Black African 6 (2.8%) 243 (1.0%)
Mixed White and Asian 8 (3.7%) 748 (3.0%)
Any other Mixed background 5 (2.3%) 830 (3.3%)
Indian 0 (0.0%) 481 (1.9%)
Pakistani 0 (0.0%) 402 (1.6%)
Bangladeshi 1 (0.5%) 811 (3.2%)
Chinese 0 (0.0%) 182 (0.7%)
Any other Asian background 3 (1.4%) 414 (1.6%)
Black African 4 (1.8%) 646 (2.6%)
Black Caribbean 0 (0.0%) 125 (0.5%)
Any other Black background 0 (0.0%) 83 (0.3%)
Any other ethnic group 0 (0.0%) 316 (1.3%)
Unclassified 1 (0.5%) 274 (1.1%)
First language: Known or believed to be English 202 (92.7%) 21,512 (85.3%)
First language: Known or believed to be other than English 13 (6.0%) 3,631 (14.4%)
First language: Language unclassified 3 (1.4%) 63 (0.2%)

Aldwickbury School

1.9 km

Independent (fee-paying) school · mixed · ages 3 to 13 · takes boarders

Inspection
Inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate; its reports are not open data
Inspection history
No dated current inspection is held, so an earlier graded inspection cannot be identified.
Results
Not available in this comparison; see supporting records.
Pupils and capacity
333 pupils (room for 450)Fill: pupils on roll · Mark: stated capacity. Capacity is not a measure of admission places available.
Admissions
Applications and offers: not published (independent schools run their own admissions, outside the councils' coordinated admissions the DfE figures come from).

Katherine Warington School

2.1 km

State secondary, free school · mixed · ages 11 to 19

Inspection
Ofsted · Good · Feb 2024
Inspection history
No earlier graded inspection is held in the connected Ofsted history.
Results
GCSEs (2024/25, 173 pupils): Attainment 8 54.8 (England 46.1); 59.5% grade 5 or above in English and maths (England 45.4%). Progress 8 not published for 2024/25 (this year group had no key stage 2 tests to measure progress from: they were cancelled in 2020 and 2021 because of COVID-19); 2023/24: +0.48 (95% confidence interval +0.26 to +0.69; the whole range is above 0, the national average).
Pupils and capacity
1,113 pupils
Admissions
Year 7 applications, 2026 entry: 139 first-preference applications for 165 places offered (0.8 per place); 83% of first-preference applicants were offered a place (116 of 139); 631 applications named it at any preference. 2025 entry: 136 first preferences for 164 places (0.8 per place), 79% offered a place. 2024 entry: 172 first preferences for 171 places (1.0 per place), 75% offered a place.

Observation period: 2019/20 → 2025/26

Katherine Warington School — pupil ethnicity over time: White British 65.9% (2019/20) to 71.9% (2025/26); Other White 6.7% (2019/20) to 5.8% (2025/26); Asian 11.7% (2019/20) to 6.6% (2025/26); Black 6.7% (2019/20) to 4.5% (2025/26); Mixed 7.8% (2019/20) to 10.2% (2025/26); Other 0% (2019/20) to 0.6% (2025/26).9.2%62.8%2025/262023/242021/222019/20White British71.9%Other White5.8%Asian6.6%Black4.5%Mixed10.2%Other0.6%
DfE January school census: pupils attending this school, not neighbourhood residents. Missing or suppressed counts remain gaps. All-age counts only; older compulsory-age records remain in the tables.
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Katherine Warington School — pupil ethnicity over time
ObservationWhite BritishOther WhiteAsianBlackMixedOther
2019/2065.92178770949721%6.70391061452514%11.731843575418994%6.70391061452514%7.82122905027933%0%
2020/2165.18105849582173%7.7994428969359335%9.749303621169917%6.963788300835655%9.749303621169917%0%
2021/2269.08752327746741%6.33147113594041%8.193668528864059%5.400372439478584%9.683426443202979%0.186219739292365%
2022/2370.43010752688173%6.720430107526881%7.795698924731183%4.838709677419355%9.274193548387096%0.13440860215053765%
2023/2470.4225352112676%6.933911159263271%7.150595882990249%4.550379198266522%9.750812567713977%0.21668472372697722%
2024/2571.976401179941%6.391347099311701%6.293018682399214%4.2281219272369714%9.931170108161258%0.5899705014749262%
2025/2671.87780772686433%5.840071877807727%6.64869721473495%4.492362982929021%10.152740341419586%0.628930817610063%

Observation period: 2019/20 → 2025/26

Katherine Warington School — free school meal eligibility over time: Katherine Warington School 7.8% (2019/20) to 12.6% (2025/26); St Albans state schools 7.1% (2019/20) to 10.6% (2025/26).3.3%13%2025/262023/242021/222019/20Katherine Warington School12.6%St Albans state schools10.6%
DfE January school census: pupils attending this school, not neighbourhood residents. Missing or suppressed counts remain gaps. All-age counts only; older compulsory-age records remain in the tables.
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Katherine Warington School — free school meal eligibility over time
ObservationKatherine Warington SchoolSt Albans state schools
2019/207.82122905027933%7.073692397433405%
2020/2113.92757660167131%8.47747012100067%
2021/2215.27001862197393%9.101570829483261%
2022/2315.053763440860216%9.78407791217551%
2023/2414.409534127843987%10.024803637866887%
2024/2514.454277286135694%10.392190443569104%
2025/2612.578616352201259%10.6095717884131%

Observation period: 2019/20 → 2025/26

Katherine Warington School — pupils on roll over time: Total pupils 179 (2019/20) to 1,113 (2025/26).2459802025/262023/242021/222019/20Total pupils1,113
DfE January school census: pupils attending this school, not neighbourhood residents. Missing or suppressed counts remain gaps. All-age counts only; older compulsory-age records remain in the tables.
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Katherine Warington School — pupils on roll over time
ObservationTotal pupils
2019/20179
2020/21359
2021/22537
2022/23744
2023/24923
2024/251,017
2025/261,113
All yearly pupil figures and source notes
Katherine Warington School — pupils, 2025/26

School record (URN 145890)

Secondary school, 2.10 km from the home. DfE school census, January 2026 (2025/26 school year). Counts and percentages of all pupils at this school; borough comparison covers state primary and secondary schools with published totals. Missing or suppressed categories are unavailable, never zero; incomplete borough categories are unavailable. Free school meal eligibility is the census eligibility measure, not meals taken on census day or the performance-tables measure. Boys and girls use the recorded pupil sex. These, ethnic groups and first languages are separate breakdowns. Pupils are counted where they attend school, not where they live. First language does not measure proficiency in English.

CategoryKatherine Warington School
Count (share)		St Albans state schools
Count (share)
Total pupils 1,113 (100.0%) 29,775 (100.0%)
Eligible for free school meals 140 (12.6%) 3,159 (10.6%)
Boys 613 (55.1%) 14,738 (49.5%)
Girls 500 (44.9%) 15,037 (50.5%)
White British 800 (71.9%) 17,276 (58.0%)
White Irish 7 (0.6%) 315 (1.1%)
Traveller of Irish heritage 0 (0.0%) 45 (0.2%)
Gypsy or Roma 0 (0.0%) 54 (0.2%)
Any other White background 58 (5.2%) 2,819 (9.5%)
Mixed White and Black Caribbean 29 (2.6%) 454 (1.5%)
Mixed White and Black African 14 (1.3%) 354 (1.2%)
Mixed White and Asian 24 (2.2%) 1,047 (3.5%)
Any other Mixed background 46 (4.1%) 1,323 (4.4%)
Indian 20 (1.8%) 784 (2.6%)
Pakistani 24 (2.2%) 567 (1.9%)
Bangladeshi 6 (0.5%) 682 (2.3%)
Chinese 14 (1.3%) 1,132 (3.8%)
Any other Asian background 10 (0.9%) 765 (2.6%)
Black African 29 (2.6%) 973 (3.3%)
Black Caribbean 10 (0.9%) 154 (0.5%)
Any other Black background 11 (1.0%) 195 (0.7%)
Any other ethnic group 7 (0.6%) 481 (1.6%)
Unclassified 4 (0.4%) 355 (1.2%)
First language: Known or believed to be English 1,029 (92.5%) 24,495 (82.3%)
First language: Known or believed to be other than English 84 (7.5%) 5,215 (17.5%)
First language: Language unclassified 0 (0.0%) 65 (0.2%)
Katherine Warington School — pupils, 2024/25

School record (URN 145890)

Secondary school, 2.10 km from the home. DfE school census, January 2025 (2024/25 school year). Counts and percentages of all pupils at this school; borough comparison covers state primary and secondary schools with published totals. Missing or suppressed categories are unavailable, never zero; incomplete borough categories are unavailable. Free school meal eligibility is the census eligibility measure, not meals taken on census day or the performance-tables measure. Boys and girls use the recorded pupil sex. These, ethnic groups and first languages are separate breakdowns. Pupils are counted where they attend school, not where they live. First language does not measure proficiency in English.

CategoryKatherine Warington School
Count (share)		St Albans state schools
Count (share)
Total pupils 1,017 (100.0%) 29,195 (100.0%)
Eligible for free school meals 147 (14.5%) 3,034 (10.4%)
Boys 565 (55.6%) 14,454 (49.5%)
Girls 452 (44.4%) 14,741 (50.5%)
White British 732 (72.0%) 17,285 (59.2%)
White Irish 6 (0.6%) 290 (1.0%)
Traveller of Irish heritage 1 (<0.1%) 53 (0.2%)
Gypsy or Roma 0 (0.0%) 49 (0.2%)
Any other White background 58 (5.7%) 2,686 (9.2%)
Mixed White and Black Caribbean 24 (2.4%) 444 (1.5%)
Mixed White and Black African 14 (1.4%) 325 (1.1%)
Mixed White and Asian 19 (1.9%) 994 (3.4%)
Any other Mixed background 44 (4.3%) 1,224 (4.2%)
Indian 20 (2.0%) 770 (2.6%)
Pakistani 15 (1.5%) 519 (1.8%)
Bangladeshi 6 (0.6%) 719 (2.5%)
Chinese 14 (1.4%) 1,118 (3.8%)
Any other Asian background 9 (0.9%) 631 (2.2%)
Black African 27 (2.7%) 987 (3.4%)
Black Caribbean 8 (0.8%) 162 (0.6%)
Any other Black background 8 (0.8%) 130 (0.4%)
Any other ethnic group 6 (0.6%) 454 (1.6%)
Unclassified 6 (0.6%) 355 (1.2%)
First language: Known or believed to be English 945 (92.9%) 24,059 (82.4%)
First language: Known or believed to be other than English 72 (7.1%) 5,061 (17.3%)
First language: Language unclassified 0 (0.0%) 75 (0.3%)
Katherine Warington School — pupils, 2023/24

School record (URN 145890)

Secondary school, 2.10 km from the home. DfE school census, January 2024 (2023/24 school year). Counts and percentages of all pupils at this school; borough comparison covers state primary and secondary schools with published totals. Missing or suppressed categories are unavailable, never zero; incomplete borough categories are unavailable. Free school meal eligibility is the census eligibility measure, not meals taken on census day or the performance-tables measure. Boys and girls use the recorded pupil sex. These, ethnic groups and first languages are separate breakdowns. Pupils are counted where they attend school, not where they live. First language does not measure proficiency in English.

CategoryKatherine Warington School
Count (share)		St Albans state schools
Count (share)
Total pupils 923 (100.0%) 29,028 (100.0%)
Eligible for free school meals 133 (14.4%) 2,910 (10.0%)
Boys 532 (57.6%) 14,409 (49.6%)
Girls 391 (42.4%) 14,619 (50.4%)
White British 650 (70.4%) 17,502 (60.3%)
White Irish 4 (0.4%) 256 (0.9%)
Traveller of Irish heritage 1 (0.1%) 46 (0.2%)
Gypsy or Roma 3 (0.3%) 56 (0.2%)
Any other White background 56 (6.1%) 2,647 (9.1%)
Mixed White and Black Caribbean 22 (2.4%) 438 (1.5%)
Mixed White and Black African 13 (1.4%) 317 (1.1%)
Mixed White and Asian 19 (2.1%) 961 (3.3%)
Any other Mixed background 36 (3.9%) 1,142 (3.9%)
Indian 22 (2.4%) 768 (2.6%)
Pakistani 17 (1.8%) 485 (1.7%)
Bangladeshi 4 (0.4%) 742 (2.6%)
Chinese 14 (1.5%) 1,043 (3.6%)
Any other Asian background 9 (1.0%) 567 (2.0%)
Black African 23 (2.5%) 973 (3.4%)
Black Caribbean 12 (1.3%) 151 (0.5%)
Any other Black background 7 (0.8%) 111 (0.4%)
Any other ethnic group 2 (0.2%) 471 (1.6%)
Unclassified 9 (1.0%) 352 (1.2%)
First language: Known or believed to be English 864 (93.6%) 23,920 (82.4%)
First language: Known or believed to be other than English 59 (6.4%) 5,011 (17.3%)
First language: Language unclassified 0 (0.0%) 97 (0.3%)
Katherine Warington School — pupils, 2022/23

School record (URN 145890)

Secondary school, 2.10 km from the home. DfE school census, January 2023 (2022/23 school year). Counts and percentages of all pupils at this school; borough comparison covers state primary and secondary schools with published totals. Missing or suppressed categories are unavailable, never zero; incomplete borough categories are unavailable. Free school meal eligibility is the census eligibility measure, not meals taken on census day or the performance-tables measure. Boys and girls use the recorded pupil gender; their published counts may not exhaust the pupil total. These, ethnic groups and first languages are separate breakdowns. Pupils are counted where they attend school, not where they live. First language does not measure proficiency in English.

CategoryKatherine Warington School
Count (share)		St Albans state schools
Count (share)
Total pupils 744 (100.0%) 28,853 (100.0%)
Eligible for free school meals 112 (15.1%) 2,823 (9.8%)
Boys 437 (58.7%) 14,304 (49.6%)
Girls 307 (41.3%) 14,548 (50.4%)
White British 524 (70.4%) 17,745 (61.5%)
White Irish 4 (0.5%) 244 (0.8%)
Traveller of Irish heritage 0 (0.0%) 64 (0.2%)
Gypsy or Roma 4 (0.5%) 54 (0.2%)
Any other White background 42 (5.6%) 2,639 (9.1%)
Mixed White and Black Caribbean 16 (2.2%) 435 (1.5%)
Mixed White and Black African 12 (1.6%) 311 (1.1%)
Mixed White and Asian 12 (1.6%) 946 (3.3%)
Any other Mixed background 29 (3.9%) 1,057 (3.7%)
Indian 21 (2.8%) 731 (2.5%)
Pakistani 15 (2.0%) 466 (1.6%)
Bangladeshi 3 (0.4%) 775 (2.7%)
Chinese 9 (1.2%) 883 (3.1%)
Any other Asian background 10 (1.3%) 520 (1.8%)
Black African 19 (2.6%) 927 (3.2%)
Black Caribbean 12 (1.6%) 159 (0.6%)
Any other Black background 5 (0.7%) 109 (0.4%)
Any other ethnic group 1 (0.1%) 419 (1.5%)
Unclassified 6 (0.8%) 369 (1.3%)
First language: Known or believed to be English 702 (94.4%) 23,926 (82.9%)
First language: Known or believed to be other than English 42 (5.6%) 4,838 (16.8%)
First language: Language unclassified 0 (0.0%) 89 (0.3%)
Katherine Warington School — pupils, 2021/22

School record (URN 145890)

Secondary school, 2.10 km from the home. DfE school census, January 2022 (2021/22 school year). Counts and percentages of all pupils at this school; borough comparison covers state primary and secondary schools with published totals. Missing or suppressed categories are unavailable, never zero; incomplete borough categories are unavailable. Free school meal eligibility is the census eligibility measure, not meals taken on census day or the performance-tables measure. Boys and girls use the recorded pupil gender; their published counts may not exhaust the pupil total. These, ethnic groups and first languages are separate breakdowns. Pupils are counted where they attend school, not where they live. First language does not measure proficiency in English.

CategoryKatherine Warington School
Count (share)		St Albans state schools
Count (share)
Total pupils 537 (100.0%) 28,138 (100.0%)
Eligible for free school meals 82 (15.3%) 2,561 (9.1%)
Boys 328 (61.1%) 13,939 (49.5%)
Girls 209 (38.9%) 14,199 (50.5%)
White British 371 (69.1%) 17,916 (63.7%)
White Irish 2 (0.4%) 256 (0.9%)
Traveller of Irish heritage 0 (0.0%) 63 (0.2%)
Gypsy or Roma 1 (0.2%) 43 (0.2%)
Any other White background 31 (5.8%) 2,444 (8.7%)
Mixed White and Black Caribbean 16 (3.0%) 437 (1.6%)
Mixed White and Black African 9 (1.7%) 309 (1.1%)
Mixed White and Asian 7 (1.3%) 904 (3.2%)
Any other Mixed background 20 (3.7%) 980 (3.5%)
Indian 17 (3.2%) 641 (2.3%)
Pakistani 14 (2.6%) 462 (1.6%)
Bangladeshi 2 (0.4%) 797 (2.8%)
Chinese 2 (0.4%) 562 (2.0%)
Any other Asian background 9 (1.7%) 506 (1.8%)
Black African 16 (3.0%) 886 (3.1%)
Black Caribbean 10 (1.9%) 145 (0.5%)
Any other Black background 3 (0.6%) 96 (0.3%)
Any other ethnic group 1 (0.2%) 335 (1.2%)
Unclassified 6 (1.1%) 356 (1.3%)
First language: Known or believed to be English 514 (95.7%) 23,770 (84.5%)
First language: Known or believed to be other than English 22 (4.1%) 4,279 (15.2%)
First language: Language unclassified 1 (0.2%) 89 (0.3%)
Katherine Warington School — pupils, 2020/21

School record (URN 145890)

Secondary school, 2.10 km from the home. DfE school census, January 2021 (2020/21 school year). Counts and percentages of all pupils at this school; borough comparison covers state primary and secondary schools with published totals. Missing or suppressed categories are unavailable, never zero; incomplete borough categories are unavailable. Free school meal eligibility is the census eligibility measure, not meals taken on census day or the performance-tables measure. Boys and girls use the recorded pupil gender; their published counts may not exhaust the pupil total. These, ethnic groups and first languages are separate breakdowns. Pupils are counted where they attend school, not where they live. First language does not measure proficiency in English.

CategoryKatherine Warington School
Count (share)		St Albans state schools
Count (share)
Total pupils 359 (100.0%) 26,942 (100.0%)
Eligible for free school meals 50 (13.9%) 2,284 (8.5%)
Boys 233 (64.9%) 13,312 (49.4%)
Girls 126 (35.1%) 13,630 (50.6%)
White British 234 (65.2%) 17,698 (65.7%)
White Irish 1 (0.3%) 245 (0.9%)
Traveller of Irish heritage 0 (0.0%) 61 (0.2%)
Gypsy or Roma 0 (0.0%) 41 (0.2%)
Any other White background 27 (7.5%) 2,292 (8.5%)
Mixed White and Black Caribbean 11 (3.1%) 411 (1.5%)
Mixed White and Black African 5 (1.4%) 277 (1.0%)
Mixed White and Asian 6 (1.7%) 841 (3.1%)
Any other Mixed background 13 (3.6%) 911 (3.4%)
Indian 16 (4.5%) 583 (2.2%)
Pakistani 9 (2.5%) 433 (1.6%)
Bangladeshi 0 (0.0%) 795 (3.0%)
Chinese 1 (0.3%) 248 (0.9%)
Any other Asian background 9 (2.5%) 439 (1.6%)
Black African 14 (3.9%) 815 (3.0%)
Black Caribbean 8 (2.2%) 146 (0.5%)
Any other Black background 3 (0.8%) 92 (0.3%)
Other ethnic group (including Arab) 0 (0.0%) 320 (1.2%)
Unclassified 2 (0.6%) 294 (1.1%)
First language: Known or believed to be English 342 (95.3%) 23,017 (85.4%)
First language: Known or believed to be other than English 17 (4.7%) 3,850 (14.3%)
First language: Language unclassified 0 (0.0%) 75 (0.3%)
Arab (included in Other) 0 (0.0%) 3 (<0.1%)
Katherine Warington School — pupils, 2019/20

School record (URN 145890)

Secondary school, 2.10 km from the home. DfE school census, January 2020 (2019/20 school year). Counts and percentages of all pupils at this school; borough comparison covers state primary and secondary schools with published totals. Missing or suppressed categories are unavailable, never zero; incomplete borough categories are unavailable. Free school meal eligibility is the census eligibility measure, not meals taken on census day or the performance-tables measure. Boys and girls use the recorded pupil gender; their published counts may not exhaust the pupil total. These, ethnic groups and first languages are separate breakdowns. Pupils are counted where they attend school, not where they live. First language does not measure proficiency in English.

CategoryKatherine Warington School
Count (share)		St Albans state schools
Count (share)
Total pupils 179 (100.0%) 25,715 (100.0%)
Eligible for free school meals 14 (7.8%) 1,819 (7.1%)
Boys 115 (64.2%) 12,656 (49.2%)
Girls 64 (35.8%) 13,059 (50.8%)
White British 118 (65.9%) 17,148 (66.7%)
White Irish 1 (0.6%) 230 (0.9%)
Traveller of Irish heritage 0 (0.0%) 52 (0.2%)
Gypsy or Roma 0 (0.0%) 37 (0.1%)
Any other White background 11 (6.1%) 2,079 (8.1%)
Mixed White and Black Caribbean 5 (2.8%) 391 (1.5%)
Mixed White and Black African 3 (1.7%) 265 (1.0%)
Mixed White and Asian 2 (1.1%) 777 (3.0%)
Any other Mixed background 4 (2.2%) 856 (3.3%)
Indian 9 (5.0%) 514 (2.0%)
Pakistani 9 (5.0%) 423 (1.6%)
Bangladeshi 0 (0.0%) 797 (3.1%)
Chinese 1 (0.6%) 190 (0.7%)
Any other Asian background 2 (1.1%) 421 (1.6%)
Black African 7 (3.9%) 716 (2.8%)
Black Caribbean 4 (2.2%) 134 (0.5%)
Any other Black background 1 (0.6%) 83 (0.3%)
Any other ethnic group 0 (0.0%) 325 (1.3%)
Unclassified 2 (1.1%) 277 (1.1%)
First language: Known or believed to be English 157 (87.7%) 21,927 (85.3%)
First language: Known or believed to be other than English 22 (12.3%) 3,710 (14.4%)
First language: Language unclassified 0 (0.0%) 78 (0.3%)

High Beeches Primary School

2.3 km

State primary, community school (council-run) · mixed · ages 5 to 11

Inspection
Ofsted · Ungraded visit: School remains Outstanding · Jun 2023
Previous graded inspection

Ofsted · Outstanding · Feb 2017

Earlier: Ofsted · Good · Feb 2012

Historical inspections, not a current assessment.

Ofsted history source · as at 31 Oct 2025

Results
Key stage 2 (2024/25): 80% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%); 15% at the higher standard (England 8%).
Pupils and capacity
420 pupils (room for 420)Fill: pupils on roll · Mark: stated capacity. Capacity is not a measure of admission places available.
Admissions
Reception applications, 2026 entry: 63 first-preference applications for 60 places offered (1.1 per place); 79% of first-preference applicants were offered a place (50 of 63); 227 applications named it at any preference. 2025 entry: 45 first preferences for 60 places (0.8 per place), 98% offered a place. 2024 entry: 71 first preferences for 59 places (1.2 per place), 73% offered a place.

The Grove Infant and Nursery School

2.4 km

State primary, community school (council-run) · mixed · ages 3 to 7

Inspection
Ofsted · Outstanding · Nov 2023
Previous graded inspection

Ofsted · Outstanding · Oct 2007

Historical inspections, not a current assessment.

Ofsted history source · as at 31 Oct 2025

Results
No key stage 2 results are published under this URN (for example infant schools, schools open less than a year, and academies that recently converted, which start a new record).
Pupils and capacity
243 pupils (room for 270)Fill: pupils on roll · Mark: stated capacity. Capacity is not a measure of admission places available.
Admissions
Reception applications, 2026 entry: 51 first-preference applications for 59 places offered (0.9 per place); all first-preference applicants were offered a place; 141 applications named it at any preference. 2025 entry: 69 first preferences for 60 places (1.2 per place), 86% offered a place. 2024 entry: 61 first preferences for 75 places (0.8 per place), all offered a place.

The Grove Junior School

2.5 km

State primary, community school (council-run) · mixed · ages 7 to 11

Inspection
Ofsted · Ungraded visit: School remains Good · Dec 2022
Previous graded inspection

Ofsted · Good · Mar 2013

Earlier: Ofsted · Requires improvement · Jan 2010

Historical inspections, not a current assessment.

Ofsted history source · as at 31 Oct 2025

Results
Key stage 2 (2024/25): 82% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%); 19% at the higher standard (England 8%).
Pupils and capacity
350 pupils (room for 360)Fill: pupils on roll · Mark: stated capacity. Capacity is not a measure of admission places available.
Admissions
No applications data under this URN in the DfE applications and offers figures (for example junior schools, whose entry is year 3; schools taking pupils from year 10, such as UTCs and studio schools; new free schools making their own offers in their first year; schools whose admissions are run separately; or a school listed under an earlier URN after becoming an academy or merging).

Crabtree Junior School

2.5 km

State primary, academy · mixed · ages 7 to 11

Inspection
Ofsted · Outstanding · Nov 2023
Previous graded inspection

Ofsted · Outstanding · May 2009 · as its predecessor school

Historical inspections, not a current assessment.

Ofsted history source · as at 31 Oct 2025

Results
Key stage 2 (2024/25): 86% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%); 25% at the higher standard (England 8%).
Pupils and capacity
256 pupils (room for 256)Fill: pupils on roll · Mark: stated capacity. Capacity is not a measure of admission places available.
Admissions
No applications data under this URN in the DfE applications and offers figures (for example junior schools, whose entry is year 3; schools taking pupils from year 10, such as UTCs and studio schools; new free schools making their own offers in their first year; schools whose admissions are run separately; or a school listed under an earlier URN after becoming an academy or merging).

Crabtree Infants' School

2.5 km

State primary, academy · mixed · ages 4 to 7

Inspection
Ofsted · Outstanding · Feb 2024
Previous graded inspection

Ofsted · Outstanding · May 2009 · as its predecessor school

Historical inspections, not a current assessment.

Ofsted history source · as at 31 Oct 2025

Results
No key stage 2 results are published under this URN (for example infant schools, schools open less than a year, and academies that recently converted, which start a new record).
Pupils and capacity
178 pupils (room for 180)Fill: pupils on roll · Mark: stated capacity. Capacity is not a measure of admission places available.
Admissions
Reception applications, 2026 entry: 76 first-preference applications for 60 places offered (1.3 per place); 78% of first-preference applicants were offered a place (59 of 76); 255 applications named it at any preference. 2025 entry: 84 first preferences for 59 places (1.4 per place), 70% offered a place. 2024 entry: 85 first preferences for 59 places (1.4 per place), 68% offered a place.

Batford Nursery School

2.6 km

State nursery school (council-run) · mixed · ages 3 to 5

Inspection
Ofsted · Ungraded visit: School remains Outstanding · Apr 2023
Previous graded inspection

Ofsted · Outstanding · Jan 2013

Earlier: Ofsted · Outstanding · Feb 2010

Historical inspections, not a current assessment.

Ofsted history source · as at 31 Oct 2025

Results
Not available in this comparison; see supporting records.
Pupils and capacity
72 pupils
Admissions
Applications and offers: not published (the DfE figures cover entry to reception and year 7 only).
Colour: latest inspection (green well rated, amber a warning, grey no current grade). What each school is (type, faith where it has a recorded religious character, boys or girls, ages, pupils and places) is from Get Information about Schools; nothing is taken from a school's name. Straight-line distance: not a catchment or admissions guide.
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Observation period
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Section coverage — may differ from this chart
England; nearest 10 imported open establishments within 3 km, and fee-paying schools within 10 km, straight-line distance. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-10-20
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
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Freshness
Source dated 2026-10-20
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Colour: latest inspection (green well rated, amber a warning, grey no current grade). What each school is (type, faith where it has a recorded religious character, boys or girls, ages, pupils and places) is from Get Information about Schools; nothing is taken from a school's name. Straight-line distance: not a catchment or admissions guide.

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Department for Education — Get Information about Schools

England; nearest 10 imported open establishments within 3 km, and fee-paying schools within 10 km, straight-line distance. · 2026-10-20

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02

Nearest 6 of 9 fee-paying schools within 10 km

Observation period not held separately; see the source notes.

Aldwickbury School
1.9 km
St Hilda's School
4.2 km
The King's School
4.4 km
Sherrardswood School
6.8 km
St Albans High School for Girls
6.9 km
St Albans Independent College
7.7 km

Scale: 0–10 km

Straight-line distance from the home to the nearest independent (fee-paying) schools within 10 km, from Get Information about Schools. Colour only where Ofsted inspects the school: green well rated, amber a warning (including independent school standards not met). Grey: no grade shown, usually because the Independent Schools Inspectorate inspects the school and its reports are not open data.
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Evidence confidence and comparability

Observation period
Not held separately for this chart. The section date below may cover several datasets.
Section coverage — may differ from this chart
England; nearest 10 imported open establishments within 3 km, and fee-paying schools within 10 km, straight-line distance. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-10-20
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source dated 2026-10-20
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Straight-line distance from the home to the nearest independent (fee-paying) schools within 10 km, from Get Information about Schools. Colour only where Ofsted inspects the school: green well rated, amber a warning (including independent school standards not met). Grey: no grade shown, usually because the Independent Schools Inspectorate inspects the school and its reports are not open data.

Section source
Department for Education — Get Information about Schools

England; nearest 10 imported open establishments within 3 km, and fee-paying schools within 10 km, straight-line distance. · 2026-10-20

All figures and supporting records Notes and sources
03

Applications per place at the nearest schools

Observation period not held separately; see the source notes.

St Helen's Church of England Primary School
1.0
1 per place (1)
Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery
0.9
(1)
Katherine Warington School
0.8
(1)
High Beeches Primary School
1.1
(1)
The Grove Infant and Nursery School
0.9
(1)
Crabtree Infants' School
1.3
(1)

Scale: 0–1.3684

First-preference applications for each place offered on national offer day, 2026 entry unless shown. Light indigo: reception; indigo: secondary. Dashed mark: one first preference per place; beyond it, more families put the school first than there were places. Naming a school does not mean an applicant met its admission criteria. Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers.
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Observation period
Not held separately for this chart. The section date below may cover several datasets.
Section coverage — may differ from this chart
England; nearest 10 imported open establishments within 3 km, and fee-paying schools within 10 km, straight-line distance. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-10-20
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source dated 2026-10-20
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First-preference applications for each place offered on national offer day, 2026 entry unless shown. Light indigo: reception; indigo: secondary. Dashed mark: one first preference per place; beyond it, more families put the school first than there were places. Naming a school does not mean an applicant met its admission criteria. Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers.

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04

Primary results: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

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St Helen's Church of England Primary School
71%
England (62)
Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery
50%
England (62)
High Beeches Primary School
80%
England (62)
The Grove Junior School
82%
England (62)
Crabtree Junior School
86%
England (62)

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Pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (key stage 2). Mainstream state-funded schools only (special and independent schools are not comparable); latest published year for each: 2024/25 unless shown. Grey mark: England average for state-funded schools that year. Department for Education performance data; results at small schools swing from year to year.
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Coverage status
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Freshness
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Pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (key stage 2). Mainstream state-funded schools only (special and independent schools are not comparable); latest published year for each: 2024/25 unless shown. Grey mark: England average for state-funded schools that year. Department for Education performance data; results at small schools swing from year to year.

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GCSE results: grade 5 or above in English and maths

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Katherine Warington School
59.5%
England (45.4)

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Freshness
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Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Pupils achieving grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSEs. Mainstream state-funded schools only (special and independent schools are not comparable); latest published year for each: 2024/25 unless shown. Grey mark: England average for state-funded schools that year. Department for Education performance data; results at small schools swing from year to year.

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Pupils at the nearest schools, against capacity

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St Helen's Church of England Primary School
184 / 210
capacity (210)
Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery
171 / 240
capacity (240)
Aldwickbury School
333 / 450
capacity (450)
Katherine Warington School
1,113
High Beeches Primary School
420 / 420
capacity (420)
The Grove Infant and Nursery School
243 / 270
capacity (270)
The Grove Junior School
350 / 360
capacity (360)
Crabtree Junior School
256 / 256
capacity (256)

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Pupils on roll (Get Information about Schools); the dashed mark is the school's stated capacity. A bar past it means more pupils than stated places, though capacity figures are not always kept up to date. Colour: latest inspection (green well rated, amber a warning, grey no current grade).
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England; nearest 10 imported open establishments within 3 km, and fee-paying schools within 10 km, straight-line distance. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-10-20
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
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Freshness
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Pupils on roll (Get Information about Schools); the dashed mark is the school's stated capacity. A bar past it means more pupils than stated places, though capacity figures are not always kept up to date. Colour: latest inspection (green well rated, amber a warning, grey no current grade).

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Sir John Lawes School — pupils, 2025/26

School record (URN 137270)

Secondary school, 2.99 km from the home. DfE school census, January 2026 (2025/26 school year). Counts and percentages of all pupils at this school; borough comparison covers state primary and secondary schools with published totals. Missing or suppressed categories are unavailable, never zero; incomplete borough categories are unavailable. Free school meal eligibility is the census eligibility measure, not meals taken on census day or the performance-tables measure. Boys and girls use the recorded pupil sex. These, ethnic groups and first languages are separate breakdowns. Pupils are counted where they attend school, not where they live. First language does not measure proficiency in English.

CategorySir John Lawes School
Count (share)		St Albans state schools
Count (share)
Total pupils 1,373 (100.0%) 29,775 (100.0%)
Eligible for free school meals 115 (8.4%) 3,159 (10.6%)
Boys 734 (53.5%) 14,738 (49.5%)
Girls 639 (46.5%) 15,037 (50.5%)
White British 840 (61.2%) 17,276 (58.0%)
White Irish 6 (0.4%) 315 (1.1%)
Traveller of Irish heritage 1 (<0.1%) 45 (0.2%)
Gypsy or Roma 0 (0.0%) 54 (0.2%)
Any other White background 77 (5.6%) 2,819 (9.5%)
Mixed White and Black Caribbean 17 (1.2%) 454 (1.5%)
Mixed White and Black African 5 (0.4%) 354 (1.2%)
Mixed White and Asian 35 (2.5%) 1,047 (3.5%)
Any other Mixed background 69 (5.0%) 1,323 (4.4%)
Indian 47 (3.4%) 784 (2.6%)
Pakistani 17 (1.2%) 567 (1.9%)
Bangladeshi 16 (1.2%) 682 (2.3%)
Chinese 109 (7.9%) 1,132 (3.8%)
Any other Asian background 43 (3.1%) 765 (2.6%)
Black African 35 (2.5%) 973 (3.3%)
Black Caribbean 3 (0.2%) 154 (0.5%)
Any other Black background 5 (0.4%) 195 (0.7%)
Any other ethnic group 40 (2.9%) 481 (1.6%)
Unclassified 8 (0.6%) 355 (1.2%)
First language: Known or believed to be English 1,178 (85.8%) 24,495 (82.3%)
First language: Known or believed to be other than English 186 (13.5%) 5,215 (17.5%)
First language: Language unclassified 9 (0.7%) 65 (0.2%)
Sir John Lawes School — pupils, 2024/25

School record (URN 137270)

Secondary school, 2.99 km from the home. DfE school census, January 2025 (2024/25 school year). Counts and percentages of all pupils at this school; borough comparison covers state primary and secondary schools with published totals. Missing or suppressed categories are unavailable, never zero; incomplete borough categories are unavailable. Free school meal eligibility is the census eligibility measure, not meals taken on census day or the performance-tables measure. Boys and girls use the recorded pupil sex. These, ethnic groups and first languages are separate breakdowns. Pupils are counted where they attend school, not where they live. First language does not measure proficiency in English.

CategorySir John Lawes School
Count (share)		St Albans state schools
Count (share)
Total pupils 1,356 (100.0%) 29,195 (100.0%)
Eligible for free school meals 104 (7.7%) 3,034 (10.4%)
Boys 731 (53.9%) 14,454 (49.5%)
Girls 625 (46.1%) 14,741 (50.5%)
White British 864 (63.7%) 17,285 (59.2%)
White Irish 5 (0.4%) 290 (1.0%)
Traveller of Irish heritage 0 (0.0%) 53 (0.2%)
Gypsy or Roma 1 (<0.1%) 49 (0.2%)
Any other White background 74 (5.5%) 2,686 (9.2%)
Mixed White and Black Caribbean 15 (1.1%) 444 (1.5%)
Mixed White and Black African 3 (0.2%) 325 (1.1%)
Mixed White and Asian 40 (2.9%) 994 (3.4%)
Any other Mixed background 71 (5.2%) 1,224 (4.2%)
Indian 47 (3.5%) 770 (2.6%)
Pakistani 17 (1.3%) 519 (1.8%)
Bangladeshi 17 (1.3%) 719 (2.5%)
Chinese 91 (6.7%) 1,118 (3.8%)
Any other Asian background 29 (2.1%) 631 (2.2%)
Black African 29 (2.1%) 987 (3.4%)
Black Caribbean 4 (0.3%) 162 (0.6%)
Any other Black background 5 (0.4%) 130 (0.4%)
Any other ethnic group 42 (3.1%) 454 (1.6%)
Unclassified 2 (0.1%) 355 (1.2%)
First language: Known or believed to be English 1,181 (87.1%) 24,059 (82.4%)
First language: Known or believed to be other than English 165 (12.2%) 5,061 (17.3%)
First language: Language unclassified 10 (0.7%) 75 (0.3%)
Sir John Lawes School — pupils, 2023/24

School record (URN 137270)

Secondary school, 2.99 km from the home. DfE school census, January 2024 (2023/24 school year). Counts and percentages of all pupils at this school; borough comparison covers state primary and secondary schools with published totals. Missing or suppressed categories are unavailable, never zero; incomplete borough categories are unavailable. Free school meal eligibility is the census eligibility measure, not meals taken on census day or the performance-tables measure. Boys and girls use the recorded pupil sex. These, ethnic groups and first languages are separate breakdowns. Pupils are counted where they attend school, not where they live. First language does not measure proficiency in English.

CategorySir John Lawes School
Count (share)		St Albans state schools
Count (share)
Total pupils 1,347 (100.0%) 29,028 (100.0%)
Eligible for free school meals 99 (7.3%) 2,910 (10.0%)
Boys 729 (54.1%) 14,409 (49.6%)
Girls 618 (45.9%) 14,619 (50.4%)
White British 861 (63.9%) 17,502 (60.3%)
White Irish 6 (0.4%) 256 (0.9%)
Traveller of Irish heritage 1 (<0.1%) 46 (0.2%)
Gypsy or Roma 1 (<0.1%) 56 (0.2%)
Any other White background 84 (6.2%) 2,647 (9.1%)
Mixed White and Black Caribbean 14 (1.0%) 438 (1.5%)
Mixed White and Black African 4 (0.3%) 317 (1.1%)
Mixed White and Asian 37 (2.7%) 961 (3.3%)
Any other Mixed background 65 (4.8%) 1,142 (3.9%)
Indian 42 (3.1%) 768 (2.6%)
Pakistani 12 (0.9%) 485 (1.7%)
Bangladeshi 23 (1.7%) 742 (2.6%)
Chinese 73 (5.4%) 1,043 (3.6%)
Any other Asian background 39 (2.9%) 567 (2.0%)
Black African 29 (2.2%) 973 (3.4%)
Black Caribbean 4 (0.3%) 151 (0.5%)
Any other Black background 2 (0.1%) 111 (0.4%)
Any other ethnic group 48 (3.6%) 471 (1.6%)
Unclassified 2 (0.1%) 352 (1.2%)
First language: Known or believed to be English 1,173 (87.1%) 23,920 (82.4%)
First language: Known or believed to be other than English 161 (12.0%) 5,011 (17.3%)
First language: Language unclassified 13 (1.0%) 97 (0.3%)
Sir John Lawes School — pupils, 2022/23

School record (URN 137270)

Secondary school, 2.99 km from the home. DfE school census, January 2023 (2022/23 school year). Counts and percentages of all pupils at this school; borough comparison covers state primary and secondary schools with published totals. Missing or suppressed categories are unavailable, never zero; incomplete borough categories are unavailable. Free school meal eligibility is the census eligibility measure, not meals taken on census day or the performance-tables measure. Boys and girls use the recorded pupil gender; their published counts may not exhaust the pupil total. These, ethnic groups and first languages are separate breakdowns. Pupils are counted where they attend school, not where they live. First language does not measure proficiency in English.

CategorySir John Lawes School
Count (share)		St Albans state schools
Count (share)
Total pupils 1,342 (100.0%) 28,853 (100.0%)
Eligible for free school meals 98 (7.3%) 2,823 (9.8%)
Boys 730 (54.4%) 14,304 (49.6%)
Girls 612 (45.6%) 14,548 (50.4%)
White British 899 (67.0%) 17,745 (61.5%)
White Irish 5 (0.4%) 244 (0.8%)
Traveller of Irish heritage 0 (0.0%) 64 (0.2%)
Gypsy or Roma 0 (0.0%) 54 (0.2%)
Any other White background 91 (6.8%) 2,639 (9.1%)
Mixed White and Black Caribbean 19 (1.4%) 435 (1.5%)
Mixed White and Black African 4 (0.3%) 311 (1.1%)
Mixed White and Asian 42 (3.1%) 946 (3.3%)
Any other Mixed background 53 (3.9%) 1,057 (3.7%)
Indian 39 (2.9%) 731 (2.5%)
Pakistani 17 (1.3%) 466 (1.6%)
Bangladeshi 27 (2.0%) 775 (2.7%)
Chinese 46 (3.4%) 883 (3.1%)
Any other Asian background 29 (2.2%) 520 (1.8%)
Black African 32 (2.4%) 927 (3.2%)
Black Caribbean 4 (0.3%) 159 (0.6%)
Any other Black background 0 (0.0%) 109 (0.4%)
Any other ethnic group 32 (2.4%) 419 (1.5%)
Unclassified 3 (0.2%) 369 (1.3%)
First language: Known or believed to be English 1,195 (89.0%) 23,926 (82.9%)
First language: Known or believed to be other than English 133 (9.9%) 4,838 (16.8%)
First language: Language unclassified 14 (1.0%) 89 (0.3%)
Sir John Lawes School — pupils, 2021/22

School record (URN 137270)

Secondary school, 2.99 km from the home. DfE school census, January 2022 (2021/22 school year). Counts and percentages of all pupils at this school; borough comparison covers state primary and secondary schools with published totals. Missing or suppressed categories are unavailable, never zero; incomplete borough categories are unavailable. Free school meal eligibility is the census eligibility measure, not meals taken on census day or the performance-tables measure. Boys and girls use the recorded pupil gender; their published counts may not exhaust the pupil total. These, ethnic groups and first languages are separate breakdowns. Pupils are counted where they attend school, not where they live. First language does not measure proficiency in English.

CategorySir John Lawes School
Count (share)		St Albans state schools
Count (share)
Total pupils 1,335 (100.0%) 28,138 (100.0%)
Eligible for free school meals 79 (5.9%) 2,561 (9.1%)
Boys 711 (53.3%) 13,939 (49.5%)
Girls 624 (46.7%) 14,199 (50.5%)
White British 954 (71.5%) 17,916 (63.7%)
White Irish 6 (0.4%) 256 (0.9%)
Traveller of Irish heritage 0 (0.0%) 63 (0.2%)
Gypsy or Roma 0 (0.0%) 43 (0.2%)
Any other White background 106 (7.9%) 2,444 (8.7%)
Mixed White and Black Caribbean 20 (1.5%) 437 (1.6%)
Mixed White and Black African 3 (0.2%) 309 (1.1%)
Mixed White and Asian 51 (3.8%) 904 (3.2%)
Any other Mixed background 37 (2.8%) 980 (3.5%)
Indian 37 (2.8%) 641 (2.3%)
Pakistani 15 (1.1%) 462 (1.6%)
Bangladeshi 19 (1.4%) 797 (2.8%)
Chinese 24 (1.8%) 562 (2.0%)
Any other Asian background 12 (0.9%) 506 (1.8%)
Black African 30 (2.2%) 886 (3.1%)
Black Caribbean 4 (0.3%) 145 (0.5%)
Any other Black background 1 (<0.1%) 96 (0.3%)
Any other ethnic group 13 (1.0%) 335 (1.2%)
Unclassified 3 (0.2%) 356 (1.3%)
First language: Known or believed to be English 1,212 (90.8%) 23,770 (84.5%)
First language: Known or believed to be other than English 109 (8.2%) 4,279 (15.2%)
First language: Language unclassified 14 (1.0%) 89 (0.3%)
Sir John Lawes School — pupils, 2020/21

School record (URN 137270)

Secondary school, 2.99 km from the home. DfE school census, January 2021 (2020/21 school year). Counts and percentages of all pupils at this school; borough comparison covers state primary and secondary schools with published totals. Missing or suppressed categories are unavailable, never zero; incomplete borough categories are unavailable. Free school meal eligibility is the census eligibility measure, not meals taken on census day or the performance-tables measure. Boys and girls use the recorded pupil gender; their published counts may not exhaust the pupil total. These, ethnic groups and first languages are separate breakdowns. Pupils are counted where they attend school, not where they live. First language does not measure proficiency in English.

CategorySir John Lawes School
Count (share)		St Albans state schools
Count (share)
Total pupils 1,334 (100.0%) 26,942 (100.0%)
Eligible for free school meals 66 (4.9%) 2,284 (8.5%)
Boys 683 (51.2%) 13,312 (49.4%)
Girls 651 (48.8%) 13,630 (50.6%)
White British 1,007 (75.5%) 17,698 (65.7%)
White Irish 5 (0.4%) 245 (0.9%)
Traveller of Irish heritage 0 (0.0%) 61 (0.2%)
Gypsy or Roma 0 (0.0%) 41 (0.2%)
Any other White background 109 (8.2%) 2,292 (8.5%)
Mixed White and Black Caribbean 18 (1.3%) 411 (1.5%)
Mixed White and Black African 2 (0.1%) 277 (1.0%)
Mixed White and Asian 49 (3.7%) 841 (3.1%)
Any other Mixed background 33 (2.5%) 911 (3.4%)
Indian 28 (2.1%) 583 (2.2%)
Pakistani 11 (0.8%) 433 (1.6%)
Bangladeshi 14 (1.0%) 795 (3.0%)
Chinese 12 (0.9%) 248 (0.9%)
Any other Asian background 6 (0.4%) 439 (1.6%)
Black African 28 (2.1%) 815 (3.0%)
Black Caribbean 1 (<0.1%) 146 (0.5%)
Any other Black background 1 (<0.1%) 92 (0.3%)
Other ethnic group (including Arab) 8 (0.6%) 320 (1.2%)
Unclassified 2 (0.1%) 294 (1.1%)
First language: Known or believed to be English 1,235 (92.6%) 23,017 (85.4%)
First language: Known or believed to be other than English 84 (6.3%) 3,850 (14.3%)
First language: Language unclassified 15 (1.1%) 75 (0.3%)
Arab (included in Other) 0 (0.0%) 3 (<0.1%)
Sir John Lawes School — pupils, 2019/20

School record (URN 137270)

Secondary school, 2.99 km from the home. DfE school census, January 2020 (2019/20 school year). Counts and percentages of all pupils at this school; borough comparison covers state primary and secondary schools with published totals. Missing or suppressed categories are unavailable, never zero; incomplete borough categories are unavailable. Free school meal eligibility is the census eligibility measure, not meals taken on census day or the performance-tables measure. Boys and girls use the recorded pupil gender; their published counts may not exhaust the pupil total. These, ethnic groups and first languages are separate breakdowns. Pupils are counted where they attend school, not where they live. First language does not measure proficiency in English.

CategorySir John Lawes School
Count (share)		St Albans state schools
Count (share)
Total pupils 1,329 (100.0%) 25,715 (100.0%)
Eligible for free school meals 71 (5.3%) 1,819 (7.1%)
Boys 688 (51.8%) 12,656 (49.2%)
Girls 641 (48.2%) 13,059 (50.8%)
White British 1,008 (75.8%) 17,148 (66.7%)
White Irish 6 (0.5%) 230 (0.9%)
Traveller of Irish heritage 0 (0.0%) 52 (0.2%)
Gypsy or Roma 0 (0.0%) 37 (0.1%)
Any other White background 106 (8.0%) 2,079 (8.1%)
Mixed White and Black Caribbean 17 (1.3%) 391 (1.5%)
Mixed White and Black African 7 (0.5%) 265 (1.0%)
Mixed White and Asian 46 (3.5%) 777 (3.0%)
Any other Mixed background 25 (1.9%) 856 (3.3%)
Indian 25 (1.9%) 514 (2.0%)
Pakistani 19 (1.4%) 423 (1.6%)
Bangladeshi 18 (1.4%) 797 (3.1%)
Chinese 9 (0.7%) 190 (0.7%)
Any other Asian background 6 (0.5%) 421 (1.6%)
Black African 26 (2.0%) 716 (2.8%)
Black Caribbean 1 (<0.1%) 134 (0.5%)
Any other Black background 0 (0.0%) 83 (0.3%)
Any other ethnic group 6 (0.5%) 325 (1.3%)
Unclassified 4 (0.3%) 277 (1.1%)
First language: Known or believed to be English 1,239 (93.2%) 21,927 (85.3%)
First language: Known or believed to be other than English 81 (6.1%) 3,710 (14.4%)
First language: Language unclassified 9 (0.7%) 78 (0.3%)
Sir John Lawes School — pupils, 2018/19

School record (URN 137270)

Secondary school, 2.99 km from the home. DfE school census, January 2019 (2018/19 school year). Counts and percentages of all pupils at this school; borough comparison covers state primary and secondary schools with published totals. Missing or suppressed categories are unavailable, never zero; incomplete borough categories are unavailable. Free school meal eligibility is the census eligibility measure, not meals taken on census day or the performance-tables measure. Boys and girls use the recorded pupil gender; their published counts may not exhaust the pupil total. These, ethnic groups and first languages are separate breakdowns. Pupils are counted where they attend school, not where they live. First language does not measure proficiency in English.

CategorySir John Lawes School
Count (share)		St Albans state schools
Count (share)
Total pupils 1,277 (100.0%) 25,206 (100.0%)
Eligible for free school meals 56 (4.4%) 1,537 (6.1%)
Boys 668 (52.3%) 12,447 (49.4%)
Girls 609 (47.7%) 12,759 (50.6%)
White British 974 (76.3%) 17,039 (67.6%)
White Irish 6 (0.5%) 240 (1.0%)
Traveller of Irish heritage 0 (0.0%) 60 (0.2%)
Gypsy or Roma 0 (0.0%) 31 (0.1%)
Any other White background 106 (8.3%) 1,896 (7.5%)
Mixed White and Black Caribbean 17 (1.3%) 385 (1.5%)
Mixed White and Black African 8 (0.6%) 243 (1.0%)
Mixed White and Asian 37 (2.9%) 748 (3.0%)
Any other Mixed background 28 (2.2%) 830 (3.3%)
Indian 22 (1.7%) 481 (1.9%)
Pakistani 18 (1.4%) 402 (1.6%)
Bangladeshi 16 (1.3%) 811 (3.2%)
Chinese 4 (0.3%) 182 (0.7%)
Any other Asian background 6 (0.5%) 414 (1.6%)
Black African 21 (1.6%) 646 (2.6%)
Black Caribbean 1 (<0.1%) 125 (0.5%)
Any other Black background 0 (0.0%) 83 (0.3%)
Any other ethnic group 10 (0.8%) 316 (1.3%)
Unclassified 3 (0.2%) 274 (1.1%)
First language: Known or believed to be English 1,194 (93.5%) 21,512 (85.3%)
First language: Known or believed to be other than English 83 (6.5%) 3,631 (14.4%)
First language: Language unclassified 0 (0.0%) 63 (0.2%)
Sir John Lawes School — pupils, 2017/18

School record (URN 137270)

Secondary school, 2.99 km from the home. DfE school census, January 2018 (2017/18 school year). Counts and percentages of all pupils at this school; borough comparison covers state primary and secondary schools with published totals. Missing or suppressed categories are unavailable, never zero; incomplete borough categories are unavailable. Free school meal eligibility is the census eligibility measure, not meals taken on census day or the performance-tables measure. Boys and girls use the recorded pupil gender; their published counts may not exhaust the pupil total. These, ethnic groups and first languages are separate breakdowns. Pupils are counted where they attend school, not where they live. First language does not measure proficiency in English.

CategorySir John Lawes School
Count (share)		St Albans state schools
Count (share)
Total pupils 1,246 (100.0%) 23,993 (100.0%)
Eligible for free school meals 61 (4.9%) 1,239 (5.2%)
Boys 612 (49.1%) 11,738 (48.9%)
Girls 634 (50.9%) 12,255 (51.1%)
White British 961 (77.1%) 16,350 (68.1%)
White Irish 7 (0.6%) 226 (0.9%)
Traveller of Irish heritage 0 (0.0%) 50 (0.2%)
Gypsy or Roma 0 (0.0%) 28 (0.1%)
Any other White background 96 (7.7%) 1,711 (7.1%)
Mixed White and Black Caribbean 15 (1.2%) 357 (1.5%)
Mixed White and Black African 6 (0.5%) 224 (0.9%)
Mixed White and Asian 31 (2.5%) 677 (2.8%)
Any other Mixed background 26 (2.1%) 811 (3.4%)
Indian 23 (1.8%) 447 (1.9%)
Pakistani 17 (1.4%) 396 (1.7%)
Bangladeshi 16 (1.3%) 827 (3.4%)
Chinese 4 (0.3%) 166 (0.7%)
Any other Asian background 5 (0.4%) 379 (1.6%)
Black African 23 (1.8%) 626 (2.6%)
Black Caribbean 0 (0.0%) 123 (0.5%)
Any other Black background 0 (0.0%) 71 (0.3%)
Any other ethnic group 11 (0.9%) 296 (1.2%)
Unclassified 5 (0.4%) 228 (1.0%)
First language: Known or believed to be English 1,148 (92.1%) 20,454 (85.2%)
First language: Known or believed to be other than English 89 (7.1%) 3,495 (14.6%)
First language: Language unclassified 9 (0.7%) 44 (0.2%)
Sir John Lawes School — compulsory school age and above, 2016/17

DfE January 2017 census. Original compulsory-school-age-and-above counts, with the published denominator rounded to the nearest 5: percentages are approximate. This older age basis ends in 2016/17 and is separate from the all-age series from 2017/18. Missing or suppressed counts remain unavailable; they are never reconstructed. Pupils attend these schools and are not neighbourhood residents. First language does not measure English proficiency.

CategorySir John Lawes School
Count (share)		St Albans state schools
Count (share)
Compulsory school age and above (rounded) 1,235 (100.0%) 21,340 (100.0%)
White British 971 (78.6%) 14,749 (69.1%)
White Irish 7 (0.6%) 225 (1.1%)
Traveller of Irish heritage 0 (0.0%) 35 (0.2%)
Gypsy or Roma 0 (0.0%) 23 (0.1%)
Any other White background 80 (6.5%) 1,552 (7.3%)
Mixed White and Black Caribbean 13 (1.1%) 309 (1.4%)
Mixed White and Black African 5 (0.4%) 191 (0.9%)
Mixed White and Asian 32 (2.6%) 571 (2.7%)
Any other Mixed background 24 (1.9%) 607 (2.8%)
Indian 21 (1.7%) 352 (1.6%)
Pakistani 15 (1.2%) 340 (1.6%)
Bangladeshi 17 (1.4%) 748 (3.5%)
Chinese 5 (0.4%) 148 (0.7%)
Any other Asian background 5 (0.4%) 324 (1.5%)
Black African 24 (1.9%) 543 (2.5%)
Black Caribbean 0 (0.0%) 114 (0.5%)
Any other Black background 0 (0.0%) 70 (0.3%)
Any other ethnic group 12 (1.0%) 271 (1.3%)
Unclassified 6 (0.5%) 169 (0.8%)
First language: Known or believed to be English 1,138 (92.1%) 18,275 (85.6%)
First language: Known or believed to be other than English 86 (7.0%) 3,026 (14.2%)
First language: Language unclassified 13 (1.1%) 40 (0.2%)
Sir John Lawes School — compulsory school age and above, 2015/16

DfE January 2016 census. Original compulsory-school-age-and-above counts, with the published denominator rounded to the nearest 5: percentages are approximate. This older age basis ends in 2016/17 and is separate from the all-age series from 2017/18. Missing or suppressed counts remain unavailable; they are never reconstructed. Pupils attend these schools and are not neighbourhood residents. First language does not measure English proficiency.

CategorySir John Lawes School
Count (share)		St Albans state schools
Count (share)
Compulsory school age and above (rounded) 1,235 (100.0%) 20,810 (100.0%)
White British 989 (80.1%) 14,618 (70.2%)
White Irish 6 (0.5%) 217 (1.0%)
Traveller of Irish heritage 0 (0.0%) 30 (0.1%)
Gypsy or Roma 0 (0.0%) 16 (<0.1%)
Any other White background 71 (5.7%) 1,396 (6.7%)
Mixed White and Black Caribbean 12 (1.0%) 297 (1.4%)
Mixed White and Black African 4 (0.3%) 178 (0.9%)
Mixed White and Asian 26 (2.1%) 516 (2.5%)
Any other Mixed background 20 (1.6%) 567 (2.7%)
Indian 22 (1.8%) 317 (1.5%)
Pakistani 12 (1.0%) 342 (1.6%)
Bangladeshi 13 (1.1%) 741 (3.6%)
Chinese 9 (0.7%) 148 (0.7%)
Any other Asian background 5 (0.4%) 292 (1.4%)
Black African 24 (1.9%) 513 (2.5%)
Black Caribbean 1 (<0.1%) 108 (0.5%)
Any other Black background 0 (0.0%) 70 (0.3%)
Any other ethnic group 13 (1.1%) 260 (1.2%)
Unclassified 8 (0.6%) 185 (0.9%)
First language: Known or believed to be English 1,135 (91.9%) 17,698 (85.0%)
First language: Known or believed to be other than English 82 (6.6%) 3,065 (14.7%)
First language: Language unclassified 18 (1.5%) 50 (0.2%)
Sir John Lawes School — compulsory school age and above, 2014/15

DfE January 2015 census. Original compulsory-school-age-and-above counts, with the published denominator rounded to the nearest 5: percentages are approximate. This older age basis ends in 2016/17 and is separate from the all-age series from 2017/18. Missing or suppressed counts remain unavailable; they are never reconstructed. Pupils attend these schools and are not neighbourhood residents. First language does not measure English proficiency.

CategorySir John Lawes School
Count (share)		St Albans state schools
Count (share)
Compulsory school age and above (rounded) 1,235 (100.0%) 20,525 (100.0%)
White British 1,030 (83.4%) 14,711 (71.7%)
White Irish 4 (0.3%) 213 (1.0%)
Traveller of Irish heritage 0 (0.0%) 35 (0.2%)
Gypsy or Roma 0 (0.0%) 27 (0.1%)
Any other White background 51 (4.1%) 1,246 (6.1%)
Mixed White and Black Caribbean 14 (1.1%) 280 (1.4%)
Mixed White and Black African 5 (0.4%) 168 (0.8%)
Mixed White and Asian 19 (1.5%) 472 (2.3%)
Any other Mixed background 21 (1.7%) 549 (2.7%)
Indian 20 (1.6%) 301 (1.5%)
Pakistani 14 (1.1%) 322 (1.6%)
Bangladeshi 12 (1.0%) 729 (3.6%)
Chinese 7 (0.6%) 135 (0.7%)
Any other Asian background 4 (0.3%) 266 (1.3%)
Black African 16 (1.3%) 489 (2.4%)
Black Caribbean 0 (0.0%) 108 (0.5%)
Any other Black background 0 (0.0%) 64 (0.3%)
Any other ethnic group 13 (1.1%) 247 (1.2%)
Unclassified 6 (0.5%) 167 (0.8%)
First language: Known or believed to be English 1,153 (93.4%) 17,486 (85.2%)
First language: Known or believed to be other than English 69 (5.6%) 2,986 (14.5%)
First language: Language unclassified 14 (1.1%) 57 (0.3%)
Sir John Lawes School — compulsory school age and above, 2013/14

DfE January 2014 census. Original compulsory-school-age-and-above counts, with the published denominator rounded to the nearest 5: percentages are approximate. This older age basis ends in 2016/17 and is separate from the all-age series from 2017/18. Missing or suppressed counts remain unavailable; they are never reconstructed. Pupils attend these schools and are not neighbourhood residents. First language does not measure English proficiency.

CategorySir John Lawes School
Count (share)		St Albans state schools
Count (share)
Compulsory school age and above (rounded) 1,220 (100.0%) 19,785 (100.0%)
White British 1,025 (84.0%) 14,260 (72.1%)
White Irish 3 (0.2%) Unavailable
Traveller of Irish heritage 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Gypsy or Roma 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Any other White background 49 (4.0%) Unavailable
Mixed White and Black Caribbean 13 (1.1%) Unavailable
Mixed White and Black African 5 (0.4%) Unavailable
Mixed White and Asian 23 (1.9%) Unavailable
Any other Mixed background 20 (1.6%) Unavailable
Indian 16 (1.3%) Unavailable
Pakistani 15 (1.2%) Unavailable
Bangladeshi 11 (0.9%) Unavailable
Chinese Unavailable Unavailable
Any other Asian background 3 (0.2%) Unavailable
Black African 16 (1.3%) Unavailable
Black Caribbean 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Any other Black background 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Any other ethnic group 10 (0.8%) Unavailable
Unclassified 11 (0.9%) Unavailable
First language: Known or believed to be English 1,144 (93.8%) 16,876 (85.3%)
First language: Known or believed to be other than English 69 (5.7%) 2,833 (14.3%)
First language: Language unclassified 9 (0.7%) Unavailable
Sir John Lawes School — compulsory school age and above, 2012/13

DfE January 2013 census. Original compulsory-school-age-and-above counts, with the published denominator rounded to the nearest 5: percentages are approximate. This older age basis ends in 2016/17 and is separate from the all-age series from 2017/18. Missing or suppressed counts remain unavailable; they are never reconstructed. Pupils attend these schools and are not neighbourhood residents. First language does not measure English proficiency.

CategorySir John Lawes School
Count (share)		St Albans state schools
Count (share)
Compulsory school age and above (rounded) 1,210 (100.0%) 19,460 (100.0%)
White British 1,028 (85.0%) 14,291 (73.4%)
White Irish 3 (0.2%) Unavailable
Traveller of Irish heritage 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Gypsy or Roma 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Any other White background 40 (3.3%) Unavailable
Mixed White and Black Caribbean 13 (1.1%) Unavailable
Mixed White and Black African 4 (0.3%) Unavailable
Mixed White and Asian 23 (1.9%) Unavailable
Any other Mixed background 22 (1.8%) Unavailable
Indian 14 (1.2%) Unavailable
Pakistani 13 (1.1%) Unavailable
Bangladeshi 8 (0.7%) Unavailable
Chinese Unavailable Unavailable
Any other Asian background 5 (0.4%) Unavailable
Black African 16 (1.3%) Unavailable
Black Caribbean Unavailable Unavailable
Any other Black background 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Any other ethnic group 7 (0.6%) Unavailable
Unclassified 12 (1.0%) Unavailable
First language: Known or believed to be English 1,127 (93.1%) 16,672 (85.7%)
First language: Known or believed to be other than English 71 (5.9%) 2,701 (13.9%)
First language: Language unclassified 14 (1.2%) Unavailable
Sir John Lawes School — compulsory school age and above, 2011/12

DfE January 2012 census. Original compulsory-school-age-and-above counts, with the published denominator rounded to the nearest 5: percentages are approximate. This older age basis ends in 2016/17 and is separate from the all-age series from 2017/18. Missing or suppressed counts remain unavailable; they are never reconstructed. Pupils attend these schools and are not neighbourhood residents. First language does not measure English proficiency.

CategorySir John Lawes School
Count (share)		St Albans state schools
Count (share)
Compulsory school age and above (rounded) 1,195 (100.0%) 12,710 (100.0%)
White British 1,027 (85.9%) 9,674 (76.1%)
White Irish Unavailable Unavailable
Traveller of Irish heritage 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Gypsy or Roma 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Any other White background 39 (3.3%) Unavailable
Mixed White and Black Caribbean 12 (1.0%) Unavailable
Mixed White and Black African 3 (0.3%) Unavailable
Mixed White and Asian 20 (1.7%) Unavailable
Any other Mixed background 21 (1.8%) Unavailable
Indian 15 (1.3%) Unavailable
Pakistani 11 (0.9%) Unavailable
Bangladeshi 4 (0.3%) Unavailable
Chinese 5 (0.4%) Unavailable
Any other Asian background 6 (0.5%) Unavailable
Black African 14 (1.2%) Unavailable
Black Caribbean Unavailable Unavailable
Any other Black background 0 (0.0%) Unavailable
Any other ethnic group 6 (0.5%) Unavailable
Unclassified 6 (0.5%) Unavailable
First language: Known or believed to be English 1,126 (94.2%) 11,221 (88.3%)
First language: Known or believed to be other than English 57 (4.8%) Unavailable
First language: Language unclassified 10 (0.8%) Unavailable
Schools getting better
1 of 3 nearby improved at their last inspection, 0 declined · results not compared

4 state primary schools within 1.5 km and secondary schools within 3 km near the home. Ofsted: 1 improved, 0 declined, 2 no change at their last inspection against the graded one before (1 not compared: see each school below); across St Albans, 11 of 53 compared improved and 5 declined. Results, weighted by pupils: primary results (expected standard in reading, writing and maths): not compared, only 2 nearby schools with results in both 2022/23 and 2024/25 (at least 3 are needed); GCSE Attainment 8: not compared, only 1 nearby school with results in both 2022/23 and 2024/25 (at least 2 are needed). Counted as "Schools improving" in How the area is changing (not measured here).

Nearest fee-paying school
Aldwickbury School · 1.9 km

Ages 3 to 13, mixed, takes boarders, non-selective; 333 pupils on roll. Inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI); its reports are not open data, so no grade is shown. 9 fee-paying schools within 10 km. Independent school: fees and admissions are set by the school; the DfE does not publish fees. Not counted: 2 independent special schools within 10 km (for pupils with special educational needs; places are mostly arranged through councils rather than bought by families).

Nurseries within 1 km
3

Childcare on non-domestic premises on the Ofsted early years register.

Childminders in Hertfordshire
841

Ofsted withholds childminders' addresses, so they are counted across the council, not placed on the map.

  • St Helen's Church of England Primary School

    State primary, voluntary aided · faith school (Church of England) · mixed · ages 4 to 11 · AL4 8AN · URN 117462 · 184 pupils (capacity 210). Ofsted: School remains Good. Ungraded Ofsted visit Jun 2024: School remains Good. An ungraded visit checks that a school is still at its previous grade; it does not award a new one. Reception applications, 2026 entry: 29 first-preference applications for 29 places offered (1.0 per place); 90% of first-preference applicants were offered a place (26 of 29); 48 applications named it at any preference. 2025 entry: 22 first preferences for 22 places (1.0 per place), all offered a place. 2024 entry: 31 first preferences for 30 places (1.0 per place), 90% offered a place. Key stage 2 (2024/25): 71% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%); 11% at the higher standard (England 8%).

    0.87 km · School remains Good
  • Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery

    State primary, academy · mixed · ages 3 to 11 · AL4 8TP · URN 145487 · 171 pupils (capacity 240). Ofsted: Good. Last graded Sep 2022 under the previous framework. Reception applications, 2026 entry: 15 first-preference applications for 16 places offered (0.9 per place); all first-preference applicants were offered a place; 35 applications named it at any preference. 2025 entry: 20 first preferences for 20 places (1.0 per place), all offered a place. 2024 entry: 12 first preferences for 14 places (0.9 per place), all offered a place. Key stage 2 (2024/25): 50% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%); 18% at the higher standard (England 8%).

    1.39 km · Good
  • Aldwickbury School

    Independent (fee-paying) school · mixed · ages 3 to 13 · takes boarders · AL5 1AD · URN 117608 · 333 pupils (capacity 450). Inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI); its reports are not open data, so no grade is shown. Applications and offers: not published (independent schools run their own admissions, outside the councils' coordinated admissions the DfE figures come from).

    1.91 km
  • Katherine Warington School

    State secondary, free school · mixed · ages 11 to 19 · AL5 5FH · URN 145890 · 1,113 pupils. Ofsted: Good. Last graded Feb 2024 under the previous framework. Year 7 applications, 2026 entry: 139 first-preference applications for 165 places offered (0.8 per place); 83% of first-preference applicants were offered a place (116 of 139); 631 applications named it at any preference. 2025 entry: 136 first preferences for 164 places (0.8 per place), 79% offered a place. 2024 entry: 172 first preferences for 171 places (1.0 per place), 75% offered a place. GCSEs (2024/25, 173 pupils): Attainment 8 54.8 (England 46.1); 59.5% grade 5 or above in English and maths (England 45.4%). Progress 8 not published for 2024/25 (this year group had no key stage 2 tests to measure progress from: they were cancelled in 2020 and 2021 because of COVID-19); 2023/24: +0.48 (95% confidence interval +0.26 to +0.69; the whole range is above 0, the national average).

    2.10 km · Good
  • High Beeches Primary School

    State primary, community school (council-run) · mixed · ages 5 to 11 · AL5 5SD · URN 117342 · 420 pupils (capacity 420). Ofsted: School remains Outstanding. Ungraded Ofsted visit Jun 2023: School remains Outstanding. An ungraded visit checks that a school is still at its previous grade; it does not award a new one. Reception applications, 2026 entry: 63 first-preference applications for 60 places offered (1.1 per place); 79% of first-preference applicants were offered a place (50 of 63); 227 applications named it at any preference. 2025 entry: 45 first preferences for 60 places (0.8 per place), 98% offered a place. 2024 entry: 71 first preferences for 59 places (1.2 per place), 73% offered a place. Key stage 2 (2024/25): 80% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%); 15% at the higher standard (England 8%).

    2.27 km · School remains Outstanding
  • The Grove Infant and Nursery School

    State primary, community school (council-run) · mixed · ages 3 to 7 · AL5 1QD · URN 117281 · 243 pupils (capacity 270). Ofsted: Outstanding. Last graded Nov 2023 under the previous framework. Reception applications, 2026 entry: 51 first-preference applications for 59 places offered (0.9 per place); all first-preference applicants were offered a place; 141 applications named it at any preference. 2025 entry: 69 first preferences for 60 places (1.2 per place), 86% offered a place. 2024 entry: 61 first preferences for 75 places (0.8 per place), all offered a place. No key stage 2 results are published under this URN (for example infant schools, schools open less than a year, and academies that recently converted, which start a new record).

    2.43 km · Outstanding
  • The Grove Junior School

    State primary, community school (council-run) · mixed · ages 7 to 11 · AL5 1QB · URN 117258 · 350 pupils (capacity 360). Ofsted: School remains Good. Ungraded Ofsted visit Dec 2022: School remains Good. An ungraded visit checks that a school is still at its previous grade; it does not award a new one. No applications data under this URN in the DfE applications and offers figures (for example junior schools, whose entry is year 3; schools taking pupils from year 10, such as UTCs and studio schools; new free schools making their own offers in their first year; schools whose admissions are run separately; or a school listed under an earlier URN after becoming an academy or merging). Key stage 2 (2024/25): 82% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%); 19% at the higher standard (England 8%).

    2.48 km · School remains Good
  • Crabtree Junior School

    State primary, academy · mixed · ages 7 to 11 · AL5 5PU · URN 140708 · 256 pupils (capacity 256). Ofsted: Outstanding. Last graded Nov 2023 under the previous framework. No applications data under this URN in the DfE applications and offers figures (for example junior schools, whose entry is year 3; schools taking pupils from year 10, such as UTCs and studio schools; new free schools making their own offers in their first year; schools whose admissions are run separately; or a school listed under an earlier URN after becoming an academy or merging). Key stage 2 (2024/25): 86% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%); 25% at the higher standard (England 8%).

    2.51 km · Outstanding
  • Crabtree Infants' School

    State primary, academy · mixed · ages 4 to 7 · AL5 5PU · URN 140707 · 178 pupils (capacity 180). Ofsted: Outstanding. Last graded Feb 2024 under the previous framework. Reception applications, 2026 entry: 76 first-preference applications for 60 places offered (1.3 per place); 78% of first-preference applicants were offered a place (59 of 76); 255 applications named it at any preference. 2025 entry: 84 first preferences for 59 places (1.4 per place), 70% offered a place. 2024 entry: 85 first preferences for 59 places (1.4 per place), 68% offered a place. No key stage 2 results are published under this URN (for example infant schools, schools open less than a year, and academies that recently converted, which start a new record).

    2.55 km · Outstanding
  • Batford Nursery School

    State nursery school (council-run) · mixed · ages 3 to 5 · AL5 5BQ · URN 117068 · 72 pupils. Ofsted: School remains Outstanding. Ungraded Ofsted visit Apr 2023: School remains Outstanding. An ungraded visit checks that a school is still at its previous grade; it does not award a new one. Applications and offers: not published (the DfE figures cover entry to reception and year 7 only).

    2.57 km · School remains Outstanding
  • Schools getting better against St Albans

    The state primary schools within 1.5 km and secondary schools within 3 km against every such school in St Albans (63). Ofsted: each school's last inspection within 5 years of Ofsted's latest file (30 September 2026), against the graded inspection before it; the net share is those that improved minus those that declined, as a share of those compared. An ungraded inspection counts by Ofsted's own words ("Improved significantly" improved; "School remains Good" no change; "Some aspects not as strong" declined). From September 2024 Ofsted gave four key judgements and no overall grade: each is compared with the one before, or with the previous overall grade when the inspection before had none. Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) are a new framework: a school whose last inspection is its first report card is not compared. Results: the change between the first and last of the three years kept, the share meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school and Attainment 8 at GCSE, weighted by each school's pupils on roll; only schools with results in both years under their own URN (an academy that converted meanwhile starts a new record). A gap of 30 points in the net share of schools improving, 5 points in primary results or 2 in Attainment 8 against the council counts (data/reference/schools-improving.json).

    Inspections not compared · primary not compared · GCSE not compared
  • Schools getting better: each school nearby

    St Helen's Church of England Primary School (primary, 0.9 km): Ungraded inspection Jun 2024: School remains Good, after Good (Mar 2015): no change; expected standard 67% → 71% (2022/23 → 2024/25). Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery (primary, 1.4 km): Inadequate (Feb 2017, as its predecessor school) → Good (Sep 2022): improved; expected standard 68% → 50% (2022/23 → 2024/25). Katherine Warington School (secondary, 2.1 km): Good (Feb 2024): not compared (first graded inspection on record); Attainment 8 not published in both 2022/23 and 2024/25. Sir John Lawes School (secondary, 3.0 km): Outstanding (Feb 2008, as its predecessor school) → Outstanding (Mar 2023): no change; Attainment 8 61.0 → 62.8 (2022/23 → 2024/25).

    1 improved · 2 no change · 1 not compared
  • Yellow Star Nursery

    Childcare on non-domestic premises · 37 places · inspected Feb 2022.

    780 m · Good
  • Junior Adventures Group @ St Helens CofE Primary School AL4

    Childcare on non-domestic premises · 42 places · not yet graded.

    780 m
  • Ultimate Activity Camps at St. Albans High School Prep

    Childcare on non-domestic premises · 104 places · not yet graded.

    810 m

Source dated 2026-10-20

Area context · Partial evidence

Who lives here: the latest yearly figures for St Albans 004 and the schools around it against St Albans, then the 2021 census with change since 2011.

Who lives here: the latest yearly figures for St Albans 004 and the schools around it against St Albans, then the 2021 census with change since 2011. The census is taken every ten years: the latest was on 21 March 2021 and the next is due in 2031, so census figures here are from 2021. Figures published every year lead this section where they exist.

Section coverage: 2021 LSOA St Albans 004D (E01023749), mapped from the supplied postcode. · 2021-03-21

Residents (mid-2024 estimate)6,849
Details

2011: 6,425 (+6.6%). St Albans +6.9% over the same years.

Born outside the UK10%
Details

2011: 7.4%. St Albans: 17%.

People in asylum hotels in St Albans18
Details

30 June 2026, Home Office contingency hotel accommodation. A year earlier (Jun 2025): 73, −75%. Section 95 dispersal housing: 3 (Jun 2025: 3, +0%). All areas together: 16,021 in hotels (Jun 2025: 32,041, −50%). Official borough totals; the Home Office does not publish where anyone is housed, and this report never shows or infers it.

Usual residents1,898
Details

Census day: 21 March 2021

Population change

Observation period: 2011 → 2024

2024Residents here against St Albans, 2011 = 100: Here 100 (2011) to 107 (2024); St Albans 100 (2011) to 107 (2024); England 100 (2011) to 110 (2024).991112024202220202018201620142011Here107St Albans107England110
Residents at the middle of each year as an index, 2011 = 100, in St Albans 004 against St Albans and England (ONS mid-year population estimates; the index is our own).
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Residents here against St Albans, 2011 = 100
ObservationHereSt AlbansEngland
2011100100100
2012101.5101100.8
2013103.7102.1101.5
2014106.3103.3102.4
2015106.6104103.2
2016107.4104.7104.1
2017106.3104.5104.7
2018106.4104.5105.3
2019106.3104.8105.9
2020105.6105.2106.1
2021106.2105.2106.5
2022106.3105.3107.6
2023105.7106109.1
2024106.6106.9110.4
Evidence

Section source
ONS Census 2021 via Nomis, TS001 and TS006

2021 LSOA St Albans 004D (E01023749), mapped from the supplied postcode. · 2021-03-21

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Age mix and history

Observation period: 2011 → 2024

2024

25 to 49: 30.6% of residents in 2011, 25.5% in 2024.

Age groups here each year, 2011 → 2024: Under 16 21.8% (2011) to 21.8% (2024); 16 to 24 8.5% (2011) to 8.8% (2024); 25 to 49 30.6% (2011) to 25.5% (2024); 50 to 64 19.8% (2011) to 20.9% (2024); 65 and over 19.4% (2011) to 23% (2024).6.8%27.1%2024202220202018201620142011Under 1621.8%16 to 248.8%25 to 4925.5%50 to 6420.9%65 and over23%
Share of residents in each age band at the middle of each year in St Albans 004. ONS mid-year population estimates for small areas: estimates that roll the 2021 census forward with births, deaths and moves, not counts, and the years before 2021 were revised after that census.
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Age groups here each year, 2011 → 2024
ObservationUnder 1616 to 2425 to 4950 to 6465 and over
201121.8%8.5%30.6%19.8%19.4%
201221.9%8.2%31.1%19.2%19.7%
201322.1%8.6%30.1%19.2%19.9%
201422.5%8.3%30.1%19.1%20.1%
201522.4%8.1%30.1%18.7%20.7%
201622.4%8.2%30%18.9%20.6%
201722.2%7.8%29.3%19.5%21.1%
201822.4%7.7%28.9%19.8%21.2%
201922.3%8.3%27.8%20.5%21.1%
202022.2%8.3%27.5%20.6%21.4%
202122%8.7%26.6%20.8%21.9%
202222.1%8.8%26.1%20.8%22.2%
202322.3%8.5%25.8%20.6%22.8%
202421.8%8.8%25.5%20.9%23%
Latest age mix

Periods named in chart: 2024

Age mix, mid-2024

Under 16
21.8%
16 to 24
8.8%
25 to 49
25.5%
50 to 64
20.9%
65 and over
23.0%

Scale: 0–100 %

Shares of residents in the latest year with a stored estimate. Each band uses that same year; missing bands are not filled from earlier years. ONS mid-year estimates, not counts.
Census age comparison, 2011 and 2021

Census age bands differ from the annual estimates: under 15, 15–24, 25–44, 45–64 and 65+, compared with under 16, 16–24, 25–49, 50–64 and 65+. Census counts and mid-year estimates remain separate observations; they are not joined into one series.

Observation period: 2011 → 2021 here

Age groups here, 2011 → 2021

Census 2021
Children under 15
20% → 21%
St Albans 2021 20.3% · England 2021 17.4%
Aged 15 to 24
9.6% → 9.5%
St Albans 2021 9.6% · England 2021 11.7%
Aged 25 to 44
23% → 19%
St Albans 2021 25.3% · England 2021 26.6%
Aged 45 to 64
28% → 29%
St Albans 2021 27.6% · England 2021 25.8%
Aged 65 and over
19% → 22%
St Albans 2021 17.2% · England 2021 18.4%

2011 → 2021 here · Open square: earlier · Filled square: later · Scale: 0%–32.7%

Share of residents at the 2011 and 2021 censuses in this neighbourhood (St Albans 004); the grey bar is St Albans and the triangle England, both in 2021. Two censuses show how the mix changed between census days, not who moved in or out.
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ONS Census 2021 via Nomis, TS001 and TS006

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Homes by type

Saved period label: 2026

Homes by type here, 31 March 2026

2026
Detached houses
30.9%
St Albans (21.5)
Semi-detached houses
24.5%
St Albans (24)
Terraced houses
19.1%
St Albans (22.7)
Flats and maisonettes
15.1%
St Albans (24.7)
Bungalows
8.3%
St Albans (5.8)
Annexes, caravans and houseboats
0.4%
St Albans (0.7)

Scale: 0–35.535

Share of the 2,780 homes on the council tax list in St Albans 004 at 31 March 2026 by type (Valuation Office Agency); the dashed mark is St Albans. The VOA rounds counts to the nearest 10.
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ONS Census 2021 via Nomis, TS001 and TS006

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Homes by bedrooms

Saved period label: 2026

Homes by bedrooms here, 31 March 2026

2026
1 bedroom
5.4%
St Albans (12.3)
2 bedrooms
21.2%
St Albans (24.6)
3 bedrooms
39.6%
St Albans (38.3)
4 or more
31.3%
St Albans (23)

Scale: 0–100 %

Shares of all homes on the council tax list in St Albans 004 at 31 March 2026 by bedrooms (Valuation Office Agency); the dashed mark is St Albans. Counts are rounded to the nearest 10; small counts are withheld. Homes with unrecorded bedrooms and withheld counts are not assigned to a bedroom group; the displayed shares need not add to 100%.
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ONS Census 2021 via Nomis, TS001 and TS006

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Pupils at state schools in Hertfordshire by ethnic group, 2015/16 → 2025/26

Observation period: 2015/16 → 2025/26

2025/26Pupils at state schools in Hertfordshire by ethnic group, 2015/16 → 2025/26: White British 71.9% (2015/16) to 59.4% (2025/26); Other White 7.8% (2015/16) to 11.2% (2025/26); Asian 8.1% (2015/16) to 11.6% (2025/26); Black 4% (2015/16) to 5.6% (2025/26); Mixed 6.6% (2015/16) to 9.4% (2025/26); Other 0.9% (2015/16) to 1.7% (2025/26).10%62.8%2025/262023/242021/222019/202017/182015/16White British59.4%Other White11.2%Asian11.6%Black5.6%Mixed9.4%Other1.7%
Share of pupils at state-funded schools in Hertfordshire each January (school census), counted where they attend school, not where they live. Children at state-funded schools only, not the whole population; independent schools are excluded. Other White includes White Irish, Traveller of Irish heritage and Gypsy or Roma. Unclassified (1.2% in 2025/26) is not drawn. Figures are for Hertfordshire, the county council area that includes St Albans.
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Pupils at state schools in Hertfordshire by ethnic group, 2015/16 → 2025/26
ObservationWhite BritishOther WhiteAsianBlackMixedOther
2015/1671.9%7.8%8.1%4%6.6%0.9%
2016/1770.6%8.3%8.4%4.1%6.8%0.9%
2017/1869.2%8.9%8.6%4.2%7.3%1%
2018/1968.1%9.2%8.8%4.3%7.5%1%
2019/2066.9%9.7%9.1%4.4%7.7%1%
2020/2166%10%9.3%4.5%7.9%1.1%
2021/2264.6%10.2%9.8%4.6%8.3%1.1%
2022/2362.9%10.6%10.4%4.9%8.6%1.3%
2023/2461.4%10.8%10.9%5.2%8.8%1.5%
2024/2560.1%11%11.3%5.5%9.2%1.6%
2025/2659.4%11.2%11.6%5.6%9.4%1.7%
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2021 LSOA St Albans 004D (E01023749), mapped from the supplied postcode. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2021-03-21
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Census vintage: 2021
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Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Share of pupils at state-funded schools in Hertfordshire each January (school census), counted where they attend school, not where they live. Children at state-funded schools only, not the whole population; independent schools are excluded. Other White includes White Irish, Traveller of Irish heritage and Gypsy or Roma. Unclassified (1.2% in 2025/26) is not drawn. Figures are for Hertfordshire, the county council area that includes St Albans.

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Pupils at the 2 matched state schools by ethnic group, 2017/18 → 2025/26

Observation period: 2017/18 → 2025/26

2025/26Pupils at the 2 matched state schools by ethnic group, 2017/18 → 2025/26: White British 77.9% (2017/18) to 64.1% (2025/26); Other White 8% (2017/18) to 5.9% (2025/26); Asian 4.4% (2017/18) to 15.3% (2025/26); Black 1.8% (2017/18) to 2.9% (2025/26); Mixed 6.7% (2017/18) to 8.7% (2025/26); Other 0.7% (2017/18) to 2.6% (2025/26).17.4%69.8%2025/262023/242021/222019/202017/18White British64.1%Other White5.9%Asian15.3%Black2.9%Mixed8.7%Other2.6%
State primary schools within 1.5 km and secondary schools within 3 km of the home, each January (DfE school census): 2,841 pupils in 2025/26, counted where they go to school, not where they live. Pupils at state schools only, not the residents; independent schools are not in it. The line follows the same 2 school URNs with published totals in every held year, out of 4 schools with data in the latest year. Schools are selected using today's locations and school types; schools that closed or changed URN are not linked to successors. This is a school cohort, not the same pupils. Unheld years and incomplete ethnic-group counts are gaps, never zero. The 2020/21 Arab category is included in Other for comparability.
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Pupils at the 2 matched state schools by ethnic group, 2017/18 → 2025/26
ObservationWhite BritishOther WhiteAsianBlackMixedOther
2017/1877.9%8%4.4%1.8%6.7%0.7%
2018/1976.9%8.6%4.4%1.8%7.5%0.6%
2019/2076.2%8.2%4.9%2.5%7.5%0.4%
2020/2176%8.2%4.6%2.8%7.5%0.5%
2021/2272.7%8.1%7.2%3%7.9%0.8%
2022/2368.8%7.2%10.7%2.6%8.4%2%
2023/2466.6%6.7%12.5%2.4%8.5%3.1%
2024/2566.6%5.9%13.3%2.6%8.7%2.7%
2025/2664.1%5.9%15.3%2.9%8.7%2.6%
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Section coverage — may differ from this chart
2021 LSOA St Albans 004D (E01023749), mapped from the supplied postcode. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2021-03-21
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Census vintage: 2021
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

State primary schools within 1.5 km and secondary schools within 3 km of the home, each January (DfE school census): 2,841 pupils in 2025/26, counted where they go to school, not where they live. Pupils at state schools only, not the residents; independent schools are not in it. The line follows the same 2 school URNs with published totals in every held year, out of 4 schools with data in the latest year. Schools are selected using today's locations and school types; schools that closed or changed URN are not linked to successors. This is a school cohort, not the same pupils. Unheld years and incomplete ethnic-group counts are gaps, never zero. The 2020/21 Arab category is included in Other for comparability.

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ONS Census 2021 via Nomis, TS001 and TS006

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Ethnic groups here, 2011 → 2021

Observation period: 2011 → 2021

Two census observations, ten years apart. Select a group to follow its recorded share.

Residents’ ethnicity at two censuses: White British 91.7% (2011) to 85.8% (2021); Other White 4% (2011) to 6.2% (2021); Mixed or multiple 1.7% (2011) to 3.2% (2021); Asian or Asian British 1.3% (2011) to 2.8% (2021); Black or Black British 1.1% (2011) to 1.3% (2021).12.7%80.1%20212011White British85.8%Other White6.2%Mixed or multiple3.2%Asian or Asian British2.8%Black or Black British1.3%
Census 2011 and 2021: usual residents, not school pupils. Comparable neighbourhood boundaries. These are not annual measurements; the lines join census-day observations and do not show when change happened between them. Groups follow the saved comparison, which omits groups below 1% at both censuses. Roma is grouped with Other White for comparability. Changes can reflect births, deaths, migration and how people identify; they do not establish who moved in or out. Ethnicity is descriptive context and is not used in the gentrification indicator. The original council and national comparisons remain below.
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Residents’ ethnicity at two censuses
ObservationWhite BritishOther WhiteMixed or multipleAsian or Asian BritishBlack or Black British
201191.73%4.01%1.67%1.25%1.12%
202185.84%6.16%3.2%2.77%1.28%
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Observation period: 2011 → 2021 here

Census 2021
White British
92% → 86%
St Albans 2021 73.5% · England 2021 73.5%
Other White
4.0% → 6.2%
St Albans 2021 10.1% · England 2021 7.5%
Mixed or multiple
1.7% → 3.2%
St Albans 2021 4.3% · England 2021 3%
Asian or Asian British
1.2% → 2.8%
St Albans 2021 8.2% · England 2021 9.6%
Black or Black British
1.1% → 1.3%
St Albans 2021 2.1% · England 2021 4.2%

2011 → 2021 here · Open square: earlier · Filled square: later · Scale: 0%–103.2%

Share of residents at the 2011 and 2021 censuses in this neighbourhood (St Albans 004); the grey bar is St Albans and the triangle England, both in 2021. Two censuses show how the mix changed between census days, not who moved in or out.
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Section date
2021-03-21
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Census vintage: 2021
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Confidence limits
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Share of residents at the 2011 and 2021 censuses in this neighbourhood (St Albans 004); the grey bar is St Albans and the triangle England, both in 2021. Two censuses show how the mix changed between census days, not who moved in or out.

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ONS Census 2021 via Nomis, TS001 and TS006

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People moving into and out of St Albans each year

Observation period: 2012 → 2025

2025People moving into and out of St Albans each year: In from rest of UK 63 (2012) to 68 (2025); Out to rest of UK 62 (2012) to 69 (2025); In from abroad 8 (2012) to 8 (2025); Out to abroad 7 (2012) to 8 (2025).16702025202320212019201720152012In from rest of UK68Out to rest of UK69In from abroad8Out to abroad8
Moves per 1,000 residents in each year to 30 June (mid-2011 to mid-2025), against the population at the start of the year. Rest of UK: moves between council areas, including to and from Scotland and Northern Ireland. Abroad: people arriving or leaving for a year or more. These are ONS estimates (release MYE25, published 29 July 2026); ONS revises earlier years between releases. They count moves, not people, and say nothing about nationality or ethnicity.
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People moving into and out of St Albans each year
ObservationIn from rest of UKOut to rest of UKIn from abroadOut to abroad
201263.461.57.66.7
201363.959.77.56.3
201467.663.58.36.7
201565.365.28.87.1
201659.861.49.47.1
201766.773.98.47.5
201864.869.37.98.3
201967.868.27.28.6
202061.660.46.78.1
202176.879.36.77.5
202264.473.614.16.9
202366.570.717.37.1
202468.467.312.17.8
202568.468.97.87.7
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Section date
2021-03-21
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Census vintage: 2021
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Moves per 1,000 residents in each year to 30 June (mid-2011 to mid-2025), against the population at the start of the year. Rest of UK: moves between council areas, including to and from Scotland and Northern Ireland. Abroad: people arriving or leaving for a year or more. These are ONS estimates (release MYE25, published 29 July 2026); ONS revises earlier years between releases. They count moves, not people, and say nothing about nationality or ethnicity.

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ONS Census 2021 via Nomis, TS001 and TS006

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Privately kept cars per 100 residents, 2012 → 2024

Observation period: 2012 → 2024

2024Privately kept cars per 100 residents, 2012 → 2024: Here 59 (2012) to 59 (2024); St Albans 51 (2012) to 50 (2024); England 42 (2012) to 43 (2024).12502024202220202018201620142012Here59St Albans50England43
Privately kept licensed cars at the end of each June (DfT and DVLA) for every 100 residents at the middle of that year (ONS estimates) in St Albans 004 against St Albans and England. Company and lease cars are registered elsewhere and are not counted. A year is left blank where DfT's withheld small counts leave the figure uncertain.
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Privately kept cars per 100 residents, 2012 → 2024
ObservationHereSt AlbansEngland
201258.750.641.5
201358.450.641.7
201456.950.642.1
201557.650.742.2
201658.350.842.6
20175951.343.2
201859.551.443.3
201959.451.643.7
202059.550.843.5
202159.65144
202258.750.843.6
202359.550.543.3
202459.450.143.2
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Section date
2021-03-21
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Census vintage: 2021
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Privately kept licensed cars at the end of each June (DfT and DVLA) for every 100 residents at the middle of that year (ONS estimates) in St Albans 004 against St Albans and England. Company and lease cars are registered elsewhere and are not counted. A year is left blank where DfT's withheld small counts leave the figure uncertain.

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Religion here, 2011 → 2021

Observation period: 2011 → 2021 here

Census 2021
Christian
64% → 51%
St Albans 2021 47.4% · England 2021 46.3%
No religion
26% → 39%
St Albans 2021 37.1% · England 2021 36.7%
Not answered
7.6% → 5.9%
St Albans 2021 6.1% · England 2021 6%
Muslim
0.7% → 1.4%
St Albans 2021 4.7% · England 2021 6.7%

2011 → 2021 here · Open square: earlier · Filled square: later · Scale: 0%–72.4%

Share of residents at the 2011 and 2021 censuses in this neighbourhood (St Albans 004); the grey bar is St Albans and the triangle England, both in 2021. Two censuses show how the mix changed between census days, not who moved in or out.
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Section date
2021-03-21
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Census vintage: 2021
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Share of residents at the 2011 and 2021 censuses in this neighbourhood (St Albans 004); the grey bar is St Albans and the triangle England, both in 2021. Two censuses show how the mix changed between census days, not who moved in or out.

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Where residents were born here, 2011 → 2021

Observation period: 2011 → 2021 here

Census 2021
United Kingdom
93% → 90%
St Albans 2021 83% · England 2021 82.7%
EU countries that joined before 2004
2.0% → 2.4%
St Albans 2021 4% · England 2021 2.8%
Middle East and Asia
1.2% → 2.1%
St Albans 2021 4.5% · England 2021 5.7%
Africa
1.7% → 1.8%
St Albans 2021 2.7% · England 2021 2.8%
EU countries that joined in 2004 or later
1.0% → 1.5%
St Albans 2021 2.4% · England 2021 3.5%
The Americas and the Caribbean
0.8% → 1.2%
St Albans 2021 1.7% · England 2021 1.4%

2011 → 2021 here · Open square: earlier · Filled square: later · Scale: 0%–104.2%

Share of residents at the 2011 and 2021 censuses in this neighbourhood (St Albans 004); the grey bar is St Albans and the triangle England, both in 2021. Two censuses show how the mix changed between census days, not who moved in or out.
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Section date
2021-03-21
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Census vintage: 2021
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Share of residents at the 2011 and 2021 censuses in this neighbourhood (St Albans 004); the grey bar is St Albans and the triangle England, both in 2021. Two censuses show how the mix changed between census days, not who moved in or out.

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Households here, 2011 → 2021

Observation period: 2011 → 2021 here

Census 2021
Families with dependent children
33% → 35%
St Albans 2021 34.8% · England 2021 28.5%
Older couples and families (all pension age)
12% → 15%
St Albans 2021 9.4% · England 2021 9.2%
Couples without children
18% → 15%
St Albans 2021 16.2% · England 2021 16.8%
Living alone, pension age
14% → 14%
St Albans 2021 12% · England 2021 12.8%
Families with grown-up children only
9.5% → 10%
St Albans 2021 10.1% · England 2021 10.5%
Living alone, under pension age
10% → 9.2%
St Albans 2021 14.3% · England 2021 17.3%
Sharers, students and other households
2.6% → 2.6%
St Albans 2021 3.3% · England 2021 5%

2011 → 2021 here · Open square: earlier · Filled square: later · Scale: 0%–39.4%

Share of households at the 2011 and 2021 censuses in this neighbourhood (St Albans 004); the grey bar is St Albans and the triangle England, both in 2021. Two censuses show how the mix changed between census days, not who moved in or out. Pension age was 65 in 2011 and 66 in 2021.
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Section date
2021-03-21
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Census vintage: 2021
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Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Share of households at the 2011 and 2021 censuses in this neighbourhood (St Albans 004); the grey bar is St Albans and the triangle England, both in 2021. Two censuses show how the mix changed between census days, not who moved in or out. Pension age was 65 in 2011 and 66 in 2021.

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What residents aged 16 and over do, 2021

Saved period label: 2021

2021
  • Higher managerial and professional24.724.7%
  • Lower managerial and professional25.125.1%
  • Intermediate (clerical, administrative)11.211.2%
  • Small employers and self-employed12.212.2%
  • Supervisory and technical3.33.3%
  • Semi-routine and routine13.813.8%
  • Never worked or long-term unemployed4.34.3%
  • Full-time students5.45.4%
Residents aged 16 and over in St Albans 004 by the ONS socio-economic classification of their current or last job (Census 2021); students and people who never worked are shown apart. The 2011 table counted ages 16 to 74 only, so there is no like-for-like change.
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Section date
2021-03-21
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Census vintage: 2021
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Residents aged 16 and over in St Albans 004 by the ONS socio-economic classification of their current or last job (Census 2021); students and people who never worked are shown apart. The 2011 table counted ages 16 to 74 only, so there is no like-for-like change.

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Most common main languages other than English in St Albans

Observation period: Census 2021

English is the main language of 94% of residents aged 3 and over. The chart ranks non-English main languages across the whole borough, not this postcode. Percentages use all residents aged 3 and over.

Polish
0.6%
Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya)
0.5%
England (0.36%)
Spanish
0.5%
England (0.39%)
Romanian
0.4%
Italian
0.4%
England (0.29%)
Portuguese
0.3%
England (0.40%)
Arabic
0.3%
England (0.36%)
French
0.3%
England (0.22%)

Scale: 0–0.7 %

Census 2021, residents aged 3 and over, St Albans (detailed languages are published for boroughs only). The dashed mark is England.
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Census 2021, residents aged 3 and over, St Albans (detailed languages are published for boroughs only). The dashed mark is England.

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Who lives here (2021 census)

Saved period label: Census 2021

Census 2021Who lives here (2021 census): 48% of residents have a degree; 9% of households rent privately; 9% of households are one person under 65; 3% of residents are aged 25 to 29.about 5 in 10 residents have a degree48% in 2021about 1 in 10 households rent privately9% in 2021about 1 in 10 households are one person under 659% in 2021about 0 in 10 residents are aged 25 to 293% in 2021
Shares in this neighbourhood at the 2021 census, rounded to the nearest 1 in 10. Change since 2011 is in Area change.
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Shares in this neighbourhood at the 2021 census, rounded to the nearest 1 in 10. Change since 2011 is in Area change.

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How working residents got to work, March 2021

Saved period label: 2021

2021
  • Work mainly from home52.352.3%
  • Train, tube or tram2.52.5%
  • Bus or coach1.11.1%
  • Car or van38.638.6%
  • Bicycle0.60.6%
  • On foot3.73.7%
  • Taxi, motorcycle or other1.21.2%
Census 2021 was taken during a lockdown, so more people worked from home and fewer travelled than usual.
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Freshness
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Census 2021 was taken during a lockdown, so more people worked from home and fewer travelled than usual.

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People receiving asylum support in St Albans, each quarter

Observation period: Mar 2014 → Jun 2026

Jun 2026People receiving asylum support in St Albans, each quarter: Section 95 dispersal accommodation 0 (Mar 2014) to 3 (Jun 2026); All support and accommodation 57 (Mar 2025) to 24 (Jun 2026); Contingency hotels 197 (Dec 2022) to 18 (Jun 2026).25172Jun 2026Jun 2022Jun 2018Mar 2014Section 95 dispersal accommodation3All support and accommodation24Contingency hotels18
People receiving Home Office asylum support in St Albans at the end of each quarter. Dark line: Section 95 dispersal accommodation, published by local authority since Mar 2014. Teal line: all types of support and accommodation together, drawn only for quarters when every type was published by local authority (Mar 2025–Jun 2026). Blue line: contingency hotel accommodation, published by local authority since Dec 2022. Blank quarters are not zero: some types were not published by local authority then. Figures since 2018 are provisional and revised in each release.
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People receiving asylum support in St Albans, each quarter
ObservationSection 95 dispersal accommodationAll support and accommodationContingency hotels
Mar 20140Not heldNot held
Jun 20140Not heldNot held
Sep 20140Not heldNot held
Dec 20140Not heldNot held
Mar 20150Not heldNot held
Jun 20150Not heldNot held
Sep 20150Not heldNot held
Dec 20150Not heldNot held
Mar 20160Not heldNot held
Jun 20160Not heldNot held
Sep 20160Not heldNot held
Dec 20160Not heldNot held
Mar 20170Not heldNot held
Jun 20170Not heldNot held
Sep 20173Not heldNot held
Dec 20173Not heldNot held
Mar 20184Not heldNot held
Jun 20185Not heldNot held
Sep 20185Not heldNot held
Dec 20185Not heldNot held
Mar 20196Not heldNot held
Jun 20195Not heldNot held
Sep 20195Not heldNot held
Dec 20195Not heldNot held
Mar 20205Not heldNot held
Jun 20205Not heldNot held
Sep 20205Not heldNot held
Dec 20205Not heldNot held
Mar 20215Not heldNot held
Jun 20215Not heldNot held
Sep 20216Not heldNot held
Dec 2021122Not heldNot held
Mar 202231Not heldNot held
Jun 202211Not heldNot held
Sep 202228Not heldNot held
Dec 202229Not held197
Mar 202327Not held187
Jun 20236Not held193
Sep 20236Not held175
Dec 20236Not held162
Mar 20246Not held67
Jun 20240Not held55
Sep 20240Not held50
Dec 20243Not held80
Mar 202545751
Jun 202537873
Sep 202536761
Dec 202535348
Mar 202634035
Jun 202632418
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Coverage status
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Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Census vintage: 2021
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Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

People receiving Home Office asylum support in St Albans at the end of each quarter. Dark line: Section 95 dispersal accommodation, published by local authority since Mar 2014. Teal line: all types of support and accommodation together, drawn only for quarters when every type was published by local authority (Mar 2025–Jun 2026). Blue line: contingency hotel accommodation, published by local authority since Dec 2022. Blank quarters are not zero: some types were not published by local authority then. Figures since 2018 are provisional and revised in each release.

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Ethnic groups here at three censuses, 2001 → 2021

Observation period: 2001 → 2021

Census 2021Ethnic groups here at three censuses, 2001 → 2021: White British 94.6% (2001) to 85.8% (2021); Other White 3.6% (2001) to 6.2% (2021); Asian or Asian British 0.6% (2001) to 2.8% (2021); Black or Black British 0.4% (2001) to 1.3% (2021); Mixed or multiple 0.6% (2001) to 3.2% (2021); Other ethnic group 0.2% (2001) to 0.7% (2021).12.3%82.5%202120112001White British85.8%Other White6.2%Asian or Asian British2.8%Black or Black British1.3%Mixed or multiple3.2%Other ethnic group0.7%
Share of residents in St Albans 004 at three census observations on unchanged neighbourhood boundaries. Source: ONS Census 2001 KS006 via Nomis, and Census 2011/2021. Chinese is included in Asian at all three dates; other White groups are combined, and Arab is combined with Other in later years. Arab and Gypsy/Irish Traveller tick boxes first appeared in 2011, Roma in 2021: none is separately estimated for 2001. Changed questions and self-identification limit comparisons. Counts use the published total, with disclosure adjustment; this shows changes in the mix, not who moved in or out.
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Ethnic groups here at three censuses, 2001 → 2021
ObservationWhite BritishOther WhiteAsian or Asian BritishBlack or Black BritishMixed or multipleOther ethnic group
200194.6%3.6%0.6%0.4%0.6%0.2%
201191.7%4%1.2%1.1%1.7%0.2%
202185.8%6.2%2.8%1.3%3.2%0.7%
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partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Census vintage: 2021
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Share of residents in St Albans 004 at three census observations on unchanged neighbourhood boundaries. Source: ONS Census 2001 KS006 via Nomis, and Census 2011/2021. Chinese is included in Asian at all three dates; other White groups are combined, and Arab is combined with Other in later years. Arab and Gypsy/Irish Traveller tick boxes first appeared in 2011, Roma in 2021: none is separately estimated for 2001. Changed questions and self-identification limit comparisons. Counts use the published total, with disclosure adjustment; this shows changes in the mix, not who moved in or out.

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Religion here at three censuses, 2001 → 2021

Observation period: 2001 → 2021

Census 2021Religion here at three censuses, 2001 → 2021: Christian 74.3% (2001) to 51.1% (2021); No religion 17.4% (2001) to 38.8% (2021); Not answered 7.1% (2001) to 5.9% (2021); Muslim 0.5% (2001) to 1.4% (2021).9.9%64.9%202120112001Christian51.1%No religion38.8%Not answered5.9%Muslim1.4%
Share of residents by religion in St Albans 004 at the 2001, 2011 and 2021 censuses, the only times religion is counted (the next is 2031). Drawn because this neighbourhood's boundary is the same at all three. The question is voluntary: the share who did not answer moves from census to census and moves every other share with it. Three counts ten years apart show how the mix changed, not who moved in or out.
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Religion here at three censuses, 2001 → 2021
ObservationChristianNo religionNot answeredMuslim
200174.3%17.4%7.1%0.5%
201164.2%26.1%7.6%0.7%
202151.1%38.8%5.9%1.4%
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Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Census vintage: 2021
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Share of residents by religion in St Albans 004 at the 2001, 2011 and 2021 censuses, the only times religion is counted (the next is 2031). Drawn because this neighbourhood's boundary is the same at all three. The question is voluntary: the share who did not answer moves from census to census and moves every other share with it. Three counts ten years apart show how the mix changed, not who moved in or out.

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Earlier school ethnicity: compulsory school age and above

Observation period: 2009/10 → 2016/17

2016/17Earlier school ethnicity: compulsory school age and above: White British 91% (2009/10) to 81.9% (2016/17); Other White 3.8% (2009/10) to 8.1% (2016/17); Asian 0% (2009/10) to 0.4% (2016/17); Black 0% (2010/11) to 2.7% (2016/17); Mixed 6.8% (2014/15) to 5.8% (2016/17); Other 0% (2009/10) to 0.4% (2016/17).11.7%79.6%2016/172014/152012/132009/10White British81.9%Other White8.1%Asian0.4%Black2.7%Mixed5.8%Other0.4%
Separate DfE January school-census series for pupils of compulsory school age and above, using 1 matched current school URNs. Published denominators are rounded to the nearest 5, so shares are approximate and may not add to 100%. Suppressed or unheld counts remain gaps; no suppressed count is reconstructed. The all-age series starts in 2017/18 and is not joined to this line. Current school locations and types define this cohort; these are not the same pupils over time and not neighbourhood residents.
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Earlier school ethnicity: compulsory school age and above
ObservationWhite BritishOther WhiteAsianBlackMixedOther
2009/1091%3.8%0%Not heldNot held0%
2010/1191.3%2.6%0%0%Not held0%
2011/1288.1%Not heldNot heldNot heldNot heldNot held
2012/1386.1%Not held1.2%Not heldNot heldNot held
2013/1488.3%Not held1.3%Not heldNot heldNot held
2014/1586%3.4%0.4%1.3%6.8%0.4%
2015/1684.1%6.5%0.8%1.6%5.7%0.4%
2016/1781.9%8.1%0.4%2.7%5.8%0.4%
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Section date
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Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Census vintage: 2021
How to compare
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Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Separate DfE January school-census series for pupils of compulsory school age and above, using 1 matched current school URNs. Published denominators are rounded to the nearest 5, so shares are approximate and may not add to 100%. Suppressed or unheld counts remain gaps; no suppressed count is reconstructed. The all-age series starts in 2017/18 and is not joined to this line. Current school locations and types define this cohort; these are not the same pupils over time and not neighbourhood residents.

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Households by cars or vans: St Albans 004 against St Albans and England

Observation period not held separately; see the source notes.

Here 8.1% of households had no car or van and 57% had two or more; St Albans 13% and 43%, England 24% and 35%.

Households by cars or vans: St Albans 004 against St Albans and England: Here: St Albans 004 (1.6 per household): None 8.1%, One 35%, Two 41%, Three or more 16%; St Albans (1.4 per household): None 13%, One 44%, Two 32%, Three or more 11%; England (1.2 per household): None 24%, One 41%, Two 26%, Three or more 9.1%.Cars or vans:NoneOneTwoThree or moreHere: St Albans 004 · 1.6 per household8.1%35%41%16%St Albans · 1.4 per household13%44%32%11%England · 1.2 per household24%41%26%9.1%
Each bar is all households in the area, by how many cars or vans they said they had on census day, 21 March 2021; three or more is one band. Shares of households, with cars or vans per household beside each name (three or more counted as three). Census 2021 (TS045), Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0. How many cars or vans households said they had, not a measure of parking.
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Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Census vintage: 2021
How to compare
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Each bar is all households in the area, by how many cars or vans they said they had on census day, 21 March 2021; three or more is one band. Shares of households, with cars or vans per household beside each name (three or more counted as three). Census 2021 (TS045), Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0. How many cars or vans households said they had, not a measure of parking.

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Ethnic group — full breakdown, 2021

Census 2021, residents. Counts and shares of each area’s total; all categories held are shown. Missing values are unavailable, not zero. Neighbourhood: 2021 MSOA boundary. Earlier neighbourhood figures are available only where comparable boundaries and questions permit.

CategorySt Albans 004 (MSOA)
Count (share)		St Albans (borough)
Count (share)		England (nation)
Count (share)
Total residents 6,718 (100.0%) 148,167 (100.0%) 56,490,243 (100.0%)
White British 5,767 (85.8%) 108,961 (73.5%) 41,540,754 (73.5%)
White Irish 82 (1.2%) 2,974 (2.0%) 494,284 (0.9%)
Gypsy or Irish Traveller 9 (0.1%) 143 (<0.1%) 64,166 (0.1%)
Other White (including Roma) 323 (4.8%) 11,788 (8.0%) 3,684,175 (6.5%)
Mixed: White and Black Caribbean 46 (0.7%) 1,307 (0.9%) 499,343 (0.9%)
Mixed: White and Black African 23 (0.3%) 651 (0.4%) 241,611 (0.4%)
Mixed: White and Asian 84 (1.3%) 2,559 (1.7%) 474,283 (0.8%)
Other Mixed 62 (0.9%) 1,841 (1.2%) 454,333 (0.8%)
Indian 71 (1.1%) 3,852 (2.6%) 1,843,296 (3.3%)
Pakistani 33 (0.5%) 1,620 (1.1%) 1,570,291 (2.8%)
Bangladeshi 10 (0.1%) 3,106 (2.1%) 629,527 (1.1%)
Chinese 18 (0.3%) 1,620 (1.1%) 431,167 (0.8%)
Other Asian 54 (0.8%) 1,971 (1.3%) 952,099 (1.7%)
African 41 (0.6%) 1,819 (1.2%) 1,468,520 (2.6%)
Caribbean 24 (0.4%) 906 (0.6%) 619,404 (1.1%)
Other Black 21 (0.3%) 431 (0.3%) 293,791 (0.5%)
Arab 19 (0.3%) 884 (0.6%) 320,269 (0.6%)
Any other ethnic group 31 (0.5%) 1,734 (1.2%) 908,930 (1.6%)
other_2001 Unavailable Unavailable Unavailable
white_other_2001 Unavailable Unavailable Unavailable
Ethnic group — full breakdown, 2011

Census 2011, residents. Counts and shares of each area’s total; all categories held are shown. Missing values are unavailable, not zero. Neighbourhood: 2021 MSOA boundary. Earlier neighbourhood figures are available only where comparable boundaries and questions permit.

CategorySt Albans 004 (MSOA)
Count (share)		St Albans (borough)
Count (share)		England (nation)
Count (share)
Total residents 6,410 (100.0%) 140,664 (100.0%) 53,012,456 (100.0%)
White British 5,880 (91.7%) 114,145 (81.1%) 42,279,236 (79.8%)
White Irish 73 (1.1%) 2,514 (1.8%) 517,001 (1.0%)
Gypsy or Irish Traveller 5 (<0.1%) 165 (0.1%) 54,895 (0.1%)
Other White (including Roma) 179 (2.8%) 7,556 (5.4%) 2,430,010 (4.6%)
Mixed: White and Black Caribbean 42 (0.7%) 1,019 (0.7%) 415,616 (0.8%)
Mixed: White and Black African 19 (0.3%) 397 (0.3%) 161,550 (0.3%)
Mixed: White and Asian 34 (0.5%) 1,491 (1.1%) 332,708 (0.6%)
Other Mixed 12 (0.2%) 997 (0.7%) 283,005 (0.5%)
Indian 22 (0.3%) 2,210 (1.6%) 1,395,702 (2.6%)
Pakistani 9 (0.1%) 1,149 (0.8%) 1,112,282 (2.1%)
Bangladeshi 8 (0.1%) 2,633 (1.9%) 436,514 (0.8%)
Chinese 19 (0.3%) 1,149 (0.8%) 379,503 (0.7%)
Other Asian 22 (0.3%) 1,870 (1.3%) 819,402 (1.5%)
African 39 (0.6%) 1,203 (0.9%) 977,741 (1.8%)
Caribbean 21 (0.3%) 911 (0.6%) 591,016 (1.1%)
Other Black 12 (0.2%) 274 (0.2%) 277,857 (0.5%)
Arab 9 (0.1%) 459 (0.3%) 220,985 (0.4%)
Any other ethnic group 5 (<0.1%) 522 (0.4%) 327,433 (0.6%)
other_2001 Unavailable Unavailable Unavailable
white_other_2001 Unavailable Unavailable Unavailable
Ethnic group — full breakdown, 2001

Census 2001, residents. Counts and shares of each area’s total; all categories held are shown. Missing values are unavailable, not zero. Neighbourhood: 2021 MSOA boundary. Earlier neighbourhood figures are available only where comparable boundaries and questions permit.

CategorySt Albans 004 (MSOA)
Count (share)		St Albans (borough)
Count (share)		England (nation)
Count (share)
Total residents 6,057 (100.0%) Unavailable 49,138,831 (100.0%)
White British 5,729 (94.6%) Unavailable 42,747,136 (87.0%)
White Irish 63 (1.0%) Unavailable 624,115 (1.3%)
Gypsy or Irish Traveller Unavailable Unavailable Unavailable
Other White (including Roma) Unavailable Unavailable Unavailable
Mixed: White and Black Caribbean 17 (0.3%) Unavailable 231,424 (0.5%)
Mixed: White and Black African 3 (<0.1%) Unavailable 76,498 (0.2%)
Mixed: White and Asian 8 (0.1%) Unavailable 184,014 (0.4%)
Other Mixed 10 (0.2%) Unavailable 151,437 (0.3%)
Indian 6 (<0.1%) Unavailable 1,028,546 (2.1%)
Pakistani 5 (<0.1%) Unavailable 706,539 (1.4%)
Bangladeshi 7 (0.1%) Unavailable 275,394 (0.6%)
Chinese 7 (0.1%) Unavailable 220,681 (0.4%)
Other Asian 12 (0.2%) Unavailable 237,810 (0.5%)
African 7 (0.1%) Unavailable 475,938 (1.0%)
Caribbean 15 (0.2%) Unavailable 561,246 (1.1%)
Other Black 0 (0.0%) Unavailable 95,324 (0.2%)
Arab Unavailable Unavailable Unavailable
Any other ethnic group Unavailable Unavailable Unavailable
other_2001 10 (0.2%) Unavailable 214,619 (0.4%)
white_other_2001 158 (2.6%) Unavailable 1,308,110 (2.7%)
Religion — full breakdown, 2021

Census 2021, residents. Counts and shares of each area’s total; all categories held are shown. Missing values are unavailable, not zero. Neighbourhood: 2021 MSOA boundary. Earlier neighbourhood figures are available only where comparable boundaries and questions permit.

CategorySt Albans 004 (MSOA)
Count (share)		St Albans (borough)
Count (share)		England (nation)
Count (share)
Total residents 6,716 (100.0%) 148,171 (100.0%) 56,490,113 (100.0%)
No religion 2,607 (38.8%) 55,020 (37.1%) 20,715,631 (36.7%)
Christian 3,434 (51.1%) 70,246 (47.4%) 26,167,916 (46.3%)
Buddhist 27 (0.4%) 734 (0.5%) 262,457 (0.5%)
Hindu 62 (0.9%) 2,742 (1.9%) 1,020,527 (1.8%)
Jewish 60 (0.9%) 2,237 (1.5%) 269,245 (0.5%)
Muslim 95 (1.4%) 6,918 (4.7%) 3,801,128 (6.7%)
Sikh 12 (0.2%) 533 (0.4%) 520,056 (0.9%)
Other religion 23 (0.3%) 711 (0.5%) 332,549 (0.6%)
Not answered 396 (5.9%) 9,030 (6.1%) 3,400,604 (6.0%)
Religion — full breakdown, 2011

Census 2011, residents. Counts and shares of each area’s total; all categories held are shown. Missing values are unavailable, not zero. Neighbourhood: 2021 MSOA boundary. Earlier neighbourhood figures are available only where comparable boundaries and questions permit.

CategorySt Albans 004 (MSOA)
Count (share)		St Albans (borough)
Count (share)		England (nation)
Count (share)
Total residents 6,410 (100.0%) 140,664 (100.0%) 53,012,456 (100.0%)
No religion 1,671 (26.1%) 36,278 (25.8%) 13,114,232 (24.7%)
Christian 4,118 (64.2%) 83,988 (59.7%) 31,479,876 (59.4%)
Buddhist 12 (0.2%) 615 (0.4%) 238,626 (0.5%)
Hindu 17 (0.3%) 1,777 (1.3%) 806,199 (1.5%)
Jewish 33 (0.5%) 1,664 (1.2%) 261,282 (0.5%)
Muslim 48 (0.7%) 5,167 (3.7%) 2,660,116 (5.0%)
Sikh Unavailable 303 (0.2%) 420,196 (0.8%)
Other religion 23 (0.4%) 435 (0.3%) 227,825 (0.4%)
Not answered 488 (7.6%) 10,437 (7.4%) 3,804,104 (7.2%)
Religion — full breakdown, 2001

Census 2001, residents. Counts and shares of each area’s total; all categories held are shown. Missing values are unavailable, not zero. Neighbourhood: 2021 MSOA boundary. Earlier neighbourhood figures are available only where comparable boundaries and questions permit.

CategorySt Albans 004 (MSOA)
Count (share)		St Albans (borough)
Count (share)		England (nation)
Count (share)
Total residents 6,057 (100.0%) Unavailable 49,138,831 (100.0%)
No religion 1,054 (17.4%) Unavailable 7,171,332 (14.6%)
Christian 4,501 (74.3%) Unavailable 35,251,244 (71.7%)
Buddhist 3 (<0.1%) Unavailable 139,046 (0.3%)
Hindu 7 (0.1%) Unavailable 546,982 (1.1%)
Jewish 21 (0.3%) Unavailable 257,671 (0.5%)
Muslim 29 (0.5%) Unavailable 1,524,887 (3.1%)
Sikh 0 (0.0%) Unavailable 327,343 (0.7%)
Other religion 10 (0.2%) Unavailable 143,811 (0.3%)
Not answered 432 (7.1%) Unavailable 3,776,515 (7.7%)
Country of birth — full breakdown, 2021

Census 2021, residents. Counts and shares of each area’s total; all categories held are shown. Missing values are unavailable, not zero. Neighbourhood: 2021 MSOA boundary. Earlier neighbourhood figures are available only where comparable boundaries and questions permit.

CategorySt Albans 004 (MSOA)
Count (share)		St Albans (borough)
Count (share)		England (nation)
Count (share)
Total residents 6,716 (100.0%) 148,166 (100.0%) 56,490,081 (100.0%)
United Kingdom 6,033 (89.8%) 122,958 (83.0%) 46,687,491 (82.6%)
EU countries that joined before 2004 159 (2.4%) 5,980 (4.0%) 1,578,695 (2.8%)
EU countries that joined in 2004 or later 104 (1.5%) 3,500 (2.4%) 1,973,150 (3.5%)
Rest of Europe 36 (0.5%) 1,405 (0.9%) 491,063 (0.9%)
Africa 122 (1.8%) 4,057 (2.7%) 1,555,835 (2.8%)
Middle East and Asia 143 (2.1%) 6,723 (4.5%) 3,241,694 (5.7%)
The Americas and the Caribbean 83 (1.2%) 2,472 (1.7%) 773,359 (1.4%)
Oceania and elsewhere 36 (0.5%) 1,071 (0.7%) 188,794 (0.3%)
Country of birth — full breakdown, 2011

Census 2011, residents. Counts and shares of each area’s total; all categories held are shown. Missing values are unavailable, not zero. Neighbourhood: 2021 MSOA boundary. Earlier neighbourhood figures are available only where comparable boundaries and questions permit.

CategorySt Albans 004 (MSOA)
Count (share)		St Albans (borough)
Count (share)		England (nation)
Count (share)
Total residents 6,410 (100.0%) 140,664 (100.0%) 53,012,456 (100.0%)
United Kingdom 5,936 (92.6%) 121,715 (86.5%) 45,675,317 (86.2%)
EU countries that joined before 2004 128 (2.0%) 4,810 (3.4%) 1,290,090 (2.4%)
EU countries that joined in 2004 or later 61 (1.0%) 1,849 (1.3%) 1,085,351 (2.0%)
Rest of Europe 13 (0.2%) 714 (0.5%) 299,562 (0.6%)
Africa 109 (1.7%) 3,422 (2.4%) 1,290,611 (2.4%)
Middle East and Asia 75 (1.2%) 5,235 (3.7%) 2,529,137 (4.8%)
The Americas and the Caribbean 49 (0.8%) 1,937 (1.4%) 663,091 (1.3%)
Oceania and elsewhere 39 (0.6%) 982 (0.7%) 179,297 (0.3%)
Year of arrival in the UK — full breakdown, 2021

Census 2021, residents. Counts and shares of each area’s total; all categories held are shown. Missing values are unavailable, not zero. Neighbourhood: 2021 MSOA boundary. Earlier neighbourhood figures are available only where comparable boundaries and questions permit.

CategorySt Albans 004 (MSOA)
Count (share)		St Albans (borough)
Count (share)		England (nation)
Count (share)
Total residents 6,717 (100.0%) 148,153 (100.0%) 56,490,006 (100.0%)
Born in the UK 6,033 (89.8%) 122,958 (83.0%) 46,687,491 (82.6%)
Arrived in the ten years before the census 210 (3.1%) 9,064 (6.1%) 4,158,289 (7.4%)
Arrived earlier 474 (7.1%) 16,131 (10.9%) 5,644,226 (10.0%)
Year of arrival in the UK — full breakdown, 2011

Census 2011, residents. Counts and shares of each area’s total; all categories held are shown. Missing values are unavailable, not zero. Neighbourhood: 2021 MSOA boundary. Earlier neighbourhood figures are available only where comparable boundaries and questions permit.

CategorySt Albans 004 (MSOA)
Count (share)		St Albans (borough)
Count (share)		England (nation)
Count (share)
Total residents 6,410 (100.0%) 140,664 (100.0%) 53,012,456 (100.0%)
Born in the UK 5,936 (92.6%) 121,715 (86.5%) 45,675,317 (86.2%)
Arrived in the ten years before the census 172 (2.7%) 7,261 (5.2%) 3,682,918 (6.9%)
Arrived earlier 302 (4.7%) 11,688 (8.3%) 3,654,221 (6.9%)
Proficiency in English — full breakdown, 2021

Census 2021, residents aged 3 and over. Counts and shares of each area’s total; all categories held are shown. Missing values are unavailable, not zero. Neighbourhood: 2021 MSOA boundary. Earlier neighbourhood figures are available only where comparable boundaries and questions permit.

CategorySt Albans 004 (MSOA)
Count (share)		St Albans (borough)
Count (share)		England (nation)
Count (share)
Total residents aged 3 and over 6,513 (100.0%) 143,198 (100.0%) 54,686,051 (100.0%)
Main language is English 6,340 (97.3%) 134,129 (93.7%) 49,652,161 (90.8%)
Speaks English very well (another main language) 111 (1.7%) 5,307 (3.7%) 2,212,377 (4.0%)
Speaks English well 45 (0.7%) 2,565 (1.8%) 1,803,367 (3.3%)
Cannot speak English well 12 (0.2%) 1,027 (0.7%) 861,282 (1.6%)
Cannot speak English 5 (<0.1%) 170 (0.1%) 156,864 (0.3%)
Proficiency in English — full breakdown, 2011

Census 2011, residents aged 3 and over. Counts and shares of each area’s total; all categories held are shown. Missing values are unavailable, not zero. Neighbourhood: 2021 MSOA boundary. Earlier neighbourhood figures are available only where comparable boundaries and questions permit.

CategorySt Albans 004 (MSOA)
Count (share)		St Albans (borough)
Count (share)		England (nation)
Count (share)
Total residents aged 3 and over 6,125 (100.0%) 134,510 (100.0%) 51,005,610 (100.0%)
Main language is English 5,998 (97.9%) 127,012 (94.4%) 46,936,780 (92.0%)
Speaks English very well (another main language) 73 (1.2%) 3,964 (2.9%) 1,689,406 (3.3%)
Speaks English well 37 (0.6%) 2,364 (1.8%) 1,535,579 (3.0%)
Cannot speak English well 16 (0.3%) 1,020 (0.8%) 709,862 (1.4%)
Cannot speak English 1 (<0.1%) 150 (0.1%) 133,983 (0.3%)
Age — full breakdown, 2021

Census 2021, residents. Counts and shares of each area’s total; all categories held are shown. Missing values are unavailable, not zero. Neighbourhood: 2021 MSOA boundary. Earlier neighbourhood figures are available only where comparable boundaries and questions permit.

CategorySt Albans 004 (MSOA)
Count (share)		St Albans (borough)
Count (share)		England (nation)
Count (share)
Total residents 6,717 (100.0%) 148,167 (100.0%) 56,489,950 (100.0%)
Children under 15 1,404 (20.9%) 30,063 (20.3%) 9,838,926 (17.4%)
Aged 15 to 24 635 (9.5%) 14,205 (9.6%) 6,633,315 (11.7%)
Aged 25 to 44 1,296 (19.3%) 37,473 (25.3%) 15,043,561 (26.6%)
Aged 45 to 64 1,934 (28.8%) 40,928 (27.6%) 14,572,733 (25.8%)
Aged 65 and over 1,448 (21.6%) 25,498 (17.2%) 10,401,415 (18.4%)
Age — full breakdown, 2011

Census 2011, residents. Counts and shares of each area’s total; all categories held are shown. Missing values are unavailable, not zero. Neighbourhood: 2021 MSOA boundary. Earlier neighbourhood figures are available only where comparable boundaries and questions permit.

CategorySt Albans 004 (MSOA)
Count (share)		St Albans (borough)
Count (share)		England (nation)
Count (share)
Total residents 6,410 (100.0%) 140,664 (100.0%) 53,012,456 (100.0%)
Children under 15 1,305 (20.4%) 28,304 (20.1%) 9,372,010 (17.7%)
Aged 15 to 24 617 (9.6%) 14,314 (10.2%) 6,935,586 (13.1%)
Aged 25 to 44 1,469 (22.9%) 40,240 (28.6%) 14,595,152 (27.5%)
Aged 45 to 64 1,797 (28.0%) 36,030 (25.6%) 13,449,179 (25.4%)
Aged 65 and over 1,222 (19.1%) 21,776 (15.5%) 8,660,529 (16.3%)
Households — full breakdown, 2021

Census 2021, households. Counts and shares of each area’s total; all categories held are shown. Missing values are unavailable, not zero. Neighbourhood: 2021 MSOA boundary. Earlier neighbourhood figures are available only where comparable boundaries and questions permit. Pension age was 65 in 2011 and 66 in 2021.

CategorySt Albans 004 (MSOA)
Count (share)		St Albans (borough)
Count (share)		England (nation)
Count (share)
Total households 2,651 (100.0%) 58,980 (100.0%) 23,436,137 (100.0%)
Families with dependent children 921 (34.7%) 20,495 (34.7%) 6,675,784 (28.5%)
Couples without children 386 (14.6%) 9,536 (16.2%) 3,927,211 (16.8%)
Families with grown-up children only 264 (10.0%) 5,925 (10.0%) 2,461,092 (10.5%)
Living alone, under pension age 244 (9.2%) 8,448 (14.3%) 4,050,461 (17.3%)
Living alone, pension age 372 (14.0%) 7,079 (12.0%) 3,001,762 (12.8%)
Older couples and families (all pension age) 395 (14.9%) 5,570 (9.4%) 2,145,347 (9.2%)
Sharers, students and other households 69 (2.6%) 1,927 (3.3%) 1,174,480 (5.0%)
Households — full breakdown, 2011

Census 2011, households. Counts and shares of each area’s total; all categories held are shown. Missing values are unavailable, not zero. Neighbourhood: 2021 MSOA boundary. Earlier neighbourhood figures are available only where comparable boundaries and questions permit. Pension age was 65 in 2011 and 66 in 2021.

CategorySt Albans 004 (MSOA)
Count (share)		St Albans (borough)
Count (share)		England (nation)
Count (share)
Total households 2,582 (100.0%) 56,140 (100.0%) 22,063,368 (100.0%)
Families with dependent children 853 (33.0%) 18,709 (33.3%) 6,423,941 (29.1%)
Couples without children 469 (18.2%) 10,259 (18.3%) 3,892,382 (17.6%)
Families with grown-up children only 245 (9.5%) 5,078 (9.0%) 2,109,410 (9.6%)
Living alone, under pension age 268 (10.4%) 8,598 (15.3%) 3,940,897 (17.9%)
Living alone, pension age 361 (14.0%) 6,390 (11.4%) 2,725,596 (12.4%)
Older couples and families (all pension age) 320 (12.4%) 4,832 (8.6%) 1,789,465 (8.1%)
Sharers, students and other households 66 (2.6%) 2,274 (4.1%) 1,181,677 (5.4%)
Occupations — full breakdown, 2021

Census 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Counts and shares of each area’s total; all categories held are shown. Missing values are unavailable, not zero. Neighbourhood: 2021 MSOA boundary. Earlier neighbourhood figures are available only where comparable boundaries and questions permit.

CategorySt Albans 004 (MSOA)
Count (share)		St Albans (borough)
Count (share)		England (nation)
Count (share)
Total residents aged 16 and over 5,230 (100.0%) 116,084 (100.0%) 46,006,843 (100.0%)
Higher managerial and professional 1,294 (24.7%) 30,245 (26.1%) 6,092,765 (13.2%)
Lower managerial and professional 1,315 (25.1%) 29,548 (25.5%) 9,172,387 (19.9%)
Intermediate (clerical, administrative) 587 (11.2%) 12,402 (10.7%) 5,255,321 (11.4%)
Small employers and self-employed 638 (12.2%) 12,295 (10.6%) 4,873,343 (10.6%)
Supervisory and technical 170 (3.3%) 3,670 (3.2%) 2,460,736 (5.3%)
Semi-routine and routine 720 (13.8%) 15,024 (12.9%) 10,705,798 (23.3%)
Never worked or long-term unemployed 226 (4.3%) 5,754 (5.0%) 3,915,451 (8.5%)
Full-time students 280 (5.4%) 7,146 (6.2%) 3,531,042 (7.7%)
Work and study — full breakdown, 2021

Census 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Counts and shares of each area’s total; all categories held are shown. Missing values are unavailable, not zero. Neighbourhood: 2021 MSOA boundary. Earlier neighbourhood figures are available only where comparable boundaries and questions permit.

CategorySt Albans 004 (MSOA)
Count (share)		St Albans (borough)
Count (share)		England (nation)
Count (share)
Total residents aged 16 and over 5,229 (100.0%) 116,081 (100.0%) 46,006,810 (100.0%)
In work 3,011 (57.6%) 71,278 (61.4%) 25,632,344 (55.7%)
Unemployed 106 (2.0%) 2,596 (2.2%) 1,312,711 (2.9%)
Full-time students 290 (5.5%) 7,454 (6.4%) 3,651,746 (7.9%)
Retired 1,416 (27.1%) 24,129 (20.8%) 9,882,060 (21.5%)
Looking after home or family 234 (4.5%) 5,509 (4.7%) 2,207,734 (4.8%)
Long-term sick or disabled 77 (1.5%) 2,585 (2.2%) 1,874,310 (4.1%)
Other not working 95 (1.8%) 2,530 (2.2%) 1,445,905 (3.1%)
Passports held — full breakdown, 2021

Census 2021, residents. Counts and shares of each area’s total; all categories held are shown. Missing values are unavailable, not zero. Neighbourhood: 2021 MSOA boundary. Earlier neighbourhood figures are available only where comparable boundaries and questions permit.

CategorySt Albans 004 (MSOA)
Count (share)		St Albans (borough)
Count (share)		England (nation)
Count (share)
Total residents 6,714 (100.0%) 148,179 (100.0%) 56,489,971 (100.0%)
United Kingdom 5,855 (87.2%) 124,990 (84.4%) 43,288,679 (76.6%)
Ireland 60 (0.9%) 2,084 (1.4%) 354,928 (0.6%)
Other EU country 178 (2.7%) 7,537 (5.1%) 3,447,212 (6.1%)
Rest of Europe 15 (0.2%) 518 (0.3%) 169,004 (0.3%)
Africa 20 (0.3%) 906 (0.6%) 370,094 (0.7%)
Middle East and Asia 33 (0.5%) 1,685 (1.1%) 1,052,253 (1.9%)
The Americas and the Caribbean 36 (0.5%) 886 (0.6%) 295,241 (0.5%)
Oceania and elsewhere 10 (0.1%) 463 (0.3%) 76,034 (0.1%)
No passport 507 (7.6%) 9,110 (6.1%) 7,436,526 (13.2%)
National identity — full breakdown, 2021

Census 2021, residents. Counts and shares of each area’s total; all categories held are shown. Missing values are unavailable, not zero. Neighbourhood: 2021 MSOA boundary. Earlier neighbourhood figures are available only where comparable boundaries and questions permit.

CategorySt Albans 004 (MSOA)
Count (share)		St Albans (borough)
Count (share)		England (nation)
Count (share)
Total residents 6,717 (100.0%) 148,173 (100.0%) 56,489,814 (100.0%)
A UK identity only (British, English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish, Cornish) 6,192 (92.2%) 129,823 (87.6%) 49,704,040 (88.0%)
A UK identity and another 147 (2.2%) 5,040 (3.4%) 1,156,027 (2.0%)
No UK identity 378 (5.6%) 13,310 (9.0%) 5,629,747 (10.0%)
Cars or vans — full breakdown, 2021

Census 2021, households. Counts and shares of each area’s total; all categories held are shown. Missing values are unavailable, not zero. Neighbourhood: 2021 MSOA boundary. Earlier neighbourhood figures are available only where comparable boundaries and questions permit.

CategorySt Albans 004 (MSOA)
Count (share)		St Albans (borough)
Count (share)		England (nation)
Count (share)
Total households 2,651 (100.0%) 58,998 (100.0%) 23,435,925 (100.0%)
No car or van 215 (8.1%) 7,573 (12.8%) 5,516,061 (23.5%)
One 932 (35.2%) 26,010 (44.1%) 9,674,585 (41.3%)
Two 1,091 (41.2%) 19,106 (32.4%) 6,106,944 (26.1%)
Three or more 413 (15.6%) 6,309 (10.7%) 2,138,335 (9.1%)
Cars or vans — full breakdown, 2011

Census 2011, households. Counts and shares of each area’s total; all categories held are shown. Missing values are unavailable, not zero. Neighbourhood: 2021 MSOA boundary. Earlier neighbourhood figures are available only where comparable boundaries and questions permit.

CategorySt Albans 004 (MSOA)
Count (share)		St Albans (borough)
Count (share)		England (nation)
Count (share)
Total households 2,582 (100.0%) 56,140 (100.0%) 22,063,368 (100.0%)
No car or van 276 (10.7%) 7,606 (13.5%) 5,691,251 (25.8%)
One 910 (35.2%) 24,108 (42.9%) 9,301,776 (42.2%)
Two 1,042 (40.4%) 18,964 (33.8%) 5,441,593 (24.7%)
Three or more 354 (13.7%) 5,462 (9.7%) 1,628,748 (7.4%)
Travel to work — full breakdown, 2021

Census 2021, working residents. Counts and shares of each area’s total; all categories held are shown. Missing values are unavailable, not zero. Neighbourhood: 2021 MSOA boundary. Earlier neighbourhood figures are available only where comparable boundaries and questions permit. Census day fell during a lockdown.

CategorySt Albans 004 (MSOA)
Count (share)		St Albans (borough)
Count (share)		England (nation)
Count (share)
Total working residents 3,052 (100.0%) 72,872 (100.0%) 26,404,987 (100.0%)
Work mainly from home 1,597 (52.3%) 38,591 (53.0%) 8,321,306 (31.5%)
Train, tube or tram 77 (2.5%) 2,709 (3.7%) 1,022,521 (3.9%)
Bus or coach 33 (1.1%) 732 (1.0%) 1,129,512 (4.3%)
Car or van 1,178 (38.6%) 24,746 (34.0%) 12,769,274 (48.4%)
Bicycle 17 (0.6%) 763 (1.0%) 554,140 (2.1%)
On foot 114 (3.7%) 4,375 (6.0%) 2,017,001 (7.6%)
Taxi, motorcycle or other 36 (1.2%) 956 (1.3%) 591,233 (2.2%)
General health — full breakdown, 2021

Census 2021, residents. Counts and shares of each area’s total; all categories held are shown. Missing values are unavailable, not zero. Neighbourhood: 2021 MSOA boundary. Earlier neighbourhood figures are available only where comparable boundaries and questions permit.

CategorySt Albans 004 (MSOA)
Count (share)		St Albans (borough)
Count (share)		England (nation)
Count (share)
Total residents 6,714 (100.0%) 148,164 (100.0%) 56,490,013 (100.0%)
Very good 3,717 (55.4%) 85,242 (57.5%) 27,390,819 (48.5%)
Good 2,120 (31.6%) 44,891 (30.3%) 19,040,726 (33.7%)
Fair 686 (10.2%) 13,556 (9.1%) 7,147,350 (12.7%)
Bad 154 (2.3%) 3,517 (2.4%) 2,248,258 (4.0%)
Very bad 37 (0.6%) 958 (0.6%) 662,860 (1.2%)
General health — full breakdown, 2011

Census 2011, residents. Counts and shares of each area’s total; all categories held are shown. Missing values are unavailable, not zero. Neighbourhood: 2021 MSOA boundary. Earlier neighbourhood figures are available only where comparable boundaries and questions permit.

CategorySt Albans 004 (MSOA)
Count (share)		St Albans (borough)
Count (share)		England (nation)
Count (share)
Total residents 6,410 (100.0%) 140,664 (100.0%) 53,012,456 (100.0%)
Very good 3,497 (54.6%) 77,531 (55.1%) 25,005,712 (47.2%)
Good 2,070 (32.3%) 44,813 (31.9%) 18,141,457 (34.2%)
Fair 645 (10.1%) 13,802 (9.8%) 6,954,092 (13.1%)
Bad 158 (2.5%) 3,521 (2.5%) 2,250,446 (4.2%)
Very bad 40 (0.6%) 997 (0.7%) 660,749 (1.2%)
Type of home — full breakdown, 2021

Census 2021, households. Counts and shares of each area’s total; all categories held are shown. Missing values are unavailable, not zero. Neighbourhood: 2021 MSOA boundary. Earlier neighbourhood figures are available only where comparable boundaries and questions permit.

CategorySt Albans 004 (MSOA)
Count (share)		St Albans (borough)
Count (share)		England (nation)
Count (share)
Total households 2,651 (100.0%) 58,999 (100.0%) 23,436,202 (100.0%)
Detached 997 (37.6%) 15,498 (26.3%) 5,368,918 (22.9%)
Semi-detached 826 (31.2%) 17,841 (30.2%) 7,378,333 (31.5%)
Terraced 433 (16.3%) 11,819 (20.0%) 5,381,428 (23.0%)
Flat in a purpose-built block 325 (12.3%) 11,090 (18.8%) 3,999,776 (17.1%)
Flat in a converted building 48 (1.8%) 1,978 (3.4%) 1,009,847 (4.3%)
Flat in a commercial building 22 (0.8%) 520 (0.9%) 198,019 (0.8%)
Caravan or temporary home Unavailable 253 (0.4%) 99,881 (0.4%)
Bedrooms against need — full breakdown, 2021

Census 2021, households. Counts and shares of each area’s total; all categories held are shown. Missing values are unavailable, not zero. Neighbourhood: 2021 MSOA boundary. Earlier neighbourhood figures are available only where comparable boundaries and questions permit.

CategorySt Albans 004 (MSOA)
Count (share)		St Albans (borough)
Count (share)		England (nation)
Count (share)
Total households 2,651 (100.0%) 58,999 (100.0%) 23,435,948 (100.0%)
Two or more spare bedrooms 1,398 (52.7%) 25,449 (43.1%) 8,341,168 (35.6%)
One spare bedroom 734 (27.7%) 18,048 (30.6%) 7,791,483 (33.2%)
As many bedrooms as needed 451 (17.0%) 13,686 (23.2%) 6,278,645 (26.8%)
One bedroom short (overcrowded) 62 (2.3%) 1,598 (2.7%) 854,377 (3.6%)
Two or more bedrooms short 6 (0.2%) 218 (0.4%) 170,275 (0.7%)
Bedrooms against need — full breakdown, 2011

Census 2011, households. Counts and shares of each area’s total; all categories held are shown. Missing values are unavailable, not zero. Neighbourhood: 2021 MSOA boundary. Earlier neighbourhood figures are available only where comparable boundaries and questions permit.

CategorySt Albans 004 (MSOA)
Count (share)		St Albans (borough)
Count (share)		England (nation)
Count (share)
Total households 2,582 (100.0%) 56,140 (100.0%) 22,063,368 (100.0%)
Two or more spare bedrooms 1,319 (51.1%) 23,124 (41.2%) 7,558,815 (34.3%)
One spare bedroom 744 (28.8%) 18,237 (32.5%) 7,594,129 (34.4%)
As many bedrooms as needed 452 (17.5%) 12,940 (23.0%) 5,885,951 (26.7%)
One bedroom short (overcrowded) 60 (2.3%) 1,630 (2.9%) 870,540 (3.9%)
Two or more bedrooms short 7 (0.3%) 209 (0.4%) 153,933 (0.7%)
Main languages — full breakdown, 2021

Census 2021, residents aged 3 and over. Counts and shares of each area’s total; all categories held are shown. Missing values are unavailable, not zero. Detailed languages are published for boroughs only; no neighbourhood estimate is made.

CategorySt Albans (borough)
Count (share)		England (nation)
Count (share)
Total residents aged 3 and over 143,199 (100.0%) 54,686,108 (100.0%)
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 134,129 (93.7%) 49,652,192 (90.8%)
Afrikaans 57 (<0.1%) 7,319 (<0.1%)
Akan 19 (<0.1%) 19,698 (<0.1%)
Albanian 148 (0.1%) 51,888 (<0.1%)
All other Chinese 209 (0.1%) 113,945 (0.2%)
Amharic 12 (<0.1%) 10,647 (<0.1%)
Any other African language 21 (<0.1%) 14,487 (<0.1%)
Any other Caribbean Creole 5 (<0.1%) 1,627 (<0.1%)
Any other East Asian language 4 (<0.1%) 11,777 (<0.1%)
Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 2 (<0.1%) 352 (<0.1%)
Any other European language (EU) 46 (<0.1%) 5,696 (<0.1%)
Any other South Asian language 63 (<0.1%) 30,545 (<0.1%)
Any other West African language 3 (<0.1%) 11,997 (<0.1%)
Any other West or Central Asian language 21 (<0.1%) 9,728 (<0.1%)
Any sign communication system 6 (<0.1%) 3,388 (<0.1%)
Arabic 382 (0.3%) 195,483 (0.4%)
Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 755 (0.5%) 194,820 (0.4%)
Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 68 (<0.1%) 17,805 (<0.1%)
British Sign Language 70 (<0.1%) 20,740 (<0.1%)
Bulgarian 190 (0.1%) 108,945 (0.2%)
Cantonese Chinese 294 (0.2%) 53,981 (<0.1%)
Czech 80 (<0.1%) 28,752 (<0.1%)
Danish 39 (<0.1%) 5,929 (<0.1%)
Dutch 81 (<0.1%) 18,508 (<0.1%)
Estonian 7 (<0.1%) 2,573 (<0.1%)
Finnish 20 (<0.1%) 4,667 (<0.1%)
French 359 (0.3%) 118,638 (0.2%)
Gaelic (Irish) 2 (<0.1%) 712 (<0.1%)
Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 2 (<0.1%) 261 (<0.1%)
German 194 (0.1%) 45,200 (<0.1%)
Greek 283 (0.2%) 75,265 (0.1%)
Gujarati 155 (0.1%) 188,212 (0.3%)
Hebrew 27 (<0.1%) 6,612 (<0.1%)
Hindi 90 (<0.1%) 50,615 (<0.1%)
Hungarian 254 (0.2%) 85,190 (0.2%)
Igbo 8 (<0.1%) 10,975 (<0.1%)
Italian 573 (0.4%) 157,623 (0.3%)
Japanese 98 (<0.1%) 22,193 (<0.1%)
Korean 22 (<0.1%) 11,875 (<0.1%)
Kurdish 23 (<0.1%) 64,592 (0.1%)
Latvian 19 (<0.1%) 37,875 (<0.1%)
Lingala 1 (<0.1%) 5,443 (<0.1%)
Lithuanian 78 (<0.1%) 117,877 (0.2%)
Luganda 5 (<0.1%) 2,134 (<0.1%)
Malay 6 (<0.1%) 7,761 (<0.1%)
Malayalam 33 (<0.1%) 62,982 (0.1%)
Maltese 10 (<0.1%) 1,414 (<0.1%)
Mandarin Chinese 53 (<0.1%) 29,833 (<0.1%)
Marathi 15 (<0.1%) 10,872 (<0.1%)
Nepalese 4 (<0.1%) 73,294 (0.1%)
Northern European language (non EU) 33 (<0.1%) 7,620 (<0.1%)
Oceanic or Australian language 1 (<0.1%) 1,701 (<0.1%)
Other language 19 (<0.1%) 7,255 (<0.1%)
Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 3 (<0.1%) 22,789 (<0.1%)
Panjabi 104 (<0.1%) 288,658 (0.5%)
Pashto 17 (<0.1%) 48,163 (<0.1%)
Persian or Farsi 77 (<0.1%) 86,267 (0.2%)
Polish 852 (0.6%) 590,968 (1.1%)
Portuguese 448 (0.3%) 221,076 (0.4%)
Romanian 584 (0.4%) 465,933 (0.9%)
Romany English 7 (<0.1%) 1,851 (<0.1%)
Russian 235 (0.2%) 89,899 (0.2%)
Scots 1 (<0.1%) 513 (<0.1%)
Shona 33 (<0.1%) 10,597 (<0.1%)
Sinhala 40 (<0.1%) 12,707 (<0.1%)
Slovak 98 (<0.1%) 48,519 (<0.1%)
Slovenian 1 (<0.1%) 2,304 (<0.1%)
Somali 6 (<0.1%) 61,376 (0.1%)
Spanish 663 (0.5%) 211,994 (0.4%)
Swahili or Kiswahili 15 (<0.1%) 10,037 (<0.1%)
Swedish 51 (<0.1%) 12,273 (<0.1%)
Tagalog or Filipino 79 (<0.1%) 59,123 (0.1%)
Tamil 190 (0.1%) 123,747 (0.2%)
Telugu 43 (<0.1%) 30,690 (<0.1%)
Thai 61 (<0.1%) 22,078 (<0.1%)
Tigrinya 4 (<0.1%) 22,334 (<0.1%)
Turkish 170 (0.1%) 110,648 (0.2%)
Ukrainian 25 (<0.1%) 13,981 (<0.1%)
Urdu 252 (0.2%) 267,624 (0.5%)
Vietnamese 14 (<0.1%) 18,101 (<0.1%)
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 24 (<0.1%) 7,350 (<0.1%)
Yoruba 4 (<0.1%) 9,826 (<0.1%)
Any other Nigerian language Unavailable 4,388 (<0.1%)
Any other sign language Unavailable 1,379 (<0.1%)
Any Romani language Unavailable 156 (<0.1%)
Cornish Unavailable 557 (<0.1%)
English-based Caribbean Creole Unavailable 142 (<0.1%)
Gaelic (Scottish) Unavailable 161 (<0.1%)
Irish Traveller Cant Unavailable 30 (<0.1%)
Krio Unavailable 917 (<0.1%)
Manx Gaelic Unavailable 6 (<0.1%)
North or South American language Unavailable 68 (<0.1%)
Ulster Scots Unavailable 12 (<0.1%)
Yiddish Unavailable 5,353 (<0.1%)
Residents (mid-2024 estimate)
6,849

2011: 6,425 (+6.6%). St Albans +6.9% over the same years.

Born outside the UK
10%

2011: 7.4%. St Albans: 17%.

People in asylum hotels in St Albans
18

30 June 2026, Home Office contingency hotel accommodation. A year earlier (Jun 2025): 73, −75%. Section 95 dispersal housing: 3 (Jun 2025: 3, +0%). All areas together: 16,021 in hotels (Jun 2025: 32,041, −50%). Official borough totals; the Home Office does not publish where anyone is housed, and this report never shows or infers it.

Usual residents
1,898

Census day: 21 March 2021

Pupils nearby with a first language other than English
10.5%

St Albans's state schools: 17.5%. The 4 state schools nearby, 2025/26.

Homes on the council tax list
2,780

St Albans 004 at 31 March 2026 (Valuation Office Agency, rounded to the nearest 10).

Cars per 100 homes
148

St Albans 119 · England 99. Privately kept cars at the end of June 2026 against homes at 31 March 2026.

Families with dependent children
35%

2011: 33%. St Albans: 35%.

Aged 65 and over
22%

2011: 19%. St Albans: 17%.

Main language not English
2.7%

2011: 2.1%. St Albans: 6.3%.

Residents per km²
268

Census day: 21 March 2021

Households without a car
8.1%

2011: 11%. St Albans: 13%.

Worked mainly from home (2021)
52%

St Albans: 53%.

Residents in households
1,893

Census day: 21 March 2021

Communal establishment residents
5

Census day: 21 March 2021

Net moves, year to mid-2025
Within the UK −76 · Abroad +14

Moved in from elsewhere in the UK 10,315, moved out 10,391; arrived from abroad 1,182, left for abroad 1,168. ONS estimates (MYE25).

Pupils with a first language other than English
18.9%

2015/16: 13.9%. England 2025/26: 21.6%. State-funded schools in Hertfordshire.

  • Residents by age, mid-2024 (St Albans 004)

    St Albans: Under 16 21.2%, 16 to 24 8.6%, 25 to 49 32.4%, 50 to 64 20.2%, 65 and over 17.6%. England: Under 16 18.4%, 16 to 24 10.8%, 25 to 49 33.1%, 50 to 64 19.0%, 65 and over 18.7%. In 2011 here: Under 16 21.8%, 16 to 24 8.5%, 25 to 49 30.6%, 50 to 64 19.8%, 65 and over 19.4%. ONS mid-year population estimates (estimates, not counts).

    Under 16 21.8% · 16 to 24 8.8% · 25 to 49 25.5% · 50 to 64 20.9% · 65 and over 23.0%
  • Pupils at the 4 state schools nearby by ethnic group, 2025/26

    St Albans's state schools: White British 58.0%, Any other White background 9.5%, Chinese 3.8%, Any other Mixed background 4.4%, Mixed White and Asian 3.5%, Black African 3.3%. Unclassified: 0.5%. State primary schools within 1.5 km and secondary schools within 3 km of the home, each January (DfE school census): 2,841 pupils in 2025/26, counted where they go to school, not where they live. Pupils at state schools only, not the residents; independent schools are not in it.

    White British 67.1% · Any other White background 5.3% · Chinese 4.5% · Any other Mixed background 4.3% · Mixed White and Asian 2.5% · Black African 2.5%
  • Pupils nearby with a first language other than English (2025/26)

    Known or believed to be other than English. A first language is the one a child was first exposed to and still hears at home or in the community; it says nothing about how well they speak English. State primary schools within 1.5 km and secondary schools within 3 km of the home, each January (DfE school census): 2,841 pupils in 2025/26, counted where they go to school, not where they live. Pupils at state schools only, not the residents; independent schools are not in it.

    10.5% · St Albans 17.5%
  • Pupils eligible for free school meals (2025/26)

    DfE census eligibility, not meals taken on census day or the performance-tables measure. State primary schools within 1.5 km and secondary schools within 3 km of the home, each January (DfE school census): 2,841 pupils in 2025/26, counted where they go to school, not where they live. Pupils at state schools only, not the residents; independent schools are not in it.

    335 pupils · 11.8% · St Albans 10.6%
  • Homes by type (St Albans 004, 31 March 2026)

    St Albans: detached houses 21.5%, semi-detached houses 24.0%, terraced houses 22.7%, flats and maisonettes 24.7%, bungalows 5.8%, annexes, caravans and houseboats 0.7%. England: detached houses 16.1%, semi-detached houses 23.6%, terraced houses 25.6%, flats and maisonettes 24.4%, bungalows 9.0%, annexes, caravans and houseboats 0.7%. Homes on the council tax list (Valuation Office Agency), rounded to the nearest 10.

    Detached houses 30.9% · Semi-detached houses 24.5% · Terraced houses 19.1% · Flats and maisonettes 15.1% · Bungalows 8.3% · Annexes, caravans and houseboats 0.4%
  • Homes by bedrooms (St Albans 004, 31 March 2026)

    St Albans: 1 bedroom 12.3% · 2 bedrooms 24.6% · 3 bedrooms 38.3% · 4 or more 23.0%. England: 1 bedroom 12.8% · 2 bedrooms 28.0% · 3 bedrooms 41.6% · 4 or more 15.7%. The VOA does not hold the bedrooms of the other 2.5% here. Shares of all homes on the council tax list; small counts are withheld, so they are approximate.

    1 bedroom 5.4% · 2 bedrooms 21.2% · 3 bedrooms 39.6% · 4 or more 31.3%
  • Cars per 100 homes (St Albans 004, June 2026)

    Privately kept licensed cars at the end of June 2026 (DfT and DVLA) for every 100 homes on the council tax list at 31 March 2026 (Valuation Office Agency) in St Albans 004. Company and lease cars are registered at the company's address and are not counted, so households with a company car have more than this shows.

    148 here · St Albans 119 · England 99
  • Ethnic group (St Albans 004, 2021)

    St Albans: White British 74%, Other White 10%, Mixed or multiple 4.3%, Asian or Asian British 8.2%. England: White British 74%, Other White 7.5%, Mixed or multiple 3.0%, Asian or Asian British 9.6%. 2011 → 2021 here: White British 92% → 86% (St Albans 81% → 74%); Other White 4.0% → 6.2% (St Albans 7.3% → 10%); Mixed or multiple 1.7% → 3.2% (St Albans 2.8% → 4.3%); Asian or Asian British 1.2% → 2.8% (St Albans 6.4% → 8.2%).

    White British 86% · Other White (including Roma) 4.8% · Mixed: White and Asian 1.3% · White Irish 1.2% · Indian 1.1%
  • Religion (St Albans 004, 2021)

    St Albans: Christian 47%, No religion 37%, Not answered 6.1%, Muslim 4.7%. England: Christian 46%, No religion 37%, Not answered 6.0%, Muslim 6.7%. 2011 → 2021 here: Christian 64% → 51% (St Albans 60% → 47%); No religion 26% → 39% (St Albans 26% → 37%); Not answered 7.6% → 5.9% (St Albans 7.4% → 6.1%); Muslim 0.7% → 1.4% (St Albans 3.7% → 4.7%).

    Christian 51% · No religion 39% · Not answered 5.9% · Muslim 1.4%
  • Country of birth (St Albans 004, 2021)

    St Albans: United Kingdom 83%, EU countries that joined before 2004 4.0%, Middle East and Asia 4.5%, Africa 2.7%. England: United Kingdom 83%, EU countries that joined before 2004 2.8%, Middle East and Asia 5.7%, Africa 2.8%. 2011 → 2021 here: United Kingdom 93% → 90% (St Albans 87% → 83%); EU countries that joined before 2004 2.0% → 2.4% (St Albans 3.4% → 4.0%); Middle East and Asia 1.2% → 2.1% (St Albans 3.7% → 4.5%); Africa 1.7% → 1.8% (St Albans 2.4% → 2.7%).

    United Kingdom 90% · EU countries that joined before 2004 2.4% · Middle East and Asia 2.1% · Africa 1.8% · EU countries that joined in 2004 or later 1.5%
  • Age (St Albans 004, 2021)

    St Albans: Children under 15 20%, Aged 15 to 24 9.6%, Aged 25 to 44 25%, Aged 45 to 64 28%. England: Children under 15 17%, Aged 15 to 24 12%, Aged 25 to 44 27%, Aged 45 to 64 26%. 2011 → 2021 here: Children under 15 20% → 21% (St Albans 20% → 20%); Aged 15 to 24 9.6% → 9.5% (St Albans 10% → 9.6%); Aged 25 to 44 23% → 19% (St Albans 29% → 25%); Aged 45 to 64 28% → 29% (St Albans 26% → 28%).

    Aged 45 to 64 29% · Aged 65 and over 22% · Children under 15 21% · Aged 25 to 44 19% · Aged 15 to 24 9.5%
  • Households (St Albans 004, 2021)

    St Albans: Families with dependent children 35%, Older couples and families (all pension age) 9.4%, Couples without children 16%, Living alone, pension age 12%. England: Families with dependent children 28%, Older couples and families (all pension age) 9.2%, Couples without children 17%, Living alone, pension age 13%. 2011 → 2021 here: Families with dependent children 33% → 35% (St Albans 33% → 35%); Older couples and families (all pension age) 12% → 15% (St Albans 8.6% → 9.4%); Couples without children 18% → 15% (St Albans 18% → 16%); Living alone, pension age 14% → 14% (St Albans 11% → 12%).

    Families with dependent children 35% · Older couples and families (all pension age) 15% · Couples without children 15% · Living alone, pension age 14% · Families with grown-up children only 10%
  • Main languages other than English (St Albans, 2021)

    English is the main language of 94% of residents aged 3 and over in St Albans (England: 91%).

    Polish 0.6% · Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 0.5% · Spanish 0.5% · Romanian 0.4% · Italian 0.4%
  • Work and study (St Albans 004, 2021)

    Residents aged 16 and over. St Albans: In work 61%, Retired 21%, Full-time students 6.4%, Unemployed 2.2%. England: In work 56%, Retired 21%, Full-time students 7.9%, Unemployed 2.9%. Census day 2021 fell in a lockdown; furloughed people count as in work.

    In work 58% · Unemployed 2.0% · Full-time students 5.5% · Retired 27% · Looking after home or family 4.5% · Long-term sick or disabled 1.5% · Other not working 1.8%
  • Arrived in the UK in the ten years before the census

    St Albans 004 in 2021; St Albans 6.1%; England 7.4%. Share of residents who arrived in the UK in the ten years before each census (2001–2011 for 2011, 2011–2021 for 2021).

    3.1% (2011: 2.7%)
  • Cannot speak English well or at all

    St Albans 004 in 2021; St Albans 0.8%; England 1.9%. Residents aged 3 and over whose main language is not English and who say they cannot speak English well or at all.

    0.3% (2011: 0.3%)
  • No UK national identity

    St Albans 004 in 2021; St Albans 9.0%; England 10%. Residents who gave only a non-UK national identity (Irish or another); the rest hold a British, English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or Cornish identity, alone or with another.

    5.6%
  • No passport

    St Albans 004 in 2021; St Albans 6.1%; England 13%. Residents holding no passport.

    7.6%
  • Households without a car or van

    St Albans 004 in 2021; St Albans 13%; England 24%. Households with no car or van.

    8.1% (2011: 11%)
  • Cars or vans per household

    St Albans 004, what households reported on census day, 21 March 2021 (Census 2021, Office for National Statistics). 2011 here: 1.6. Our own figure from the census bands, the same way here, for the borough and the nation: households with three or more are counted as three, so it is slightly under the true number. How many cars or vans households said they had, not a measure of parking.

    1.6 (St Albans 1.4, England 1.2)
  • Households with two or more cars or vans

    St Albans 004, what households reported on census day, 21 March 2021 (Census 2021, Office for National Statistics). 2011 here: 54%. How many cars or vans households said they had, not a measure of parking.

    57% (St Albans 43%, England 35%)
  • Worked mainly from home (March 2021)

    St Albans 004 in 2021; St Albans 53%; England 32%. Working residents who worked mainly at or from home the week before the census, which fell in a lockdown.

    52%
  • Overcrowded homes (fewer bedrooms than needed)

    St Albans 004 in 2021; St Albans 3.1%; England 4.4%. Households with fewer bedrooms than the standard says they need.

    2.6% (2011: 2.6%)
  • Residents in good or very good health

    St Albans 004 in 2021; St Albans 88%; England 82%. Residents describing their health as good or very good; not adjusted for age, so areas with older residents report worse health.

    87% (2011: 87%)
  • People moving in and out of St Albans, year to mid-2025 (ONS estimates)

    All council areas in England and Wales together, per 1,000 residents: rest of UK 65 in, 65 out (a move between two areas counts in both); abroad 13 in, 10 out. Population 150,757 at mid-2025 (150,722 at mid-2024). Births 1,274 and deaths 1,194 in the same year.

    Rest of UK: 68 in, 69 out · Abroad: 8 in, 8 out, per 1,000 residents
  • Pupils at state schools in Hertfordshire by ethnic group, 2025/26

    England: White British 59.7%, Any other White background 7.1%, Indian 4.2%, Black African 5.3%, Any other Mixed background 3.0%, Any other Asian background 2.5%. Unclassified: 1.2% here. DfE school census, January 2026; state-funded schools in Hertfordshire, counted where pupils attend school.

    White British 59.4% · Any other White background 10.2% · Indian 4.3% · Black African 4.2% · Any other Mixed background 3.6% · Any other Asian background 2.9%
  • Pupils with a first language other than English (Hertfordshire)

    Known or believed to be other than English. England: 18.0% → 21.6%. A first language is the one a child was first exposed to and still hears at home or in the community; it says nothing about how well they speak English. DfE school census, January 2026; state-funded schools in Hertfordshire, counted where pupils attend school.

    13.9% in 2015/16 → 18.9% in 2025/26
  • People receiving Home Office asylum support in St Albans, 30 June 2026

    England and Wales: 1.4 per 1,000. In contingency hotel accommodation: 18. By type: dispersal accommodation 3, contingency hotel accommodation 18, subsistence only (support without accommodation) 3. Per 1,000 uses the ONS mid-2025 population (150,757). Support under Sections 95, 4 and 98; unaccompanied children are not included. The Home Office publishes borough totals only, and this report never shows or infers where anyone is housed.

    24 · 0.2 per 1,000 residents

Census vintage: 2021

Work and benefits · Partial evidence

Work and benefits

Department for Work and Pensions, Office for National Statistics and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government figures for this neighbourhood, St Albans, East of England and England, each figure set against the year before and each chart over every year held: Universal Credit, National Insurance registrations from abroad, children in low-income families, Pension Credit, help with rent, the Claimant Count, people receiving PIP and Council Tax Support.

Section coverage: Neighbourhood: St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA); borough: St Albans; region: East of England; England. Ward for children in low-income families. Counts from DWP Stat-Xplore; shares of Census 2021 residents and households. The Claimant Count from ONS (Nomis). Council Tax Support from MHCLG, for the borough. Separate annual-population charts use matching ONS age estimates only for the years and areas held; their captions give the dates and limits. · 2026-05

People on Universal Credit10.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 in this neighbourhood, May 2026; May 2025: 11.0% (−0.4 points). St Albans 10.9% (+0.6), East of England 17.4% (+1.2), England 20.3% (+1.5).
New National Insurance registrations from abroad707 in 2025/26 adults from abroad registering in St Albans (4.7 per 1,000 residents); 2024/25: 760 (−7.0%; 5.0 per 1,000). England 7.9 per 1,000 (2024/25: 8.9). Most common in 2025/26 (2024/25): Kyrgyzstan 70 (35), Other / unknown 55 (74), Hong Kong 53 (77), United States 43 (34), China 42 (40).
Children in low-income families10.9% of children under 16 in this neighbourhood, 2024/25; 2023/24: 9.8% (+1.1 points). St Albans 7.3% (+0.3), East of England 16.7% (+0.8), England 20.3% (+0.6). Sandridge & Wheathampstead ward: 206 children (2023/24: 183, +12.6%).
Pension Credit3.9% of residents aged 66 and over in this neighbourhood, March 2026; February 2025 (the nearest earlier quarter DWP publishes): 3.8% (+0.1 points). St Albans 6.2% (−0.3), East of England 9.5% (−0.1), England 11.9% (−0.2).
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People on Universal Credit, share of residents aged 16 to 64

Observation period: May 2013 → May 2026

May 2026

Up from 2.9% in May 2019 to 10.6% in May 2026 (401 people, 48 of them moved from older benefits by Move to UC); St Albans rose more, from 3.0% to 10.9%.

People on Universal Credit, share of residents aged 16 to 64: Neighbourhood 0% (May 2013) to 10.6% (May 2026); St Albans 0% (May 2013) to 10.9% (May 2026); East of England 0% (May 2013) to 17.4% (May 2026); England 0% (May 2013) to 20.3% (May 2026).Rolling out122.6%17.7%20142017202020232026Neighbourhood10.6%St Albans10.9%East of England17.4%England20.3%
Numbered on the chart: 1: April 2020, the first month after the Covid-19 lockdown began (23 March 2020); 2: August 2022, the first month DWP marks people moved across from older benefits by Move to UC. People on Universal Credit on the second Thursday of each month (May 2013 to May 2026), all ages, as a share of residents aged 16 to 64 at the 2021 census, a fixed base: population change since 2021 is not reflected. Neighbourhood: St Albans 004 (ONS middle layer super output area, 2021). Universal Credit has been replacing six older benefits (income-based Jobseeker's Allowance, income-related Employment and Support Allowance, Income Support, Housing Benefit, Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit) since 2013. It was rolled out area by area until it took new claims in every Jobcentre in December 2018 (shaded): the rise until then shows the roll-out, not more people claiming, so the reading above starts in May 2019. DWP's Move to UC (managed migration) has also been moving people across from those benefits since 2022, so growth since then partly reflects that move, not only more people claiming. In May 2026, 48 of the 401 people on Universal Credit here, and 1,421,184 of the 7,222,784 in England, had moved across from older benefits through Move to UC (DWP marks them from August 2022). Recent months are provisional (the latest is dashed) and DWP revises them.
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People on Universal Credit, share of residents aged 16 to 64
ObservationNeighbourhoodSt AlbansEast of EnglandEngland
May 20130%0%0%0%
Jun 20130%0%0%0%
Jul 20130%0%0%0%
Aug 20130%0%0%0%
Sep 20130%0%0%0%
Oct 20130%0%0%0%
Nov 20130%0%0%0%
Dec 20130%0%0%0%
Jan 20140%0%0%0%
Feb 20140%0%0%0%
Mar 20140%0%0%0%
Apr 20140%0%0%0%
May 20140%0%0%0%
Jun 20140%0%0%0%
Jul 20140%0%0%0%
Aug 20140%0%0%0%
Sep 20140%0%0%0%
Oct 20140%0%0%0%
Nov 20140%0%0%0.1%
Dec 20140%0%0%0.1%
Jan 20150%0%0%0.1%
Feb 20150%0%0%0.1%
Mar 20150%0%0%0.1%
Apr 20150%0%0%0.1%
May 20150%0%0%0.2%
Jun 20150%0%0%0.2%
Jul 20150%0%0.1%0.2%
Aug 20150%0.1%0.1%0.3%
Sep 20150%0.1%0.1%0.3%
Oct 20150%0.1%0.1%0.3%
Nov 20150%0.2%0.2%0.4%
Dec 20150%0.2%0.2%0.4%
Jan 20160%0.2%0.2%0.4%
Feb 20160%0.2%0.2%0.5%
Mar 20160%0.3%0.3%0.5%
Apr 20160.2%0.3%0.3%0.6%
May 20160.3%0.3%0.4%0.6%
Jun 20160.3%0.3%0.4%0.7%
Jul 20160.3%0.3%0.5%0.8%
Aug 20160.3%0.3%0.5%0.8%
Sep 20160.4%0.4%0.6%0.9%
Oct 20160.4%0.4%0.6%0.9%
Nov 20160.4%0.4%0.6%1%
Dec 20160.4%0.4%0.7%1%
Jan 20170.4%0.4%0.7%1.1%
Feb 20170.4%0.4%0.7%1.1%
Mar 20170.4%0.4%0.8%1.2%
Apr 20170.3%0.4%0.8%1.2%
May 20170.3%0.4%0.8%1.2%
Jun 20170.3%0.4%0.8%1.3%
Jul 20170.3%0.4%0.9%1.3%
Aug 20170.3%0.5%0.9%1.4%
Sep 20170.3%0.5%0.9%1.5%
Oct 20170.3%0.5%1%1.5%
Nov 20170.4%0.5%1%1.6%
Dec 20170.6%0.8%1.2%1.7%
Jan 20180.7%0.9%1.2%1.7%
Feb 20181.1%1.2%1.4%1.8%
Mar 20181.2%1.4%1.5%1.9%
Apr 20181.3%1.6%1.6%2.1%
May 20181.7%1.7%1.7%2.2%
Jun 20181.9%1.9%1.8%2.3%
Jul 20181.9%2%1.9%2.4%
Aug 20182%2.1%2%2.6%
Sep 20182.2%2.2%2.2%2.9%
Oct 20182.3%2.3%2.4%3.1%
Nov 20182.3%2.4%2.6%3.3%
Dec 20182.4%2.6%2.9%3.7%
Jan 20192.2%2.5%3%3.9%
Feb 20192.5%2.7%3.3%4.1%
Mar 20192.6%2.7%3.5%4.4%
Apr 20192.7%2.9%3.7%4.7%
May 20192.9%3%3.9%4.9%
Jun 20193%3.1%4.2%5.2%
Jul 20193.1%3.2%4.4%5.4%
Aug 20193.2%3.3%4.6%5.7%
Sep 20193.3%3.4%4.8%5.9%
Oct 20193.2%3.5%5%6.1%
Nov 20193.1%3.6%5.3%6.4%
Dec 20193.2%3.7%5.5%6.6%
Jan 20203.5%3.7%5.6%6.7%
Feb 20203.5%3.9%5.9%7%
Mar 20203.6%4%6.1%7.3%
Apr 20205.2%5.3%8.6%10.2%
May 20207.2%7.8%11.5%12.8%
Jun 20207.5%8.1%11.8%13.2%
Jul 20207.5%8.1%11.9%13.4%
Aug 20207.3%8.2%12%13.6%
Sep 20207.5%8.2%12.1%13.7%
Oct 20207.7%8.3%12.1%13.9%
Nov 20208.2%8.3%12.4%14.2%
Dec 20208.3%8.4%12.6%14.4%
Jan 20218.1%8.4%12.6%14.4%
Feb 20218.3%8.5%12.7%14.5%
Mar 20218.1%8.5%12.7%14.6%
Apr 20218.2%8.4%12.7%14.6%
May 20218.1%8.4%12.7%14.5%
Jun 20217.8%8.3%12.5%14.4%
Jul 20217.5%8.1%12.4%14.3%
Aug 20217.6%8.1%12.3%14.2%
Sep 20217.3%7.9%12.1%14%
Oct 20217.1%7.8%12%13.9%
Nov 20217.3%7.7%11.9%13.8%
Dec 20217.2%7.6%11.8%13.7%
Jan 20226.9%7.5%11.7%13.6%
Feb 20227%7.4%11.7%13.6%
Mar 20227.1%7.4%11.6%13.5%
Apr 20227.1%7.3%11.7%13.5%
May 20227.1%7.3%11.6%13.5%
Jun 20227.1%7.3%11.7%13.6%
Jul 20227.2%7.3%11.8%13.7%
Aug 20227.6%7.4%11.9%13.8%
Sep 20227.9%7.4%11.9%13.9%
Oct 20227.8%7.5%12.1%14%
Nov 20227.8%7.5%12.1%14%
Dec 20227.8%7.6%12.2%14.1%
Jan 20237.9%7.5%12.3%14.1%
Feb 20237.6%7.5%12.3%14.2%
Mar 20237.6%7.6%12.4%14.3%
Apr 20237.6%7.6%12.5%14.4%
May 20237.6%7.6%12.6%14.5%
Jun 20237.6%7.7%12.6%14.5%
Jul 20237.7%7.8%12.7%14.7%
Aug 20238.1%7.8%12.8%14.7%
Sep 20238.3%7.9%12.9%14.9%
Oct 20238.4%8%13.1%15%
Nov 20238.6%8.1%13.2%15.2%
Dec 20238.5%8.2%13.4%15.4%
Jan 20248.5%8.2%13.5%15.5%
Feb 20248.5%8.2%13.7%15.8%
Mar 20248.6%8.3%13.9%16.1%
Apr 20248.6%8.4%14.1%16.3%
May 20249%8.6%14.3%16.5%
Jun 20249.3%8.9%14.5%16.7%
Jul 20249.6%9.1%14.6%16.8%
Aug 20249.4%9.2%14.8%17%
Sep 20249.5%9.4%15%17.3%
Oct 20249.8%9.6%15.1%17.5%
Nov 202410%9.8%15.3%17.8%
Dec 202410.5%9.9%15.5%18%
Jan 202510.6%9.9%15.6%18%
Feb 202510.6%10.1%15.8%18.3%
Mar 202510.9%10.2%16%18.5%
Apr 202510.8%10.2%16.1%18.7%
May 202511%10.3%16.2%18.8%
Jun 202510.8%10.4%16.4%19.1%
Jul 202510.7%10.4%16.6%19.3%
Aug 202510.6%10.5%16.8%19.5%
Sep 202510.5%10.6%16.9%19.7%
Oct 202510.4%10.7%17.1%19.9%
Nov 202510.5%10.9%17.2%20.2%
Dec 202510.4%11%17.3%20.3%
Jan 202610.5%10.9%17.3%20.2%
Feb 202610.3%10.9%17.3%20.2%
Mar 202610.4%10.8%17.2%20.1%
Apr 202610.6%10.8%17.3%20.2%
May 202610.6%10.9%17.4%20.3%
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Observation period
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Section coverage — may differ from this chart
Neighbourhood: St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA); borough: St Albans; region: East of England; England. Ward for children in low-income families. Counts from DWP Stat-Xplore; shares of Census 2021 residents and households. The Claimant Count from ONS (Nomis). Council Tax Support from MHCLG, for the borough. Separate annual-population charts use matching ONS age estimates only for the years and areas held; their captions give the dates and limits. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-05
Coverage status
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Sample size
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Freshness
Source dated 2026-05
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Confidence limits
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Numbered on the chart: 1: April 2020, the first month after the Covid-19 lockdown began (23 March 2020); 2: August 2022, the first month DWP marks people moved across from older benefits by Move to UC. People on Universal Credit on the second Thursday of each month (May 2013 to May 2026), all ages, as a share of residents aged 16 to 64 at the 2021 census, a fixed base: population change since 2021 is not reflected. Neighbourhood: St Albans 004 (ONS middle layer super output area, 2021). Universal Credit has been replacing six older benefits (income-based Jobseeker's Allowance, income-related Employment and Support Allowance, Income Support, Housing Benefit, Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit) since 2013. It was rolled out area by area until it took new claims in every Jobcentre in December 2018 (shaded): the rise until then shows the roll-out, not more people claiming, so the reading above starts in May 2019. DWP's Move to UC (managed migration) has also been moving people across from those benefits since 2022, so growth since then partly reflects that move, not only more people claiming. In May 2026, 48 of the 401 people on Universal Credit here, and 1,421,184 of the 7,222,784 in England, had moved across from older benefits through Move to UC (DWP marks them from August 2022). Recent months are provisional (the latest is dashed) and DWP revises them.

Section source
Department for Work and Pensions, Stat-Xplore; Office for National Statistics, Claimant Count (Nomis); Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local Council Tax Support

Neighbourhood: St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA); borough: St Albans; region: East of England; England. Ward for children in low-income families. Counts from DWP Stat-Xplore; shares of Census 2021 residents and households. The Claimant Count from ONS (Nomis). Council Tax Support from MHCLG, for the borough. Separate annual-population charts use matching ONS age estimates only for the years and areas held; their captions give the dates and limits. · 2026-05

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Children in low-income families, share of children under 16

Observation period: 2021/22 → 2024/25

2024/25

Up from 7.8% in 2021/22 to 10.9% in 2024/25; St Albans fell, from 7.5% to 7.3%.

Children in low-income families, share of children under 16: Neighbourhood 7.8% (2021/22) to 10.9% (2024/25); St Albans 7.5% (2021/22) to 7.3% (2024/25); East of England 15.1% (2021/22) to 16.7% (2024/25); England 18.6% (2021/22) to 20.3% (2024/25).8.7%18.6%2024/252023/242022/232021/22Neighbourhood10.9%St Albans7.3%East of England16.7%England20.3%
Children under 16 in relative low-income families (before housing costs) in each financial year, as a share of residents aged 0 to 15 at the 2021 census, a fixed base. DWP definitions: a child is in relative low income when their family's income before housing costs, adjusted for the size and make-up of the household, is below 60% of the median that year; income includes earnings, state support and pensions. Only families claiming Child Benefit and at least one other household benefit (Universal Credit, tax credits or Housing Benefit) are counted. Stat-Xplore holds these figures from 2021/22 on 2021 boundaries; DWP's earlier years (from 2014/15) were published on older boundaries and are not connected. Neighbourhood: St Albans 004 (ONS middle layer super output area, 2021). Ward figures are in the row below: no count of all children by ward is loaded, so the ward is not drawn as a share.
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Children in low-income families, share of children under 16
ObservationNeighbourhoodSt AlbansEast of EnglandEngland
2021/227.8%7.5%15.1%18.6%
2022/239.2%7.6%16.3%20.1%
2023/249.8%7%15.9%19.7%
2024/2510.9%7.3%16.7%20.3%
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Evidence confidence and comparability

Observation period
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Section coverage — may differ from this chart
Neighbourhood: St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA); borough: St Albans; region: East of England; England. Ward for children in low-income families. Counts from DWP Stat-Xplore; shares of Census 2021 residents and households. The Claimant Count from ONS (Nomis). Council Tax Support from MHCLG, for the borough. Separate annual-population charts use matching ONS age estimates only for the years and areas held; their captions give the dates and limits. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-05
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source dated 2026-05
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Children under 16 in relative low-income families (before housing costs) in each financial year, as a share of residents aged 0 to 15 at the 2021 census, a fixed base. DWP definitions: a child is in relative low income when their family's income before housing costs, adjusted for the size and make-up of the household, is below 60% of the median that year; income includes earnings, state support and pensions. Only families claiming Child Benefit and at least one other household benefit (Universal Credit, tax credits or Housing Benefit) are counted. Stat-Xplore holds these figures from 2021/22 on 2021 boundaries; DWP's earlier years (from 2014/15) were published on older boundaries and are not connected. Neighbourhood: St Albans 004 (ONS middle layer super output area, 2021). Ward figures are in the row below: no count of all children by ward is loaded, so the ward is not drawn as a share.

Section source
Department for Work and Pensions, Stat-Xplore; Office for National Statistics, Claimant Count (Nomis); Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local Council Tax Support

Neighbourhood: St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA); borough: St Albans; region: East of England; England. Ward for children in low-income families. Counts from DWP Stat-Xplore; shares of Census 2021 residents and households. The Claimant Count from ONS (Nomis). Council Tax Support from MHCLG, for the borough. Separate annual-population charts use matching ONS age estimates only for the years and areas held; their captions give the dates and limits. · 2026-05

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Households getting help with rent, share of households

Observation period: Mar 2019 → Mar 2026

Mar 2026

Up from 8.8% in March 2019 to 11.6% in March 2026; St Albans rose less, from 9.9% to 12.6%.

Households getting help with rent, share of households: Neighbourhood 8.8% (Mar 2019) to 11.6% (Mar 2026); St Albans 9.9% (Mar 2019) to 12.6% (Mar 2026); East of England 13.8% (Mar 2019) to 18.4% (Mar 2026); England 17.1% (Mar 2019) to 21.7% (Mar 2026).10.5%20%2020202220242026Neighbourhood11.6%St Albans12.6%East of England18.4%England21.7%
Households getting help with rent through Housing Benefit or Universal Credit's housing element, every tenure (social, private and not recorded), in March each year from 2019, as a share of households at the 2021 census, a fixed base. The two are added together because working-age Housing Benefit claims are moving into Universal Credit; either alone would show that move, not a change in need. Housing Benefit counts claims and Universal Credit counts households. DWP's Housing Benefit figures on this basis start in April 2018. Neighbourhood: St Albans 004 (ONS middle layer super output area, 2021).
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Households getting help with rent, share of households
ObservationNeighbourhoodSt AlbansEast of EnglandEngland
Mar 20198.8%9.9%13.8%17.1%
Mar 20209.4%10.2%14.5%17.8%
Mar 202111%12.2%17.3%21%
Mar 202210.4%11.8%16.9%20.4%
Mar 202310.8%11.8%17.2%20.6%
Mar 202411.2%12.1%17.7%21%
Mar 202512.1%12.6%18.3%21.6%
Mar 202611.6%12.6%18.4%21.7%
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Evidence confidence and comparability

Observation period
Not held separately for this chart. The section date below may cover several datasets.
Section coverage — may differ from this chart
Neighbourhood: St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA); borough: St Albans; region: East of England; England. Ward for children in low-income families. Counts from DWP Stat-Xplore; shares of Census 2021 residents and households. The Claimant Count from ONS (Nomis). Council Tax Support from MHCLG, for the borough. Separate annual-population charts use matching ONS age estimates only for the years and areas held; their captions give the dates and limits. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-05
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source dated 2026-05
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Households getting help with rent through Housing Benefit or Universal Credit's housing element, every tenure (social, private and not recorded), in March each year from 2019, as a share of households at the 2021 census, a fixed base. The two are added together because working-age Housing Benefit claims are moving into Universal Credit; either alone would show that move, not a change in need. Housing Benefit counts claims and Universal Credit counts households. DWP's Housing Benefit figures on this basis start in April 2018. Neighbourhood: St Albans 004 (ONS middle layer super output area, 2021).

Section source
Department for Work and Pensions, Stat-Xplore; Office for National Statistics, Claimant Count (Nomis); Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local Council Tax Support

Neighbourhood: St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA); borough: St Albans; region: East of England; England. Ward for children in low-income families. Counts from DWP Stat-Xplore; shares of Census 2021 residents and households. The Claimant Count from ONS (Nomis). Council Tax Support from MHCLG, for the borough. Separate annual-population charts use matching ONS age estimates only for the years and areas held; their captions give the dates and limits. · 2026-05

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04

New National Insurance registrations by adults from abroad in St Albans, by world region

Observation period: 2016/17 → 2025/26

2025/26New National Insurance registrations by adults from abroad in St Albans, by world region: European Union 5.4 (2016/17) to 0.6 (2025/26); Rest of Europe 0.2 (2016/17) to 0.3 (2025/26); Asia 0.6 (2016/17) to 2.2 (2025/26); Rest of the world 1 (2016/17) to 1.2 (2025/26).0.64.92025/262023/242021/222019/202016/17European Union0.6Rest of Europe0.3Asia2.2Rest of the world1.2
New National Insurance numbers registered to adults from abroad, by world region of nationality, each financial year (April to March) from 2016/17 to 2025/26, per 1,000 residents (mid-year population estimate at the start of each year: ONS, NRS or NISRA). This counts registrations when people arrive to work or claim benefits, at the address given then; it is not who still lives here, and people often move after registering. Children, and people who never register, are not counted. Other or unknown nationalities (55 in 2025/26) are not drawn.
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New National Insurance registrations by adults from abroad in St Albans, by world region
ObservationEuropean UnionRest of EuropeAsiaRest of the world
2016/175.40.20.61
2017/184.10.20.60.9
2018/193.50.20.81
2019/203.60.40.91
2020/210.60.10.40.6
2021/221.70.62.61.7
2022/231.12.54.72.3
2023/240.60.53.81.7
2024/250.40.42.41.4
2025/260.60.32.21.2
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Evidence confidence and comparability

Observation period
Not held separately for this chart. The section date below may cover several datasets.
Section coverage — may differ from this chart
Neighbourhood: St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA); borough: St Albans; region: East of England; England. Ward for children in low-income families. Counts from DWP Stat-Xplore; shares of Census 2021 residents and households. The Claimant Count from ONS (Nomis). Council Tax Support from MHCLG, for the borough. Separate annual-population charts use matching ONS age estimates only for the years and areas held; their captions give the dates and limits. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-05
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source dated 2026-05
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

New National Insurance numbers registered to adults from abroad, by world region of nationality, each financial year (April to March) from 2016/17 to 2025/26, per 1,000 residents (mid-year population estimate at the start of each year: ONS, NRS or NISRA). This counts registrations when people arrive to work or claim benefits, at the address given then; it is not who still lives here, and people often move after registering. Children, and people who never register, are not counted. Other or unknown nationalities (55 in 2025/26) are not drawn.

Section source
Department for Work and Pensions, Stat-Xplore; Office for National Statistics, Claimant Count (Nomis); Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local Council Tax Support

Neighbourhood: St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA); borough: St Albans; region: East of England; England. Ward for children in low-income families. Counts from DWP Stat-Xplore; shares of Census 2021 residents and households. The Claimant Count from ONS (Nomis). Council Tax Support from MHCLG, for the borough. Separate annual-population charts use matching ONS age estimates only for the years and areas held; their captions give the dates and limits. · 2026-05

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Pension Credit, share of residents aged 66 and over

Observation period: Feb 2019 → Mar 2026

Mar 2026

Down from 4.4% in February 2019 to 3.9% in March 2026; St Albans fell more, from 6.9% to 6.2%.

Pension Credit, share of residents aged 66 and over: Neighbourhood 4.4% (Feb 2019) to 3.9% (Mar 2026); St Albans 6.9% (Feb 2019) to 6.2% (Mar 2026); East of England 11.1% (Feb 2019) to 9.5% (Mar 2026); England 13.9% (Feb 2019) to 11.9% (Mar 2026).5%12.6%2020202220242026Neighbourhood3.9%St Albans6.2%East of England9.5%England11.9%
Pension Credit claimants (a couple claiming together counts once) in the latest quarter each year, February 2019 to March 2026, as a share of residents aged 66 and over at the 2021 census, a fixed base. Pension Credit tops up the income of people over State Pension age on low incomes, and many who could claim it do not, so claims also move with how many people apply. Its qualifying age follows women's State Pension age, which rose from 65 in November 2018 to 66 in October 2020, so fewer people newly qualified in those years. Neighbourhood: St Albans 004 (ONS middle layer super output area, 2021).
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Pension Credit, share of residents aged 66 and over
ObservationNeighbourhoodSt AlbansEast of EnglandEngland
Feb 20194.4%6.9%11.1%13.9%
Feb 20204.4%6.6%10.5%13.2%
Feb 20214%6.2%9.9%12.5%
Feb 20223.7%6%9.5%11.9%
Feb 20233.8%6%9.4%11.8%
Feb 20243.8%6%9.3%11.7%
Feb 20253.8%6.5%9.6%12.1%
Mar 20263.9%6.2%9.5%11.9%
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Evidence confidence and comparability

Observation period
Not held separately for this chart. The section date below may cover several datasets.
Section coverage — may differ from this chart
Neighbourhood: St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA); borough: St Albans; region: East of England; England. Ward for children in low-income families. Counts from DWP Stat-Xplore; shares of Census 2021 residents and households. The Claimant Count from ONS (Nomis). Council Tax Support from MHCLG, for the borough. Separate annual-population charts use matching ONS age estimates only for the years and areas held; their captions give the dates and limits. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-05
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source dated 2026-05
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Pension Credit claimants (a couple claiming together counts once) in the latest quarter each year, February 2019 to March 2026, as a share of residents aged 66 and over at the 2021 census, a fixed base. Pension Credit tops up the income of people over State Pension age on low incomes, and many who could claim it do not, so claims also move with how many people apply. Its qualifying age follows women's State Pension age, which rose from 65 in November 2018 to 66 in October 2020, so fewer people newly qualified in those years. Neighbourhood: St Albans 004 (ONS middle layer super output area, 2021).

Section source
Department for Work and Pensions, Stat-Xplore; Office for National Statistics, Claimant Count (Nomis); Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local Council Tax Support

Neighbourhood: St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA); borough: St Albans; region: East of England; England. Ward for children in low-income families. Counts from DWP Stat-Xplore; shares of Census 2021 residents and households. The Claimant Count from ONS (Nomis). Council Tax Support from MHCLG, for the borough. Separate annual-population charts use matching ONS age estimates only for the years and areas held; their captions give the dates and limits. · 2026-05

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Claimant Count, share of residents aged 16 to 64

Observation period: Jan 2013 → Sep 2026

Sep 2026

Up from 1.5% in September 2019 to 2.0% in September 2026; St Albans rose more, from 1.5% to 2.5%.

Claimant Count, share of residents aged 16 to 64: Neighbourhood 1.6% (Jan 2013) to 2% (Sep 2026); St Albans 1.6% (Jan 2013) to 2.5% (Sep 2026); East of England 2.9% (Jan 2013) to 3.4% (Sep 2026); England 3.6% (Jan 2013) to 4.2% (Sep 2026).UC roll-out121%5.8%20132016201920222025Neighbourhood2%St Albans2.5%East of England3.4%England4.2%
Numbered on the chart: 1: April 2020, the first month after the Covid-19 lockdown began (23 March 2020); 2: January 2026, when Nomis moved neighbourhood figures from 2011 to 2021 neighbourhood areas. The Claimant Count is the number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance plus people on Universal Credit who are required to look for work (ONS), each month from January 2013 to September 2026, as a share of residents aged 16 to 64 at the 2021 census, a fixed base: population change since 2021 is not reflected. Universal Credit asks more people to look for work than Jobseeker's Allowance did, so while it was rolled out area by area (shaded from 2015 until it took new claims in every Jobcentre in December 2018) the count rose partly because more people were counted, not only because more people were out of work; the reading above starts in September 2019. Neighbourhood: St Albans 004 (ONS middle layer super output area, 2021). Nomis published its figures on its 2011 neighbourhood area (the same ground) until December 2025 and on its 2021 area since January 2026. ONS rounds every count to the nearest 5; a neighbourhood's own line is drawn only where it had at least 50 claimants in the latest month. Source: ONS Claimant Count via Nomis, September 2026, 2021 neighbourhood area (St Albans 004).
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Claimant Count, share of residents aged 16 to 64
ObservationNeighbourhoodSt AlbansEast of EnglandEngland
Jan 20131.6%1.6%2.9%3.6%
Feb 20131.5%1.7%3%3.7%
Mar 20131.3%1.7%3%3.6%
Apr 20131.2%1.6%2.9%3.5%
May 20131.1%1.6%2.8%3.4%
Jun 20131.2%1.5%2.6%3.3%
Jul 20131.2%1.5%2.6%3.2%
Aug 20131.3%1.5%2.5%3.2%
Sep 20131.2%1.4%2.4%3%
Oct 20131.1%1.3%2.3%2.9%
Nov 20131.1%1.2%2.2%2.8%
Dec 20131.1%1.1%2.1%2.7%
Jan 20141.2%1.2%2.2%2.8%
Feb 20141.1%1.2%2.2%2.8%
Mar 20141.1%1.2%2.1%2.7%
Apr 20140.9%1.1%2%2.6%
May 20140.8%1.1%1.9%2.5%
Jun 20140.8%1%1.7%2.3%
Jul 20140.8%1%1.7%2.2%
Aug 20140.9%1%1.6%2.2%
Sep 20140.8%0.9%1.5%2.1%
Oct 20140.7%0.9%1.4%2%
Nov 20140.8%0.8%1.4%1.9%
Dec 20140.8%0.8%1.3%1.9%
Jan 20150.8%0.8%1.4%1.9%
Feb 20150.9%0.8%1.4%2%
Mar 20150.7%0.8%1.4%1.9%
Apr 20150.8%0.8%1.3%1.9%
May 20150.8%0.8%1.3%1.8%
Jun 20150.8%0.7%1.2%1.7%
Jul 20150.7%0.7%1.2%1.7%
Aug 20150.7%0.7%1.2%1.7%
Sep 20150.7%0.7%1.2%1.7%
Oct 20150.5%0.7%1.2%1.7%
Nov 20150.5%0.7%1.2%1.6%
Dec 20150.4%0.6%1.1%1.6%
Jan 20160.5%0.7%1.2%1.7%
Feb 20160.7%0.8%1.3%1.8%
Mar 20160.7%0.7%1.3%1.8%
Apr 20160.7%0.8%1.2%1.8%
May 20160.7%0.8%1.2%1.7%
Jun 20160.7%0.8%1.2%1.7%
Jul 20160.7%0.8%1.2%1.7%
Aug 20160.7%0.8%1.2%1.7%
Sep 20160.9%0.8%1.2%1.7%
Oct 20160.8%0.8%1.2%1.7%
Nov 20160.7%0.8%1.2%1.7%
Dec 20160.8%0.8%1.2%1.7%
Jan 20170.5%0.8%1.2%1.7%
Feb 20170.7%0.8%1.3%1.8%
Mar 20170.7%0.9%1.3%1.8%
Apr 20170.7%0.9%1.3%1.9%
May 20170.7%0.9%1.3%1.8%
Jun 20170.7%0.9%1.3%1.8%
Jul 20170.7%0.9%1.2%1.8%
Aug 20170.8%0.9%1.2%1.8%
Sep 20170.7%0.9%1.2%1.8%
Oct 20170.7%0.9%1.2%1.8%
Nov 20170.7%0.9%1.2%1.8%
Dec 20170.8%0.9%1.3%1.8%
Jan 20180.7%0.9%1.3%1.9%
Feb 20180.8%1%1.4%2%
Mar 20180.9%1.1%1.4%2%
Apr 20181.1%1.2%1.5%2.1%
May 20181.1%1.2%1.5%2.1%
Jun 20181.1%1.2%1.5%2%
Jul 20180.9%1.2%1.5%2%
Aug 20180.9%1.2%1.5%2.1%
Sep 20181.1%1.3%1.5%2.1%
Oct 20180.8%1.4%1.6%2.2%
Nov 20180.8%1.3%1.6%2.2%
Dec 20180.8%1.2%1.6%2.2%
Jan 20190.9%1.3%1.7%2.3%
Feb 20191.1%1.4%1.8%2.5%
Mar 20191.1%1.3%1.9%2.5%
Apr 20191.1%1.3%1.9%2.6%
May 20191.1%1.4%1.9%2.6%
Jun 20191.1%1.4%2%2.6%
Jul 20191.1%1.4%2%2.7%
Aug 20191.2%1.5%2%2.7%
Sep 20191.5%1.5%2.1%2.7%
Oct 20191.3%1.5%2.1%2.8%
Nov 20191.2%1.5%2.1%2.8%
Dec 20191.3%1.5%2.2%2.8%
Jan 20201.3%1.6%2.2%2.9%
Feb 20201.3%1.6%2.3%3%
Mar 20201.3%1.6%2.3%3%
Apr 20202.2%2.7%4%5%
May 20203.3%4.1%5.5%6.4%
Jun 20203.3%4%5.2%6.2%
Jul 20203.3%4.1%5.4%6.3%
Aug 20203.3%4.2%5.5%6.4%
Sep 20203.3%4.1%5.4%6.4%
Oct 20203%3.9%5.1%6.1%
Nov 20203.6%3.9%5.2%6.3%
Dec 20203.7%3.8%5.2%6.2%
Jan 20213.3%3.7%5.1%6.1%
Feb 20213.6%3.9%5.4%6.4%
Mar 20213.6%3.9%5.4%6.4%
Apr 20213.4%3.8%5.3%6.3%
May 20213%3.5%4.9%5.9%
Jun 20212.6%3.2%4.5%5.5%
Jul 20212.5%3.1%4.4%5.4%
Aug 20212.9%3%4.2%5.2%
Sep 20212.5%2.9%3.9%4.9%
Oct 20212.6%2.8%3.8%4.7%
Nov 20212.4%2.6%3.7%4.5%
Dec 20212.2%2.5%3.5%4.4%
Jan 20222.2%2.4%3.5%4.3%
Feb 20222.2%2.3%3.4%4.3%
Mar 20222.2%2.2%3.3%4.1%
Apr 20222%2.1%3.1%3.9%
May 20222%2.1%3%3.8%
Jun 20221.8%2%2.9%3.8%
Jul 20221.8%2%2.9%3.7%
Aug 20222.1%2%2.9%3.7%
Sep 20222.1%2%2.8%3.7%
Oct 20222%2%2.8%3.6%
Nov 20221.8%2.1%2.8%3.6%
Dec 20222%2.1%2.8%3.7%
Jan 20231.7%2%2.8%3.6%
Feb 20231.8%2%2.9%3.7%
Mar 20231.8%2%2.9%3.8%
Apr 20231.8%2%3%3.8%
May 20231.6%1.9%2.9%3.7%
Jun 20231.7%1.9%2.9%3.7%
Jul 20231.8%2%2.9%3.8%
Aug 20232.1%2%2.9%3.7%
Sep 20232.4%2.1%2.9%3.7%
Oct 20232.5%2.1%2.9%3.7%
Nov 20232.5%2.1%3%3.7%
Dec 20232.1%2.1%3%3.8%
Jan 20241.8%2.1%3%3.8%
Feb 20242%2.1%3.1%3.9%
Mar 20241.8%2.1%3.1%3.9%
Apr 20241.8%2.1%3.1%3.9%
May 20241.7%2.1%3.1%3.9%
Jun 20242.1%2.3%3.2%4%
Jul 20242.4%2.5%3.4%4.4%
Aug 20242.4%2.6%3.4%4.3%
Sep 20242%2.7%3.4%4.3%
Oct 20242%2.6%3.4%4.3%
Nov 20241.8%2.5%3.3%4.2%
Dec 20242%2.4%3.3%4.2%
Jan 20252%2.3%3.3%4.2%
Feb 20252.1%2.4%3.4%4.3%
Mar 20252.1%2.4%3.4%4.3%
Apr 20252.1%2.4%3.4%4.2%
May 20252%2.4%3.3%4.2%
Jun 20251.8%2.4%3.3%4.2%
Jul 20252%2.4%3.3%4.1%
Aug 20252.1%2.4%3.3%4.1%
Sep 20252.1%2.4%3.3%4.1%
Oct 20251.8%2.4%3.3%4.1%
Nov 20251.8%2.4%3.2%4%
Dec 20252.1%2.4%3.2%4%
Jan 20261.7%2.4%3.3%4%
Feb 20261.6%2.4%3.4%4.2%
Mar 20261.8%2.4%3.4%4.2%
Apr 20261.7%2.4%3.3%4.1%
May 20261.7%2.4%3.3%4.1%
Jun 20261.6%2.4%3.3%4.1%
Jul 20261.7%2.4%3.3%4.1%
Aug 20261.8%2.4%3.3%4.1%
Sep 20262%2.5%3.4%4.2%
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Evidence confidence and comparability

Observation period
Not held separately for this chart. The section date below may cover several datasets.
Section coverage — may differ from this chart
Neighbourhood: St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA); borough: St Albans; region: East of England; England. Ward for children in low-income families. Counts from DWP Stat-Xplore; shares of Census 2021 residents and households. The Claimant Count from ONS (Nomis). Council Tax Support from MHCLG, for the borough. Separate annual-population charts use matching ONS age estimates only for the years and areas held; their captions give the dates and limits. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-05
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source dated 2026-05
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Numbered on the chart: 1: April 2020, the first month after the Covid-19 lockdown began (23 March 2020); 2: January 2026, when Nomis moved neighbourhood figures from 2011 to 2021 neighbourhood areas. The Claimant Count is the number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance plus people on Universal Credit who are required to look for work (ONS), each month from January 2013 to September 2026, as a share of residents aged 16 to 64 at the 2021 census, a fixed base: population change since 2021 is not reflected. Universal Credit asks more people to look for work than Jobseeker's Allowance did, so while it was rolled out area by area (shaded from 2015 until it took new claims in every Jobcentre in December 2018) the count rose partly because more people were counted, not only because more people were out of work; the reading above starts in September 2019. Neighbourhood: St Albans 004 (ONS middle layer super output area, 2021). Nomis published its figures on its 2011 neighbourhood area (the same ground) until December 2025 and on its 2021 area since January 2026. ONS rounds every count to the nearest 5; a neighbourhood's own line is drawn only where it had at least 50 claimants in the latest month. Source: ONS Claimant Count via Nomis, September 2026, 2021 neighbourhood area (St Albans 004).

Section source
Department for Work and Pensions, Stat-Xplore; Office for National Statistics, Claimant Count (Nomis); Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local Council Tax Support

Neighbourhood: St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA); borough: St Albans; region: East of England; England. Ward for children in low-income families. Counts from DWP Stat-Xplore; shares of Census 2021 residents and households. The Claimant Count from ONS (Nomis). Council Tax Support from MHCLG, for the borough. Separate annual-population charts use matching ONS age estimates only for the years and areas held; their captions give the dates and limits. · 2026-05

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07

People on Universal Credit, annual population base

Observation period: May 2013 → Dec 2024

Dec 2024

Up from 2.1% in January 2019 to 10.5% in December 2024; St Albans rose less, from 2.5% to 9.7%.

People on Universal Credit, annual population base: Neighbourhood 0% (May 2013) to 10.5% (Dec 2024); St Albans 0% (May 2013) to 9.7% (Dec 2024); England 0% (May 2013) to 17.3% (Dec 2024).Rolling out122.2%15.1%2014201720202023Neighbourhood10.5%St Albans9.7%England17.3%
Numbered on the chart: 1: April 2020, the first month after the Covid-19 lockdown began (23 March 2020); 2: August 2022, the first month DWP marks people moved across from older benefits by Move to UC. Benefit counts from May 2013 to December 2024, divided by ONS mid-year population estimates aged 16 to 64 for 2013–2024 (2021-based, from Nomis). Each month or quarter uses the mid-year estimate for the same calendar year; this is not a monthly population estimate. Only matching area codes and years are used; gaps stay missing, and population is never carried forward. Areas without matching estimates are omitted. The latest benefit count held for the leading area is May 2026. Headline shares and separate full-history charts, where available, retain their fixed Census 2021 base; the counted benefit-change signal still compares counts. DWP counts people on Universal Credit of all ages: this is a ratio to the working-age population, not the percentage of working-age residents claiming. Growth also reflects the roll-out and moves from older benefits. Our own calculated shares; population estimates roll the census forward with births, deaths and moves. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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People on Universal Credit, annual population base
ObservationNeighbourhoodSt AlbansEngland
May 20130%0%0%
Jun 20130%0%0%
Jul 20130%0%0%
Aug 20130%0%0%
Sep 20130%0%0%
Oct 20130%0%0%
Nov 20130%0%0%
Dec 20130%0%0%
Jan 20140%0%0%
Feb 20140%0%0%
Mar 20140%0%0%
Apr 20140%0%0%
May 20140%0%0%
Jun 20140%0%0%
Jul 20140%0%0%
Aug 20140%0%0%
Sep 20140%0%0%
Oct 20140%0%0%
Nov 20140%0%0.1%
Dec 20140%0%0.1%
Jan 20150%0%0.1%
Feb 20150%0%0.1%
Mar 20150%0%0.1%
Apr 20150%0%0.1%
May 20150%0%0.2%
Jun 20150%0%0.2%
Jul 20150%0%0.2%
Aug 20150%0.1%0.3%
Sep 20150%0.1%0.3%
Oct 20150%0.1%0.3%
Nov 20150%0.2%0.4%
Dec 20150%0.2%0.4%
Jan 20160%0.2%0.4%
Feb 20160%0.2%0.5%
Mar 20160%0.3%0.5%
Apr 20160.2%0.3%0.6%
May 20160.3%0.3%0.7%
Jun 20160.3%0.3%0.7%
Jul 20160.3%0.3%0.8%
Aug 20160.3%0.3%0.8%
Sep 20160.4%0.4%0.9%
Oct 20160.4%0.4%1%
Nov 20160.4%0.4%1%
Dec 20160.4%0.4%1%
Jan 20170.4%0.4%1.1%
Feb 20170.4%0.4%1.1%
Mar 20170.4%0.4%1.2%
Apr 20170.3%0.4%1.2%
May 20170.3%0.4%1.3%
Jun 20170.3%0.4%1.3%
Jul 20170.3%0.4%1.3%
Aug 20170.3%0.5%1.4%
Sep 20170.3%0.5%1.5%
Oct 20170.3%0.5%1.5%
Nov 20170.4%0.5%1.6%
Dec 20170.5%0.8%1.7%
Jan 20180.7%0.9%1.8%
Feb 20181.1%1.2%1.9%
Mar 20181.1%1.4%2%
Apr 20181.3%1.6%2.1%
May 20181.6%1.8%2.2%
Jun 20181.9%1.9%2.3%
Jul 20181.9%2%2.5%
Aug 20181.9%2.1%2.6%
Sep 20182.1%2.2%2.9%
Oct 20182.3%2.3%3.1%
Nov 20182.3%2.4%3.4%
Dec 20182.4%2.6%3.7%
Jan 20192.1%2.5%3.9%
Feb 20192.5%2.7%4.1%
Mar 20192.6%2.8%4.4%
Apr 20192.6%2.9%4.7%
May 20192.8%3%4.9%
Jun 20192.9%3.1%5.2%
Jul 20193.1%3.2%5.4%
Aug 20193.1%3.3%5.7%
Sep 20193.2%3.4%5.9%
Oct 20193.1%3.5%6.2%
Nov 20193.1%3.6%6.4%
Dec 20193.2%3.7%6.6%
Jan 20203.4%3.7%6.7%
Feb 20203.4%3.9%7.1%
Mar 20203.6%3.9%7.3%
Apr 20205.2%5.3%10.2%
May 20207.1%7.8%12.9%
Jun 20207.4%8%13.3%
Jul 20207.4%8.1%13.5%
Aug 20207.2%8.1%13.6%
Sep 20207.4%8.2%13.8%
Oct 20207.6%8.2%13.9%
Nov 20208.2%8.3%14.2%
Dec 20208.2%8.3%14.4%
Jan 20218%8.3%14.4%
Feb 20218.2%8.4%14.5%
Mar 20218%8.4%14.6%
Apr 20218.1%8.4%14.6%
May 20218%8.4%14.5%
Jun 20217.7%8.3%14.4%
Jul 20217.4%8.1%14.3%
Aug 20217.5%8%14.2%
Sep 20217.3%7.9%14%
Oct 20217.1%7.8%13.9%
Nov 20217.2%7.7%13.8%
Dec 20217.1%7.5%13.7%
Jan 20226.8%7.5%13.5%
Feb 20226.9%7.4%13.5%
Mar 20227.1%7.4%13.4%
Apr 20227.1%7.3%13.4%
May 20227.1%7.3%13.4%
Jun 20227%7.3%13.4%
Jul 20227.2%7.3%13.6%
Aug 20227.6%7.4%13.7%
Sep 20227.8%7.4%13.7%
Oct 20227.8%7.5%13.8%
Nov 20227.8%7.5%13.9%
Dec 20227.7%7.6%14%
Jan 20238%7.4%13.8%
Feb 20237.7%7.5%13.9%
Mar 20237.7%7.5%13.9%
Apr 20237.7%7.5%14.1%
May 20237.8%7.6%14.1%
Jun 20237.7%7.7%14.2%
Jul 20237.8%7.7%14.3%
Aug 20238.2%7.8%14.4%
Sep 20238.4%7.9%14.5%
Oct 20238.5%8%14.7%
Nov 20238.7%8%14.8%
Dec 20238.6%8.1%15.1%
Jan 20248.5%8%15%
Feb 20248.5%8.1%15.2%
Mar 20248.6%8.2%15.5%
Apr 20248.6%8.2%15.7%
May 20249%8.5%15.9%
Jun 20249.3%8.8%16.1%
Jul 20249.6%8.9%16.3%
Aug 20249.4%9.1%16.4%
Sep 20249.5%9.2%16.7%
Oct 20249.8%9.4%16.9%
Nov 202410%9.6%17.2%
Dec 202410.5%9.7%17.3%
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Evidence confidence and comparability

Observation period
Not held separately for this chart. The section date below may cover several datasets.
Section coverage — may differ from this chart
Neighbourhood: St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA); borough: St Albans; region: East of England; England. Ward for children in low-income families. Counts from DWP Stat-Xplore; shares of Census 2021 residents and households. The Claimant Count from ONS (Nomis). Council Tax Support from MHCLG, for the borough. Separate annual-population charts use matching ONS age estimates only for the years and areas held; their captions give the dates and limits. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-05
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source dated 2026-05
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Numbered on the chart: 1: April 2020, the first month after the Covid-19 lockdown began (23 March 2020); 2: August 2022, the first month DWP marks people moved across from older benefits by Move to UC. Benefit counts from May 2013 to December 2024, divided by ONS mid-year population estimates aged 16 to 64 for 2013–2024 (2021-based, from Nomis). Each month or quarter uses the mid-year estimate for the same calendar year; this is not a monthly population estimate. Only matching area codes and years are used; gaps stay missing, and population is never carried forward. Areas without matching estimates are omitted. The latest benefit count held for the leading area is May 2026. Headline shares and separate full-history charts, where available, retain their fixed Census 2021 base; the counted benefit-change signal still compares counts. DWP counts people on Universal Credit of all ages: this is a ratio to the working-age population, not the percentage of working-age residents claiming. Growth also reflects the roll-out and moves from older benefits. Our own calculated shares; population estimates roll the census forward with births, deaths and moves. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Section source
Department for Work and Pensions, Stat-Xplore; Office for National Statistics, Claimant Count (Nomis); Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local Council Tax Support

Neighbourhood: St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA); borough: St Albans; region: East of England; England. Ward for children in low-income families. Counts from DWP Stat-Xplore; shares of Census 2021 residents and households. The Claimant Count from ONS (Nomis). Council Tax Support from MHCLG, for the borough. Separate annual-population charts use matching ONS age estimates only for the years and areas held; their captions give the dates and limits. · 2026-05

All figures and supporting records Notes and sources
08

Children in low-income families, annual population base

Observation period: 2021/22 → 2024/25

2024/25

Up from 7.7% in 2021/22 to 10.9% in 2024/25; St Albans fell, from 7.5% to 7.3%.

Children in low-income families, annual population base: Neighbourhood 7.7% (2021/22) to 10.9% (2024/25); St Albans 7.5% (2021/22) to 7.3% (2024/25); England 18.6% (2021/22) to 19.8% (2024/25).8.7%18.2%2024/252023/242022/232021/22Neighbourhood10.9%St Albans7.3%England19.8%
Benefit counts from 2021/22 to 2024/25, divided by ONS mid-year population estimates aged 0 to 15 for 2021–2024 (2021-based, from Nomis). Each financial year uses the mid-year estimate in its starting year (for example, 2024/25 uses mid-2024). Only matching area codes and years are used; gaps stay missing, and population is never carried forward. Areas without matching estimates are omitted. The latest benefit count held for the leading area is 2024/25. Headline shares and separate full-history charts, where available, retain their fixed Census 2021 base; the counted benefit-change signal still compares counts. DWP definitions: a child is in relative low income when their family's income before housing costs, adjusted for the size and make-up of the household, is below 60% of the median that year; income includes earnings, state support and pensions. Only families claiming Child Benefit and at least one other household benefit (Universal Credit, tax credits or Housing Benefit) are counted. Our own calculated shares; population estimates roll the census forward with births, deaths and moves. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Children in low-income families, annual population base
ObservationNeighbourhoodSt AlbansEngland
2021/227.7%7.5%18.6%
2022/239.1%7.5%19.9%
2023/249.7%7%19.3%
2024/2510.9%7.3%19.8%
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Evidence confidence and comparability

Observation period
Not held separately for this chart. The section date below may cover several datasets.
Section coverage — may differ from this chart
Neighbourhood: St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA); borough: St Albans; region: East of England; England. Ward for children in low-income families. Counts from DWP Stat-Xplore; shares of Census 2021 residents and households. The Claimant Count from ONS (Nomis). Council Tax Support from MHCLG, for the borough. Separate annual-population charts use matching ONS age estimates only for the years and areas held; their captions give the dates and limits. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-05
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source dated 2026-05
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Benefit counts from 2021/22 to 2024/25, divided by ONS mid-year population estimates aged 0 to 15 for 2021–2024 (2021-based, from Nomis). Each financial year uses the mid-year estimate in its starting year (for example, 2024/25 uses mid-2024). Only matching area codes and years are used; gaps stay missing, and population is never carried forward. Areas without matching estimates are omitted. The latest benefit count held for the leading area is 2024/25. Headline shares and separate full-history charts, where available, retain their fixed Census 2021 base; the counted benefit-change signal still compares counts. DWP definitions: a child is in relative low income when their family's income before housing costs, adjusted for the size and make-up of the household, is below 60% of the median that year; income includes earnings, state support and pensions. Only families claiming Child Benefit and at least one other household benefit (Universal Credit, tax credits or Housing Benefit) are counted. Our own calculated shares; population estimates roll the census forward with births, deaths and moves. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Section source
Department for Work and Pensions, Stat-Xplore; Office for National Statistics, Claimant Count (Nomis); Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local Council Tax Support

Neighbourhood: St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA); borough: St Albans; region: East of England; England. Ward for children in low-income families. Counts from DWP Stat-Xplore; shares of Census 2021 residents and households. The Claimant Count from ONS (Nomis). Council Tax Support from MHCLG, for the borough. Separate annual-population charts use matching ONS age estimates only for the years and areas held; their captions give the dates and limits. · 2026-05

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People receiving PIP, share of residents aged 16 to 64

Observation period: Apr 2013 → Jul 2026

Jul 2026

Up from 1.9% in July 2019 to 4.9% in July 2026; St Albans rose less, from 2.3% to 4.8%.

People receiving PIP, share of residents aged 16 to 64: Neighbourhood 0% (Apr 2013) to 4.9% (Jul 2026); St Albans 0% (Apr 2013) to 4.8% (Jul 2026); East of England 0% (Apr 2013) to 7.6% (Jul 2026); England 0% (Apr 2013) to 8.5% (Jul 2026).DLA to PIP11.1%7.4%20142017202020232026Neighbourhood4.9%St Albans4.8%East of England7.6%England8.5%
Numbered on the chart: 1: April 2020, the first quarter after the Covid-19 lockdown began (23 March 2020); DWP paused routine PIP reviews and reassessments from late March to July 2020. People aged 16 to 64 receiving Personal Independence Payment (PIP) in January, April, July and October each year from April 2013 to July 2026, as a share of residents aged 16 to 64 at the 2021 census, a fixed base: population change since 2021 is not reflected. PIP replaced Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for people aged 16 to 64 from April 2013, and people already receiving DLA were moved across to PIP by DWP's reassessments, the largest part of them by 2019 (shaded): the rise until then partly reflects that move, not only more people claiming, so the reading above starts in July 2019. Neighbourhood: St Albans 004 (ONS middle layer super output area, 2021). DWP adjusts small counts slightly to protect privacy, so a neighbourhood's own line is drawn only where at least 50 people aged 16 to 64 received PIP in the latest quarter. Quarters to October 2018 come from DWP's closed series ("to 2019"), which it no longer revises; from January 2019 from its current series, revised with each quarterly release. Source: DWP, PIP Cases with Entitlement (Stat-Xplore), July 2026.
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People receiving PIP, share of residents aged 16 to 64
ObservationNeighbourhoodSt AlbansEast of EnglandEngland
Apr 20130%0%0%0%
Jul 20130%0%0%0%
Oct 20130%0%0%0%
Jan 20140%0%0%0.1%
Apr 20140%0%0.1%0.1%
Jul 20140%0.1%0.2%0.2%
Oct 20140%0.1%0.4%0.4%
Jan 20150.2%0.3%0.6%0.7%
Apr 20150.2%0.3%0.9%1%
Jul 20150.4%0.4%1%1.1%
Oct 20150.5%0.5%1.2%1.3%
Jan 20160.4%0.6%1.4%1.5%
Apr 20160.6%0.8%1.6%1.7%
Jul 20160.8%0.9%1.8%2%
Oct 20161%1.1%2%2.3%
Jan 20171.1%1.2%2.2%2.5%
Apr 20171.3%1.4%2.4%2.8%
Jul 20171.4%1.5%2.6%3%
Oct 20171.3%1.6%2.8%3.2%
Jan 20181.3%1.7%2.9%3.4%
Apr 20181.4%1.7%3%3.6%
Jul 20181.3%1.9%3.1%3.8%
Oct 20181.5%2%3.3%4%
Jan 20191.9%2.1%3.4%4.1%
Apr 20191.9%2.2%3.5%4.2%
Jul 20191.9%2.3%3.6%4.3%
Oct 20192%2.4%3.8%4.5%
Jan 20202%2.4%3.9%4.7%
Apr 20202.1%2.6%4%4.8%
Jul 20202.1%2.6%4.1%4.9%
Oct 20202.1%2.6%4.2%5%
Jan 20212.3%2.7%4.3%5.1%
Apr 20212.3%2.7%4.4%5.2%
Jul 20212.3%2.8%4.5%5.2%
Oct 20212.5%2.9%4.5%5.3%
Jan 20222.6%2.9%4.7%5.5%
Apr 20222.7%3%4.8%5.6%
Jul 20222.8%3.1%5%5.8%
Oct 20223.1%3.3%5.1%6%
Jan 20233.1%3.4%5.3%6.2%
Apr 20233.1%3.4%5.4%6.3%
Jul 20233.2%3.5%5.6%6.5%
Oct 20233.2%3.7%5.8%6.7%
Jan 20243.7%3.8%6%6.9%
Apr 20244%3.9%6.2%7.1%
Jul 20243.9%4.1%6.4%7.3%
Oct 20244.4%4.2%6.6%7.6%
Jan 20254.5%4.3%6.8%7.7%
Apr 20254.9%4.4%6.9%7.9%
Jul 20255%4.5%7.1%8%
Oct 20254.9%4.6%7.2%8.1%
Jan 20264.9%4.6%7.3%8.2%
Apr 20264.8%4.7%7.4%8.4%
Jul 20264.9%4.8%7.6%8.5%
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Evidence confidence and comparability

Observation period
Not held separately for this chart. The section date below may cover several datasets.
Section coverage — may differ from this chart
Neighbourhood: St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA); borough: St Albans; region: East of England; England. Ward for children in low-income families. Counts from DWP Stat-Xplore; shares of Census 2021 residents and households. The Claimant Count from ONS (Nomis). Council Tax Support from MHCLG, for the borough. Separate annual-population charts use matching ONS age estimates only for the years and areas held; their captions give the dates and limits. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-05
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source dated 2026-05
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Numbered on the chart: 1: April 2020, the first quarter after the Covid-19 lockdown began (23 March 2020); DWP paused routine PIP reviews and reassessments from late March to July 2020. People aged 16 to 64 receiving Personal Independence Payment (PIP) in January, April, July and October each year from April 2013 to July 2026, as a share of residents aged 16 to 64 at the 2021 census, a fixed base: population change since 2021 is not reflected. PIP replaced Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for people aged 16 to 64 from April 2013, and people already receiving DLA were moved across to PIP by DWP's reassessments, the largest part of them by 2019 (shaded): the rise until then partly reflects that move, not only more people claiming, so the reading above starts in July 2019. Neighbourhood: St Albans 004 (ONS middle layer super output area, 2021). DWP adjusts small counts slightly to protect privacy, so a neighbourhood's own line is drawn only where at least 50 people aged 16 to 64 received PIP in the latest quarter. Quarters to October 2018 come from DWP's closed series ("to 2019"), which it no longer revises; from January 2019 from its current series, revised with each quarterly release. Source: DWP, PIP Cases with Entitlement (Stat-Xplore), July 2026.

Section source
Department for Work and Pensions, Stat-Xplore; Office for National Statistics, Claimant Count (Nomis); Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local Council Tax Support

Neighbourhood: St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA); borough: St Albans; region: East of England; England. Ward for children in low-income families. Counts from DWP Stat-Xplore; shares of Census 2021 residents and households. The Claimant Count from ONS (Nomis). Council Tax Support from MHCLG, for the borough. Separate annual-population charts use matching ONS age estimates only for the years and areas held; their captions give the dates and limits. · 2026-05

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People receiving PIP, annual population base

Observation period: Apr 2013 → Oct 2024

Oct 2024

Up from 1.9% in January 2019 to 4.4% in October 2024; St Albans rose less, from 2.1% to 4.1%.

People receiving PIP, annual population base: Neighbourhood 0% (Apr 2013) to 4.4% (Oct 2024); St Albans 0% (Apr 2013) to 4.1% (Oct 2024); England 0% (Apr 2013) to 7.3% (Oct 2024).DLA to PIP10.9%6.4%2014201720202023Neighbourhood4.4%St Albans4.1%England7.3%
Numbered on the chart: 1: April 2020, the first quarter after the Covid-19 lockdown began (23 March 2020); DWP paused routine PIP reviews and reassessments from late March to July 2020. Benefit counts from April 2013 to October 2024, divided by ONS mid-year population estimates aged 16 to 64 for 2013–2024 (2021-based, from Nomis). Each month or quarter uses the mid-year estimate for the same calendar year; this is not a monthly population estimate. Only matching area codes and years are used; gaps stay missing, and population is never carried forward. Areas without matching estimates are omitted. The latest benefit count held for the leading area is July 2026. Headline shares and separate full-history charts, where available, retain their fixed Census 2021 base; the counted benefit-change signal still compares counts. PIP replaced Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for people aged 16 to 64 from April 2013, and people already receiving DLA were moved across to PIP by DWP's reassessments, the largest part of them by 2019. Source: DWP, PIP Cases with Entitlement (Stat-Xplore), July 2026. Our own calculated shares; population estimates roll the census forward with births, deaths and moves. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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People receiving PIP, annual population base
ObservationNeighbourhoodSt AlbansEngland
Apr 20130%0%0%
Jul 20130%0%0%
Oct 20130%0%0%
Jan 20140%0%0.1%
Apr 20140%0%0.1%
Jul 20140%0.1%0.2%
Oct 20140%0.1%0.4%
Jan 20150.2%0.3%0.7%
Apr 20150.2%0.3%1%
Jul 20150.4%0.4%1.2%
Oct 20150.5%0.5%1.4%
Jan 20160.4%0.6%1.5%
Apr 20160.6%0.7%1.8%
Jul 20160.7%0.9%2%
Oct 20160.9%1.1%2.3%
Jan 20171.1%1.2%2.6%
Apr 20171.3%1.4%2.8%
Jul 20171.4%1.5%3.1%
Oct 20171.3%1.6%3.3%
Jan 20181.3%1.7%3.5%
Apr 20181.4%1.8%3.6%
Jul 20181.3%1.9%3.8%
Oct 20181.5%2%4%
Jan 20191.9%2.1%4.1%
Apr 20191.9%2.2%4.2%
Jul 20191.8%2.3%4.3%
Oct 20191.9%2.4%4.6%
Jan 20202%2.4%4.7%
Apr 20202%2.5%4.8%
Jul 20202.1%2.6%4.9%
Oct 20202.1%2.6%5%
Jan 20212.3%2.7%5.1%
Apr 20212.2%2.7%5.2%
Jul 20212.3%2.8%5.2%
Oct 20212.4%2.9%5.3%
Jan 20222.6%2.9%5.4%
Apr 20222.7%3%5.6%
Jul 20222.8%3.1%5.7%
Oct 20223.1%3.3%5.9%
Jan 20233.2%3.3%6.1%
Apr 20233.2%3.4%6.2%
Jul 20233.3%3.5%6.3%
Oct 20233.3%3.6%6.6%
Jan 20243.7%3.7%6.7%
Apr 20244%3.8%6.9%
Jul 20243.9%4%7.1%
Oct 20244.4%4.1%7.3%
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Evidence confidence and comparability

Observation period
Not held separately for this chart. The section date below may cover several datasets.
Section coverage — may differ from this chart
Neighbourhood: St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA); borough: St Albans; region: East of England; England. Ward for children in low-income families. Counts from DWP Stat-Xplore; shares of Census 2021 residents and households. The Claimant Count from ONS (Nomis). Council Tax Support from MHCLG, for the borough. Separate annual-population charts use matching ONS age estimates only for the years and areas held; their captions give the dates and limits. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-05
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source dated 2026-05
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Numbered on the chart: 1: April 2020, the first quarter after the Covid-19 lockdown began (23 March 2020); DWP paused routine PIP reviews and reassessments from late March to July 2020. Benefit counts from April 2013 to October 2024, divided by ONS mid-year population estimates aged 16 to 64 for 2013–2024 (2021-based, from Nomis). Each month or quarter uses the mid-year estimate for the same calendar year; this is not a monthly population estimate. Only matching area codes and years are used; gaps stay missing, and population is never carried forward. Areas without matching estimates are omitted. The latest benefit count held for the leading area is July 2026. Headline shares and separate full-history charts, where available, retain their fixed Census 2021 base; the counted benefit-change signal still compares counts. PIP replaced Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for people aged 16 to 64 from April 2013, and people already receiving DLA were moved across to PIP by DWP's reassessments, the largest part of them by 2019. Source: DWP, PIP Cases with Entitlement (Stat-Xplore), July 2026. Our own calculated shares; population estimates roll the census forward with births, deaths and moves. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Section source
Department for Work and Pensions, Stat-Xplore; Office for National Statistics, Claimant Count (Nomis); Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local Council Tax Support

Neighbourhood: St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA); borough: St Albans; region: East of England; England. Ward for children in low-income families. Counts from DWP Stat-Xplore; shares of Census 2021 residents and households. The Claimant Count from ONS (Nomis). Council Tax Support from MHCLG, for the borough. Separate annual-population charts use matching ONS age estimates only for the years and areas held; their captions give the dates and limits. · 2026-05

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Households on Council Tax Support, share of households

Observation period: Dec 2015 → Jun 2026

Jun 2026

Down from 10.2% in June 2016 to 10.0% in June 2026; England fell more, from 18.2% to 15.5%.

Households on Council Tax Support, share of households: St Albans 11.3% (Dec 2015) to 10% (Jun 2026); England 18.6% (Dec 2015) to 15.5% (Jun 2026).10.7%17.4%2016201920222025St Albans10%England15.5%
Council Tax Support claimants (pensioners and working age), each one a council tax bill reduced under the council's scheme, at the end of each financial quarter from December 2015 to June 2026, as a share of households at the 2021 census, a fixed base: change in the number of households since 2021 is not reflected. Since April 2013 each council in England has set its own scheme for working-age people (who qualifies and how much), so councils are not like for like and a change can follow a change to the scheme; support for pensioners follows national rules. MHCLG publishes the figures councils return each quarter and revises them when a council sends corrected figures; a quarter it marks not available is left as a gap. Source: MHCLG, Local Council Tax Support claimants live table, published 12 August 2026.
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Households on Council Tax Support, share of households
ObservationSt AlbansEngland
Dec 201511.3%18.6%
Mar 201611.3%18.5%
Jun 201610.2%18.2%
Sep 201610%18.1%
Dec 201610%17.9%
Mar 20179.9%17.8%
Jun 20179.8%17.6%
Sep 20179.7%17.4%
Dec 20179.5%17.2%
Mar 20189.9%17.1%
Jun 20189.7%17%
Sep 20189.6%16.9%
Dec 20189.5%16.7%
Mar 20199.5%16.6%
Jun 20199.6%16.5%
Sep 20199.6%16.4%
Dec 20199.5%16.4%
Mar 202010%16.4%
Jun 202010.7%17.2%
Sep 202010.5%17.2%
Dec 202010.5%17.3%
Mar 202110.8%17.3%
Jun 202110.6%17.2%
Sep 202110.5%17%
Dec 202110.3%16.7%
Mar 202210.3%16.5%
Jun 202210.2%16.3%
Sep 202210.2%16.2%
Dec 202210%16%
Mar 202310.1%16%
Jun 202310.1%15.9%
Sep 202310.2%15.9%
Dec 202310%15.9%
Mar 202410.2%15.8%
Jun 202410.2%15.8%
Sep 202410.2%15.8%
Dec 202410%15.7%
Mar 202510.1%15.6%
Jun 202510.1%15.6%
Sep 20259.9%15.5%
Dec 20259.9%15.5%
Mar 202610%15.5%
Jun 202610%15.5%
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Evidence confidence and comparability

Observation period
Not held separately for this chart. The section date below may cover several datasets.
Section coverage — may differ from this chart
Neighbourhood: St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA); borough: St Albans; region: East of England; England. Ward for children in low-income families. Counts from DWP Stat-Xplore; shares of Census 2021 residents and households. The Claimant Count from ONS (Nomis). Council Tax Support from MHCLG, for the borough. Separate annual-population charts use matching ONS age estimates only for the years and areas held; their captions give the dates and limits. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-05
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source dated 2026-05
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Council Tax Support claimants (pensioners and working age), each one a council tax bill reduced under the council's scheme, at the end of each financial quarter from December 2015 to June 2026, as a share of households at the 2021 census, a fixed base: change in the number of households since 2021 is not reflected. Since April 2013 each council in England has set its own scheme for working-age people (who qualifies and how much), so councils are not like for like and a change can follow a change to the scheme; support for pensioners follows national rules. MHCLG publishes the figures councils return each quarter and revises them when a council sends corrected figures; a quarter it marks not available is left as a gap. Source: MHCLG, Local Council Tax Support claimants live table, published 12 August 2026.

Section source
Department for Work and Pensions, Stat-Xplore; Office for National Statistics, Claimant Count (Nomis); Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local Council Tax Support

Neighbourhood: St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA); borough: St Albans; region: East of England; England. Ward for children in low-income families. Counts from DWP Stat-Xplore; shares of Census 2021 residents and households. The Claimant Count from ONS (Nomis). Council Tax Support from MHCLG, for the borough. Separate annual-population charts use matching ONS age estimates only for the years and areas held; their captions give the dates and limits. · 2026-05

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People on Universal Credit
10.6%

of residents aged 16 to 64 in this neighbourhood, May 2026; May 2025: 11.0% (−0.4 points). St Albans 10.9% (+0.6), East of England 17.4% (+1.2), England 20.3% (+1.5).

New National Insurance registrations from abroad
707 in 2025/26

adults from abroad registering in St Albans (4.7 per 1,000 residents); 2024/25: 760 (−7.0%; 5.0 per 1,000). England 7.9 per 1,000 (2024/25: 8.9). Most common in 2025/26 (2024/25): Kyrgyzstan 70 (35), Other / unknown 55 (74), Hong Kong 53 (77), United States 43 (34), China 42 (40).

Children in low-income families
10.9%

of children under 16 in this neighbourhood, 2024/25; 2023/24: 9.8% (+1.1 points). St Albans 7.3% (+0.3), East of England 16.7% (+0.8), England 20.3% (+0.6). Sandridge & Wheathampstead ward: 206 children (2023/24: 183, +12.6%).

Pension Credit
3.9%

of residents aged 66 and over in this neighbourhood, March 2026; February 2025 (the nearest earlier quarter DWP publishes): 3.8% (+0.1 points). St Albans 6.2% (−0.3), East of England 9.5% (−0.1), England 11.9% (−0.2).

Households getting help with rent
97.3 social · 16.6 private

per 1,000 households in this neighbourhood, March 2026; March 2025: social 101.8 (−4.5), private 19.2 (−2.6). St Albans social 88.1 (−0.3), private 35.5 (−0.2); East of England social 118.0 (+0.9), private 61.7 (no change); England social 135.3 (+0.5), private 76.5 (+0.2). Housing Benefit and Universal Credit together.

Claimant Count
2.0%

of residents aged 16 to 64 in this neighbourhood, September 2026; September 2025: 2.1% (−0.1 points). St Albans 2.5% (+0.1), East of England 3.4% (+0.1), England 4.2% (+0.1).

People receiving PIP
4.9%

of residents aged 16 to 64 in this neighbourhood, July 2026; July 2025: 5.0% (−0.1 points). St Albans 4.8% (+0.3), East of England 7.6% (+0.5), England 8.5% (+0.5).

Households on Council Tax Support
10.0%

of households in St Albans, June 2026; June 2025: 10.1% (−0.1 points). England 15.5% (−0.1).

  • People on Universal Credit in this neighbourhood, May 2026

    St Albans: 10.9% (9,870). East of England: 17.4% (679,625). England: 20.3% (7,222,784). May 2025: 11.0% in this neighbourhood. May 2013: 0.0%. In work (employed or self-employed): 46.9% of people on Universal Credit in this neighbourhood in April 2026 (DWP adds this a month later). Denominator: residents aged 16 to 64 at the 2021 census (3,786 in this neighbourhood). Growth partly reflects people moving from older benefits into Universal Credit (Move to UC, marked by DWP from August 2022). The latest month is provisional.

    10.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 (401 people)
  • Most common nationalities of new National Insurance registrations in St Albans, 2025/26

    All nationalities: 707 registrations in 2025/26 (4.7 per 1,000 residents). England: 7.9 per 1,000 residents. Registrations when adults from abroad arrive to work or claim, at the address given then; not who still lives here (people often move after registering), and children and people who never register are not counted. Nationalities with small numbers may be rounded or suppressed by DWP.

    Kyrgyzstan 70 (35 in 2024/25) · Other / unknown 55 (74 in 2024/25) · Hong Kong 53 (77 in 2024/25) · United States 43 (34 in 2024/25) · China 42 (40 in 2024/25)
  • Children in low-income families, 2024/25

    This neighbourhood 7.8% in 2021/22 → 10.9% in 2024/25; St Albans 7.5% → 7.3%; England 18.6% → 20.3%. Change since 2021/22: Stat-Xplore holds 4 years on 2021 boundaries, so a five-year change is not available yet. DWP definitions: a child is in relative low income when their family's income before housing costs, adjusted for the size and make-up of the household, is below 60% of the median that year; income includes earnings, state support and pensions. Only families claiming Child Benefit and at least one other household benefit (Universal Credit, tax credits or Housing Benefit) are counted. Shares use residents aged 0 to 15 at the 2021 census.

    206 children under 16 in Sandridge & Wheathampstead ward (+23 on 2023/24) · 10.9% of children in this neighbourhood (163) · 7.3% of children in St Albans (2,344)
  • Pension Credit in this neighbourhood, March 2026

    St Albans: 6.2%. East of England: 9.5%. England: 11.9%. February 2019: this neighbourhood 4.4%; Feb 2020 4.4%, Feb 2021 4.0%, Feb 2022 3.7%, Feb 2023 3.8%, Feb 2024 3.8%, Feb 2025 3.8%. Pension Credit tops up the income of people over State Pension age on low incomes; many people who could claim it do not. Claimants: a couple claiming together counts once. Share of residents aged 66 and over (State Pension age in 2021) at the 2021 census, a fixed base (1,372 in this neighbourhood). The annual population age bands held here group everyone aged 65 and over together, so they cannot provide a matching 66-and-over denominator; population change since 2021 is not reflected in these shares.

    3.9% of residents aged 66 and over (53 claimants)
  • Households getting help with rent in this neighbourhood, March 2026

    St Albans: social 88.1, private 35.5 per 1,000 households. East of England: social 118.0, private 61.7 per 1,000 households. England: social 135.3, private 76.5 per 1,000 households. March 2019 in this neighbourhood: social 79.2, private 9.1 per 1,000 households. Another 6 with tenure not recorded or other (Housing Benefit 0, Universal Credit 6). Working-age Housing Benefit is moving into Universal Credit's housing element, so read the two together: the total is the fairer comparison over time. Pensioners and people in supported or temporary housing still claim Housing Benefit. Housing Benefit counts claims and Universal Credit counts households; a home gets help through one or the other. Per 1,000 households at the 2021 census (2,651 in this neighbourhood), a fixed base. Annual resident age estimates cannot provide a household denominator; changes in the number of households since 2021 are not reflected in these rates.

    Social rented: 97.3 per 1,000 households (Housing Benefit 62, Universal Credit 196) · Private rented: 16.6 per 1,000 households (Housing Benefit 7, Universal Credit 37)
  • Claimant Count in this neighbourhood, September 2026

    St Albans: 2.5% (2,235). East of England: 3.4% (132,405). England: 4.2% (1,493,875). September 2025: 2.1% in this neighbourhood. January 2013: 1.6% in this neighbourhood. Nomis published its figures on its 2011 neighbourhood area (the same ground) until December 2025 and on its 2021 area since January 2026. People claiming Jobseeker's Allowance plus people on Universal Credit who are required to look for work; the count rose while Universal Credit was rolled out (2015 to December 2018) partly because more people were counted. Denominator: residents aged 16 to 64 at the 2021 census, a fixed base (3,786 in this neighbourhood). ONS rounds counts to the nearest 5. Shown only: the Claimant Count is not one of the signals in How the area is changing (people on Universal Credit already are, within benefit claims) and never feeds a score. Source: ONS Claimant Count via Nomis, September 2026, 2021 neighbourhood area (St Albans 004).

    2.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 (75 people)
  • People receiving PIP in this neighbourhood, July 2026

    St Albans: 4.8% (4,375). East of England: 7.6% (296,054). England: 8.5% (3,035,893). July 2025: 5.0% in this neighbourhood. July 2019: 1.9% in this neighbourhood. PIP replaced Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for people aged 16 to 64 from April 2013, and people already receiving DLA were moved across to PIP by DWP's reassessments, the largest part of them by 2019, so the rise until then partly reflects that move. Denominator: residents aged 16 to 64 at the 2021 census, a fixed base (3,786 in this neighbourhood). DWP adjusts small counts slightly to protect privacy. Its three-year change against the borough counts in How the area is changing, inside the one grouped benefit claims signal; it never feeds a score. Source: DWP, PIP Cases with Entitlement (Stat-Xplore), July 2026.

    4.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 (184 people)
  • Households on Council Tax Support in St Albans, June 2026

    England: 15.5% (3,635,623 claimants). June 2025: 10.1% (5,954 claimants) in St Albans. December 2015: 11.3% in St Albans. Each claimant is a council tax bill reduced under the council's scheme, so in effect a household. Since April 2013 each council in England has set its own scheme for working-age people (who qualifies and how much), so councils are not like for like and a change can follow a change to the scheme; support for pensioners follows national rules. Share of households at the 2021 census, a fixed base (58,990 in St Albans). The borough's change over three years against England's is one of the benefit measures in How the area is changing (counted once, with Universal Credit, children in low-income families, help with rent and Pension Credit); here it is only shown, and it never feeds a score. Source: MHCLG, Local Council Tax Support claimants live table, published 12 August 2026.

    10.0% of households (5,910 claimants: 1,706 pensioners, 4,204 working age)

Source dated 2026-05

Traffic and road safety · Partial evidence

No police-reported injury collisions within 250 m in 2021–2025.

Section coverage: Great Britain. Collisions within 250 m; traffic count points within 500 m. · 2026-10-05T14:53:45+00:00

Road maintenanceHertfordshire County Council rated amber by DfT (2025–26) · 3% of A roads in poor condition (England 5%) DfT rates how well each of England's local highway authorities looks after its roads, from the condition of the roads, how much it spends on them and how far it follows best practice (2025–26: 16 green, 125 amber, 13 red). Hertfordshire County Council: overall amber; condition amber, spend green, best practice amber. Hertfordshire County Council, not St Albans's district council, looks after the roads here; National Highways looks after motorways and major trunk roads. In poor condition in 2024-25: A roads 3% (England 5%), B and C roads 6% (England 7%). Council level, not this street: potholes on a particular road are not recorded here, so walk or drive the streets nearby. Shown for context, not counted.
Injury collisions within 250 m (2021–2025)0 Fatal 0, serious 0, slight 0. Collision severity, not individual casualty severity.
Involving pedestrians or cyclists0 / 0 Collisions with a pedestrian casualty / with a cyclist casualty.
People killed or injured0 Police-reported casualties within 250 m, 2021–2025. One collision can injure more than one person. Individual casualty severity is not held; fatal, serious and slight describe collisions.
01

Roads in poor condition: Hertfordshire against England

Observation period: 2015-16 → 2024-25

2024-25

Hertfordshire's A roads: 3% in poor condition in 2024-25, much the same as 3% in 2019-20; England 5%.

Roads in poor condition: Hertfordshire against England: A roads, Hertfordshire 3% (2015-16) to 3% (2024-25); B and C roads, Hertfordshire 6% (2015-16) to 6% (2024-25); A roads, England 3% (2015-16) to 5% (2024-25); B and C roads, England 6% (2015-16) to 7% (2024-25).1.6%6.4%2024-252022-232020-212018-192015-16A roads, Hertfordshire3%B and C roads, Hertfordshire6%A roads, England5%B and C roads, England7%
The share of each road class where maintenance should be considered (DfT road condition statistics, April to March each year). Gaps are years with no figure for the council. Council level, not this street. Shown for context, not counted.
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Roads in poor condition: Hertfordshire against England
ObservationA roads, HertfordshireB and C roads, HertfordshireA roads, EnglandB and C roads, England
2015-163%6%3%6%
2016-173%5%3%6%
2017-182%5%3%6%
2018-194%4%3%6%
2019-203%5%4%6%
2020-213%6%4%7%
2021-222%4%4%6%
2022-233%4%4%7%
2023-243%5%4%7%
2024-253%6%5%7%
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Evidence confidence and comparability

Observation period
Not held separately for this chart. The section date below may cover several datasets.
Section coverage — may differ from this chart
Great Britain. Collisions within 250 m; traffic count points within 500 m. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-10-05T14:53:45+00:00
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-10-05
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
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The share of each road class where maintenance should be considered (DfT road condition statistics, April to March each year). Gaps are years with no figure for the council. Council level, not this street. Shown for context, not counted.

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Department for Transport: road safety data (STATS19) and road traffic counts

Great Britain. Collisions within 250 m; traffic count points within 500 m. · 2026-10-05T14:53:45+00:00

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Collision severity within 250 m, 2021–2025

Saved period label: 2025

2025
Fatal
0 collisions
Serious
0 collisions
Slight
0 collisions

Scale: 0–1

Police-reported injury collisions, classified by the most severely injured person in each collision. These are collision counts; individual casualty severity is not held. 0 people killed or injured across 0 collisions. Counts are not rates or a measure of risk per journey.
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Observation period
Not held separately for this chart. The section date below may cover several datasets.
Section coverage — may differ from this chart
Great Britain. Collisions within 250 m; traffic count points within 500 m. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-10-05T14:53:45+00:00
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-10-05
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Police-reported injury collisions, classified by the most severely injured person in each collision. These are collision counts; individual casualty severity is not held. 0 people killed or injured across 0 collisions. Counts are not rates or a measure of risk per journey.

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Department for Transport: road safety data (STATS19) and road traffic counts

Great Britain. Collisions within 250 m; traffic count points within 500 m. · 2026-10-05T14:53:45+00:00

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Planned roadworks within 100 m, the next six months

Observation period not held separately; see the source notes.

1 set of works within 100 m between today and 3 May 2027: 1 in progress.

Planned roadworks within 100 m, the next six months: Major works · about 10 m, since 21 May 2026, to 23 Nov, in progress; today is 3 November 2026.In progressNov2026DecJan2027FebMarAprMayMajor works · about 10 m · since 21 May 2026, to 23 NovTodayPlanned roadworks within 100 m, the next six months: Major works · about 10 m, since 21 May 2026, to 23 Nov, in progress; today is 3 November 2026.In progressNov2026DecJan2027FebMarAprMayMajor works · about 10 msince 21 May 2026, to 23 NovToday
Each bar is one set of works within 100 m of this point, from its planned start (in progress: the day it started) to its planned end, with its category and distance above it; the dashed line is today, and an arrow means the works run on beyond the chart. DfT Street Manager, monthly permit archives to 31 October 2026 (Open Government Licence v3.0); works planned after that are not in them yet, and dates can change. For the postcode's centre point.
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Observation period
Not held separately for this chart. The section date below may cover several datasets.
Section coverage — may differ from this chart
Great Britain. Collisions within 250 m; traffic count points within 500 m. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-10-05T14:53:45+00:00
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-10-05
How to compare
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Confidence limits
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Each bar is one set of works within 100 m of this point, from its planned start (in progress: the day it started) to its planned end, with its category and distance above it; the dashed line is today, and an arrow means the works run on beyond the chart. DfT Street Manager, monthly permit archives to 31 October 2026 (Open Government Licence v3.0); works planned after that are not in them yet, and dates can change. For the postcode's centre point.

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Department for Transport: road safety data (STATS19) and road traffic counts

Great Britain. Collisions within 250 m; traffic count points within 500 m. · 2026-10-05T14:53:45+00:00

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Roadworks started within 100 m each month

Observation period not held separately; see the source notes.

2 sets of works started within 100 m in the 12 months to 31 October 2026; the most in a whole month was 1 (November 2025).

Roadworks started within 100 m each month: Nov 25 1, Dec 25 0, Jan 26 0, Feb 26 0, Mar 26 0, Apr 26 0, May 26 1, Jun 26 0, Jul 26 0, Aug 26 0, Sep 26 0, Oct 26 0.10Dec 2500Feb 2600Apr 2610Jun 2600Aug 2600Oct 26
Sets of works with a recorded start within 100 m of this point, in the month they started; each counted once, however many permits it had. DfT Street Manager, monthly permit archives November 2025 to October 2026 (Open Government Licence v3.0). For the postcode's centre point.
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Evidence confidence and comparability

Observation period
Not held separately for this chart. The section date below may cover several datasets.
Section coverage — may differ from this chart
Great Britain. Collisions within 250 m; traffic count points within 500 m. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-10-05T14:53:45+00:00
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-10-05
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Sets of works with a recorded start within 100 m of this point, in the month they started; each counted once, however many permits it had. DfT Street Manager, monthly permit archives November 2025 to October 2026 (Open Government Licence v3.0). For the postcode's centre point.

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Department for Transport: road safety data (STATS19) and road traffic counts

Great Britain. Collisions within 250 m; traffic count points within 500 m. · 2026-10-05T14:53:45+00:00

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Road maintenance
Hertfordshire County Council rated amber by DfT (2025–26) · 3% of A roads in poor condition (England 5%)

DfT rates how well each of England's local highway authorities looks after its roads, from the condition of the roads, how much it spends on them and how far it follows best practice (2025–26: 16 green, 125 amber, 13 red). Hertfordshire County Council: overall amber; condition amber, spend green, best practice amber. Hertfordshire County Council, not St Albans's district council, looks after the roads here; National Highways looks after motorways and major trunk roads. In poor condition in 2024-25: A roads 3% (England 5%), B and C roads 6% (England 7%). Council level, not this street: potholes on a particular road are not recorded here, so walk or drive the streets nearby. Shown for context, not counted.

Injury collisions within 250 m (2021–2025)
0

Fatal 0, serious 0, slight 0. Collision severity, not individual casualty severity.

Involving pedestrians or cyclists
0 / 0

Collisions with a pedestrian casualty / with a cyclist casualty.

People killed or injured
0

Police-reported casualties within 250 m, 2021–2025. One collision can injure more than one person. Individual casualty severity is not held; fatal, serious and slight describe collisions.

Busiest nearby road
None counted nearby

Annual average daily flow at the nearest DfT count points.

  • Traffic counts

    DfT counts cover major roads fully and minor roads only at sampled points, so quiet streets usually have none.

    No count point within 500 m
  • DfT road maintenance rating, 2025–26

    DfT rates how well each of England's local highway authorities looks after its roads, from the condition of the roads, how much it spends on them and how far it follows best practice (2025–26: 16 green, 125 amber, 13 red). Hertfordshire County Council: overall amber; condition amber, spend green, best practice amber. The authority publishes a transparency report on its roads each year, linked here. Shown for context, not counted.

    Sources: Transparency report · DfT ratings
    Amber
  • A roads in poor condition, Hertfordshire

    3% in 2024-25, much the same as 3% in 2019-20; England 5%; East of England 5%. The share of road length where maintenance should be considered, from surveys in 10 m sections (DfT, April 2024 to March 2025); some of it may not need treatment once inspected. Council level, not this street.

    3% (England 5%)
  • B and C roads in poor condition, Hertfordshire

    6% in 2024-25, up from 5% in 2019-20; England 7%; East of England 7%. The share of road length where maintenance should be considered, from surveys in 10 m sections (DfT, April 2024 to March 2025); some of it may not need treatment once inspected. Council level, not this street.

    6% (England 7%)
  • Unclassified roads in poor condition, Hertfordshire

    Unclassified roads in 2024-25: no figure was published. England 17%; East of England 13%. This is not evidence either way.

    No figure for 2024-25
  • Is this street maintained by the council?

    Whether a street is adopted (maintained at public expense) is recorded in the council's list of streets, which is not published as open data. Your conveyancer's local authority search (CON29 question 2.1) says whether the roads next to the home are adopted. Private and unadopted roads are the owners' to repair.

    Not in open data
  • Is this street in a resident parking zone?

    Not measured: parking zone boundaries for St Albans are not held in this report; most councils do not publish them as open data, so this report cannot say whether the street is in a permit zone. Ask the seller and the council whether the street needs a permit.

    Not measured
  • Planned roadworks within 100 m

    Planned works within 100 m: Major works, a gas network, in progress since 21 May 2026, planned to end 23 November 2026, multi-way signals, about 10 m away (DfT Street Manager, to 31 October 2026). Planned means a permit granted or applied for (never one refused or cancelled), ending today or later and starting by 3 May 2027, or works in progress; each set of works is counted once. Works planned after 31 October 2026 are not in the archive yet, and dates can change. Minor works are planned to take up to 3 working days, standard 4 to 10, major 11 or more; urgent and emergency works start without notice. This is for the postcode's centre point: choose the exact address to check the home itself.

    1 planned or in progress
  • Roadworks within 100 m in the last 12 months

    2 sets of works within 100 m of this point started in the 12 months to 31 October 2026 (DfT Street Manager): 1 urgent or emergency, 1 major; 1 by the highway authority, 1 by a gas network. Each set of works is counted once, however many permits it had; works that started earlier are not counted here. This is for the postcode's centre point: choose the exact address to check the home itself.

    2 started

Source date: 2026-10-05

Planning and local change · Partial evidence

Planning near this home

Designations recorded here may restrict alterations, extensions, demolition and tree works.

Section coverage: England only. Designations at the selected point, plus listed building records within 120 m. · 2026-10-21T01:22:52+00:00

Planning applications to check nearbyNone recorded (phone masts only from Sep 2026)
Details

No larger scheme within 500 m or house in multiple occupation (HMO) within 100 m is recorded by PlanIt for the last 3 years. Whether a phone mast was applied for within 200 m cannot be told before 29 September 2026: the copy these are read from holds phone mast applications only from that date. None is recorded since. FloodRadar's copy of PlanIt, which these are read from, holds applications for tree works, adverts, amendments and conditions, and for phone masts, only from 29 September 2026: earlier ones are missing here unless the council has changed them since.

Applications within 250 m (3 years)5
Details

1 approved, 3 refused, 1 awaiting decision, as recorded by PlanIt. FloodRadar's copy of PlanIt, which these are read from, holds applications for tree works, adverts, amendments and conditions, and for phone masts, only from 29 September 2026: earlier ones are missing here unless the council has changed them since.

Larger schemes within 500 m0
Details

PlanIt's "large" applications and any stating 10 or more homes (conditions and amendments left out); homes counted where approved or awaiting decision, as the description states them (not net of homes replaced).

New homes built410 a year in St Albans over 5 years · 6.7 per 1,000 homes (East of England 10.1, England 9.0)
Details

Net additional homes (MHCLG: new builds plus conversions and changes of use, minus demolitions) in St Albans each year, 2020-21 to 2024-25: 410 a year on average, 6.7 a year for every 1,000 homes (East of England 10.1, England 9.0). Latest: 381 in 2024-25 (provisional), 6.0 per 1,000 homes. Per 1,000 homes: the yearly average against the dwelling stock at the start (MHCLG estimates at 31 March). Many new homes can mean regeneration, new shops and services and a growing area, or more competition from new-build sales and busier roads, schools and GP surgeries; few can mean a settled area where homes are scarce. Council level, not this street. Shown for context, not counted.

Development near this home

Locate applications, heritage constraints and infrastructure together, then check the dated records below.

93 recorded applications within 1 km over 3 years: 5 within 250 m. 50 listed in the evidence; 8 mapped.

Search widened to 1 km because the census neighbourhood (LSOA E01023749) had 267.8 residents per km² on 21 March 2021. We use 1 km below 300 residents per km² and 500 m otherwise. This is a search rule, not an official rural classification or a village population. Distances are approximate straight-line distances to the source’s recorded point. Applications can concern the same project; these are not building-control records.

Application coverage: St Albans: read from FloodRadar's nightly copy of PlanIt, which reaches back to 3 November 2023 (3 years) and is brought up to date nightly, complete through 1 November 2026; the newest application it holds for this council is dated 5 October 2026. FloodRadar's copy of PlanIt, which these are read from, holds applications for tree works, adverts, amendments and conditions, and for phone masts, only from 29 September 2026: earlier ones are missing here unless the council has changed them since. PlanIt has no location for some applications (about 9% nationally); they cannot be placed or counted here. Many points are the application's postcode centre, so distances are approximate.

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Applications describe proposals. Approval does not establish that work has started or finished. Completed-home figures, where held, have their own source and geography.

Dated changes and decisions

  1. Approved / permission grantedApproved: 1 x Wild plum, semi fallen and leaning over footpath, to remove in sections to ground level. 1 x Lime to lift… · TP/2026/0401, 742 m

  2. SubmittedSubmitted: Listed Building consent - Repair and upgrade thermal performance of roof to main cottage building · 5/2026/1630, 528 m

  3. Approved / permission grantedApproved: A new north extension accommodating two WCs, one of which will be fully accessible. New stepped and ramped ac… · 5/2025/2253, 779 m

  4. Approved / permission grantedApproved: Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Construction of a rear dormer window to the rear roof slope · 5/2026/0985, 779 m

  5. Approved / permission grantedApproved: Installation of conservatory at rear · 5/2026/0889, 624 m

  6. Approved / permission grantedApproved: Widening of existing driveway, removal of garage, proposed rear extension and service store, proposed rear an… · 5/2025/2261, 528 m

  7. Approved / permission grantedApproved: Listed Building consent - Widening of existing driveway, removal of garage, proposed rear extension and servi… · 5/2026/0058, 528 m

  8. SubmittedSubmitted: Change of use of existing classroom block to nursery including external alterations to form a new entrance an… · 5/2026/1158, 779 m

  9. Approved / permission grantedApproved: Listed Building consent - Single storey flat roofed kitchen extension including demolition of part of an inte… · 5/2026/0260, 782 m

  10. Approved / permission grantedApproved: Listed Building consent - Regularisation of the demolition of two dilapidated curtilage-listed garden outbuil… · 5/2026/0493, 685 m

  11. Approved / permission grantedApproved: Variation of Condition 2 (approved plans) to increase the depth of single storey front extension of planning… · 5/2026/0424, 660 m

  12. RefusedRefused: Re-roofing existing main roof · 5/2026/0360, 133 m

  13. RefusedRefused: Listed Building consent - Re-roofing existing main roof · 5/2026/0362, 133 m

  14. SubmittedSubmitted: Approval of Technical Details Consent for the construction of nine residential dwellings pursuit in principle… · 5/2026/0615, 771 m

  15. Approved / permission grantedApproved: Extend the existing drop kerb · 5/2025/1828, 0 m

  16. SubmittedSubmitted: Regularisation of the demolition of two dilapidated curtilage-listed garden outbuildings (removed on health a… · 5/2026/0333, 685 m

  17. SubmittedSubmitted: Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed works to a Listed Building) - Internal alterations to the modern extensio… · 5/2026/0336, 685 m

  18. Approved / permission grantedApproved: Alterations to conservatory, garage conversion including single storey side extension, new front porch, eleva… · 5/2025/2086, 660 m

  19. Approved / permission grantedApproved: Variation of Condition 2 (approved plans) to reduce the depth and alter the design of the extension of planni… · 5/2025/1794, 529 m

  20. Approved / permission grantedApproved: Raised patio with glass balustrade enclosure · 5/2025/1913, 673 m

  21. RefusedRefused: Single storey side extension to existing detached garage to provide an additional garage with a pitched roof · 5/2025/1849, 133 m

  22. Approved / permission grantedApproved: Permission in Principle - The construction of nine residential market dwellings · 5/2025/1645, 771 m

  23. Approved / permission grantedApproved: Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Construction of single storey rear extension under Permitted Developme… · 5/2025/1617, 371 m

  24. Approved / permission grantedApproved: Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Single storey rear extension, construction of outbuilding and demoliti… · 5/2025/1341, 565 m

  25. Approved / permission grantedApproved: Proposed garage/ front extension, pitch roof replacement and external and internal alterations · 5/2025/1226, 673 m

  26. Approved / permission grantedApproved: Two storey rear extension · 5/2025/1265, 771 m

  27. Approved / permission grantedApproved: Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Loft conversion including hip to gable conversion, rear dormer and 2no… · 5/2025/1266, 771 m

  28. Approved / permission grantedApproved: Prior Approval - Convert the existing office building into 3 residential units comprising 1 x 3 bedroom dwell… · 5/2025/1217, 779 m

  29. Approved / permission grantedApproved: Construction of first floor rear extension, demolition of porch and alterations to openings · 5/2025/0957, 371 m

  30. Approved / permission grantedApproved: Two storey front extension, partial demolition of single storey rear extension and erection of single storey… · 5/2025/0814, 672 m

  31. Approved / permission grantedApproved: Single storey side and front extension, first floor rear extension, alterations to openings, alterations to b… · 5/2025/0427, 661 m

  32. Approved / permission grantedPermission granted: Wandon End - Solar Farm & Battery Storage (solar farm, 49.9 MW), about 9.4 km

  33. Approved / permission grantedPermission granted on appeal: Wandon End - Solar Farm & Battery Storage (solar farm, 49.9 MW), about 9.4 km

  34. Other recorded eventApplication submitted: Tollgate Farm, Welham Green - Solar Farm (solar farm, 16 MW), about 9.9 km

  35. Approved / permission grantedApproved: New single storey extension following demolition of conservatory · 5/2025/0556, 529 m

  36. RefusedRefused: Prior Approval - Conversion of agricultural barn to one dwellinghouse (use Class C3) · 5/2025/0557, 685 m

  37. RefusedRefused: Construction of first floor side and rear extension, with car port beneath side extension · 5/2024/2162, 371 m

  38. Other recorded eventDecision made: London Luton Airport Expansion (airport), about 7.2 km

  39. Approved / permission grantedApproved: Proposed part demolition of existing rear conservatory and construction of single storey garden room with gla… · 5/2024/2227, 528 m

  40. Approved / permission grantedApproved: Installation of six solar panels to rear roof · 5/2024/1918, 795 m

  41. Approved / permission grantedApproved: Extend the existing garage forward via side extension and conversion to living space. Add pitched roof. Alter… · 5/2024/1707, 749 m

  42. RefusedRefused: First floor side and rear extension with car port beneath side extension · 5/2024/1524, 371 m

  43. Approved / permission grantedApproved: Demolition of existing conservatory and construction of single storey rear extension with heat pump · 5/2024/1429, 795 m

  44. Approved / permission grantedApproved: Single storey rear extension with rooflights · 5/2024/1398, 795 m

  45. SubmittedSubmitted: 5 multi coloured metal round tables, 10 multicoloured metal chairs and 1 umbrella · PAV/2024/0013, 779 m

  46. Approved / permission grantedPermission granted: Stanborough, Hatfield - Solar Array (solar farm, 10 MW), about 7.0 km

  47. RefusedRefused: Two car parking bays off existing access road · 5/2024/1208, 685 m

  48. Approved / permission grantedApproved: Replacement outbuilding · 5/2024/1202, 685 m

  49. Approved / permission grantedApproved: Single storey side extension to main house and side extension to detached garage · 5/2024/0756, 528 m

  50. RefusedRefused: Prior Approval - Single storey rear extension 3.9m in height x 4m in depth and 2.8m in height to the eaves · 5/2024/1147, 795 m

  51. Approved / permission grantedApproved: Single storey front and side extension and new rear window · 5/2024/0299, 779 m

  52. SubmittedSubmitted: Proposed part demolition of existing rear conservatory and construction of single storey garden room with gla… · 5/2023/2557, 528 m

  53. SubmittedSubmitted: Part single, part two storey front extension, front porch and associated works · 5/2023/2506, 660 m

  54. SubmittedSubmitted: Garage conversion and single storey front extension with rooflights, new opening to side · 5/2023/2347, 0 m

Events are dated observations held in this report, not a complete application history. Local application decisions use their recorded dates; wider infrastructure events state their own distances. Submitted is the recorded submission event, not confirmation an application is still pending. Section date: 2026-10-21T01:22:52+00:00. Local application source: PlanIt; individual council pages are linked in the supporting records. Section context source: Planning Data (planning.data.gov.uk).

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New homes a year for every 1,000 homes

Observation period: 2001-02 → 2024-25

2024-25

381 in 2024-25 (provisional), 6.0 per 1,000 homes; 6.7 a year per 1,000 over 5 years against East of England 10.1 and England 9.0.

New homes each year in St Albans: St Albans 7.7 (2001-02) to 6 (2024-25); East of England 8.3 (2001-02) to 9.1 (2024-25); England 6.9 (2001-02) to 8.1 (2024-25).5.911.22024-252020-212016-172012-132008-092001-02St Albans6East of England9.1England8.1
Net additional homes (MHCLG: new builds plus conversions and changes of use, minus demolitions) each financial year (April to March), for every 1,000 homes standing at its start. MHCLG live tables 122, 118 and 125; the latest year is provisional. Council level; shown for context, not counted.
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New homes each year in St Albans
ObservationSt AlbansEast of EnglandEngland
2001-027.78.36.9
2002-036.59.37.5
2003-045.79.57.9
2004-05129.98.6
2005-06710.89.3
2006-077.810.89.7
2007-086.311.410
2008-098.18.98.1
2009-105.876.4
2010-117.77.36
2011-126.67.36.1
2012-135.96.25.7
2013-146.46.86.1
2014-155.387.5
2015-166.78.68.3
2016-175.79.79.4
2017-186.49.79.5
2018-1910.411.310.2
2019-207.210.510.2
2020-218.49.48.8
2021-225.19.99.4
2022-236.4119.3
2023-24710.28.7
2024-2569.18.1
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Net additional homes (MHCLG: new builds plus conversions and changes of use, minus demolitions) each financial year (April to March), for every 1,000 homes standing at its start. MHCLG live tables 122, 118 and 125; the latest year is provisional. Council level; shown for context, not counted.

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Planning Data (planning.data.gov.uk)

England only. Designations at the selected point, plus listed building records within 120 m. · 2026-10-21T01:22:52+00:00

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Applications within 250 m (3 years)
5

1 approved, 3 refused, 1 awaiting decision, as recorded by PlanIt. FloodRadar's copy of PlanIt, which these are read from, holds applications for tree works, adverts, amendments and conditions, and for phone masts, only from 29 September 2026: earlier ones are missing here unless the council has changed them since.

Conservation area
None recorded

Restricts demolition, alterations and tree works.

Major infrastructure projects within 10 km
5 · nearest 7.0 km

Nearest: Stanborough, Hatfield - Solar Array (solar farm, 10 MW), consented, not yet built (permission granted 2024-09-16). Each project is listed below, nearest first.

Article 4 direction
None recorded

Removes permitted development rights where it applies.

Listed building at this point
None recorded

Listing controls alterations inside and out.

Planning applications to check nearby
None recorded (phone masts only from Sep 2026)

No larger scheme within 500 m or house in multiple occupation (HMO) within 100 m is recorded by PlanIt for the last 3 years. Whether a phone mast was applied for within 200 m cannot be told before 29 September 2026: the copy these are read from holds phone mast applications only from that date. None is recorded since. FloodRadar's copy of PlanIt, which these are read from, holds applications for tree works, adverts, amendments and conditions, and for phone masts, only from 29 September 2026: earlier ones are missing here unless the council has changed them since.

Larger schemes within 500 m
0

PlanIt's "large" applications and any stating 10 or more homes (conditions and amendments left out); homes counted where approved or awaiting decision, as the description states them (not net of homes replaced).

New homes and conversions within 250 m
0

None recorded by PlanIt. Read from each application's description.

Home improvement applications within 250 m
2

Extensions, lofts, dormers, basements and other householder work, read from the descriptions. A steady flow usually means owners are investing in their homes.

Premium home works within 250 m
None recorded

Not compared with the council: too few households nearby for a rate. Applications of the last 3 years for basements and cellars, swimming pools, garden offices and rooms, orangeries, tennis and padel courts, home cinemas and gyms, and wine cellars, read from each description with a reviewed list of words; businesses, clubs, new flats, HMOs and paperwork on earlier permissions are left out (recorded by PlanIt). FloodRadar's copy of PlanIt, which these are read from, holds applications for tree works, adverts, amendments and conditions, and for phone masts, only from 29 September 2026: earlier ones are missing here unless the council has changed them since.

Larger schemes approved within 500 m
None recorded

Larger schemes (10 or more homes, or PlanIt's large applications) approved in the last 3 years with the number of homes stated, one per site (its latest approval); homes as each application states them, not net of homes replaced (recorded by PlanIt). Shown for context, not counted: an approval is a plan, and homes can take years to build. FloodRadar's copy of PlanIt, which these are read from, holds applications for tree works, adverts, amendments and conditions, and for phone masts, only from 29 September 2026: earlier ones are missing here unless the council has changed them since.

Brownfield housing sites within 500 m
None registered

No current site on the council's brownfield land register within 500 m.

New homes built
410 a year in St Albans over 5 years · 6.7 per 1,000 homes (East of England 10.1, England 9.0)

Net additional homes (MHCLG: new builds plus conversions and changes of use, minus demolitions) in St Albans each year, 2020-21 to 2024-25: 410 a year on average, 6.7 a year for every 1,000 homes (East of England 10.1, England 9.0). Latest: 381 in 2024-25 (provisional), 6.0 per 1,000 homes. Per 1,000 homes: the yearly average against the dwelling stock at the start (MHCLG estimates at 31 March). Many new homes can mean regeneration, new shops and services and a growing area, or more competition from new-build sales and busier roads, schools and GP surgeries; few can mean a settled area where homes are scarce. Council level, not this street. Shown for context, not counted.

Protected countryside
None recorded at this point

No National Park, National Landscape, SSSI or other nature designation is recorded at the point (England). An empty result means nothing recorded, not nothing applies.

Heritage at risk within 500 m
0

Listed buildings, monuments, parks or conservation areas that Historic England records as at risk. Nearby neglected heritage can mean repairs, scaffolding or regeneration plans.

  • Green belt

    Applies at the selected point.

    St Albans
  • Landlord licensing area

    Not measured: this report holds no published licensing areas for St Albans; most councils do not publish them as open data, so this report cannot say whether a selective or additional licensing scheme covers this home. Ask the council if you plan to let the home.

    Not measured
  • Mandatory HMO licence (national rule)

    Wherever the home is in England, renting it to 5 or more people who form more than one household and share a toilet, bathroom or kitchen needs a licence from the council (a large house in multiple occupation). This applies in every council, whatever its local schemes (GOV.UK, read 6 October 2026).

    Source: GOV.UK
    National rule
  • Planning applications: coverage

    St Albans: read from FloodRadar's nightly copy of PlanIt, which reaches back to 3 November 2023 (3 years) and is brought up to date nightly, complete through 1 November 2026; the newest application it holds for this council is dated 5 October 2026. FloodRadar's copy of PlanIt, which these are read from, holds applications for tree works, adverts, amendments and conditions, and for phone masts, only from 29 September 2026: earlier ones are missing here unless the council has changed them since. PlanIt has no location for some applications (about 9% nationally); they cannot be placed or counted here. Many points are the application's postcode centre, so distances are approximate. Search widened to 1 km because the census neighbourhood (LSOA E01023749) had 267.8 residents per km² on 21 March 2021. We use 1 km below 300 residents per km² and 500 m otherwise. This is a search rule, not an official rural classification or a village population. The list shows 50 of 93 recorded applications within 1 km in the last 3 years; the map shows 8. The 250 m figures retain their smaller radius. Applications are not necessarily separate projects or building-control approvals.

    Find the council planning register
    3 years, some kinds from a later date
  • Garage conversion and single storey front extension with rooflights, new opening to side

    178 Lower Luton Road Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Hh, 0 m away. St Albans 5/2023/2347 · home improvement · recorded by PlanIt as "Undecided".

    PlanIt
    Awaiting decision, submitted Nov 2023
  • Extend the existing drop kerb

    108 Lower Luton Road Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Hh, 0 m away. St Albans 5/2025/1828 · full · recorded by PlanIt as "Conditions".

    PlanIt
    Approved, Mar 2026
  • Single storey side extension to existing detached garage to provide an additional garage with a pitched roof

    173 Lower Luton Road Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Hq, 133 m away. St Albans 5/2025/1849 · home improvement · recorded by PlanIt as "Rejected".

    PlanIt
    Refused, Dec 2025
  • Re-roofing existing main roof

    173 Lower Luton Road Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Hq, 133 m away. St Albans 5/2026/0360 · full · recorded by PlanIt as "Rejected".

    PlanIt
    Refused, Apr 2026
  • Listed Building consent - Re-roofing existing main roof

    173 Lower Luton Road Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Hq, 133 m away. St Albans 5/2026/0362 · heritage · recorded by PlanIt as "Rejected".

    PlanIt
    Refused, Apr 2026
  • First floor side and rear extension with car port beneath side extension

    13 Folly Fields Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Hj, 371 m away. St Albans 5/2024/1524 · home improvement · recorded by PlanIt as "Rejected".

    PlanIt
    Refused, Nov 2024
  • Construction of first floor side and rear extension, with car port beneath side extension

    13 Folly Fields Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Hj, 371 m away. St Albans 5/2024/2162 · home improvement · recorded by PlanIt as "Rejected".

    PlanIt
    Refused, Apr 2025
  • Construction of first floor rear extension, demolition of porch and alterations to openings

    13 Folly Fields Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Hj, 371 m away. St Albans 5/2025/0957 · demolition, home improvement · recorded by PlanIt as "Conditions".

    PlanIt
    Approved, Aug 2025
  • Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Construction of single storey rear extension under Permitted Developme…

    13 Folly Fields Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Hj, 371 m away. St Albans 5/2025/1617 · home improvement · recorded by PlanIt as "Permitted".

    PlanIt
    Approved, Oct 2025
  • Proposed part demolition of existing rear conservatory and construction of single storey garden room with gla…

    42 Ash Grove Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Df, 528 m away. St Albans 5/2023/2557 · demolition, home improvement, premium home works · recorded by PlanIt as "Undecided".

    PlanIt
    Awaiting decision, submitted Dec 2023
  • Single storey side extension to main house and side extension to detached garage

    1 Ash Grove Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Df, 528 m away. St Albans 5/2024/0756 · home improvement · recorded by PlanIt as "Conditions".

    PlanIt
    Approved, Aug 2024
  • Proposed part demolition of existing rear conservatory and construction of single storey garden room with gla…

    42 Ash Grove Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Df, 528 m away. St Albans 5/2024/2227 · demolition, home improvement, premium home works · recorded by PlanIt as "Conditions".

    PlanIt
    Approved, Feb 2025
  • Widening of existing driveway, removal of garage, proposed rear extension and service store, proposed rear an…

    Bury Farm Cottage 53 Ash Grove Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Df, 528 m away. St Albans 5/2025/2261 · home improvement · recorded by PlanIt as "Conditions".

    PlanIt
    Approved, Jun 2026
  • Listed Building consent - Widening of existing driveway, removal of garage, proposed rear extension and servi…

    Bury Farm Cottage 53 Ash Grove Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Df, 528 m away. St Albans 5/2026/0058 · home improvement · recorded by PlanIt as "Conditions".

    PlanIt
    Approved, Jun 2026
  • Listed Building consent - Repair and upgrade thermal performance of roof to main cottage building

    Bury Farm Cottage 53 Ash Grove Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Df, 528 m away. St Albans 5/2026/1630 · heritage · recorded by PlanIt as "Undecided".

    PlanIt · Council's page
    Awaiting decision, submitted Sep 2026
  • New single storey extension following demolition of conservatory

    22 Bury Green Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8De, 529 m away. St Albans 5/2025/0556 · demolition, home improvement · recorded by PlanIt as "Conditions".

    PlanIt
    Approved, Jun 2025
  • Variation of Condition 2 (approved plans) to reduce the depth and alter the design of the extension of planni…

    22 Bury Green Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8De, 529 m away. St Albans 5/2025/1794 · demolition · recorded by PlanIt as "Conditions".

    PlanIt
    Approved, Dec 2025
  • Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Single storey rear extension, construction of outbuilding and demoliti…

    49 Bury Green Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Db, 565 m away. St Albans 5/2025/1341 · demolition, home improvement · recorded by PlanIt as "Permitted".

    PlanIt
    Approved, Oct 2025
  • Installation of conservatory at rear

    9 Heron Close Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Jz, 624 m away. St Albans 5/2026/0889 · home improvement · recorded by PlanIt as "Conditions".

    PlanIt
    Approved, Jul 2026
  • Part single, part two storey front extension, front porch and associated works

    21 Bury Green Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Dl, 660 m away. St Albans 5/2023/2506 · home improvement · recorded by PlanIt as "Undecided".

    PlanIt
    Awaiting decision, submitted Dec 2023
  • Alterations to conservatory, garage conversion including single storey side extension, new front porch, eleva…

    23 Bury Green Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Dl, 660 m away. St Albans 5/2025/2086 · home improvement · recorded by PlanIt as "Conditions".

    PlanIt
    Approved, Jan 2026
  • Variation of Condition 2 (approved plans) to increase the depth of single storey front extension of planning…

    21 Bury Green Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Dl, 660 m away. St Albans 5/2026/0424 · full · recorded by PlanIt as "Conditions".

    PlanIt
    Approved, May 2026
  • Single storey side and front extension, first floor rear extension, alterations to openings, alterations to b…

    20 Kingfisher Close Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Jj, 661 m away. St Albans 5/2025/0427 · home improvement · recorded by PlanIt as "Conditions".

    PlanIt
    Approved, Jul 2025
  • Two storey front extension, partial demolition of single storey rear extension and erection of single storey…

    6 Garden Court Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Re, 672 m away. St Albans 5/2025/0814 · demolition, home improvement · recorded by PlanIt as "Conditions".

    PlanIt
    Approved, Jul 2025
  • Proposed garage/ front extension, pitch roof replacement and external and internal alterations

    2 High Meads Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Dn, 673 m away. St Albans 5/2025/1226 · home improvement · recorded by PlanIt as "Conditions".

    PlanIt
    Approved, Sep 2025
  • Raised patio with glass balustrade enclosure

    1 High Meads Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Dn, 673 m away. St Albans 5/2025/1913 · full · recorded by PlanIt as "Conditions".

    PlanIt
    Approved, Dec 2025
  • Replacement outbuilding

    194 Lower Luton Road Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Hn, 685 m away. St Albans 5/2024/1202 · home improvement · recorded by PlanIt as "Conditions".

    PlanIt
    Approved, Sep 2024
  • Two car parking bays off existing access road

    194 Lower Luton Road Wheathampstead St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 8Hn, 685 m away. St Albans 5/2024/1208 · full · recorded by PlanIt as "Rejected".

    PlanIt
    Refused, Sep 2024
  • Prior Approval - Conversion of agricultural barn to one dwellinghouse (use Class C3)

    Land Adjacent To Blackthorn Farm 236 Lower Luton Road Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Hn, 685 m away. St Albans 5/2025/0557 · change of use to homes · recorded by PlanIt as "Rejected".

    PlanIt
    Refused, May 2025
  • Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) - We are seeking permission to amend the current fence-line; extending t…

    Lea House 204 Lower Luton Road Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Hn, 685 m away. St Albans 5/2025/0711 · application · recorded by PlanIt as "Withdrawn".

    PlanIt
    Withdrawn or closed, May 2026
  • Regularisation of the demolition of two dilapidated curtilage-listed garden outbuildings (removed on health a…

    Lea House 204 Lower Luton Road Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Hn, 685 m away. St Albans 5/2026/0333 · demolition · recorded by PlanIt as "Undecided".

    PlanIt
    Awaiting decision, submitted Feb 2026
  • Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed works to a Listed Building) - Internal alterations to the modern extensio…

    Lea House 204 Lower Luton Road Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Hn, 685 m away. St Albans 5/2026/0336 · home improvement · recorded by PlanIt as "Undecided".

    PlanIt
    Awaiting decision, submitted Feb 2026
  • Listed Building consent - Regularisation of the demolition of two dilapidated curtilage-listed garden outbuil…

    Lea House 204 Lower Luton Road Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Hn, 685 m away. St Albans 5/2026/0493 · demolition · recorded by PlanIt as "Conditions".

    PlanIt
    Approved, May 2026
  • 1 x Wild plum, semi fallen and leaning over footpath, to remove in sections to ground level. 1 x Lime to lift…

    1 Station Road Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Bu, 742 m away. St Albans TP/2026/0401 · trees · recorded by PlanIt as "Permitted".

    PlanIt · Council's page
    Approved, Oct 2026
  • Extend the existing garage forward via side extension and conversion to living space. Add pitched roof. Alter…

    38 Brewhouse Hill Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Aq, 749 m away. St Albans 5/2024/1707 · home improvement · recorded by PlanIt as "Conditions".

    PlanIt
    Approved, Nov 2024
  • Two storey rear extension

    247 Lower Luton Road Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Hw, 771 m away. St Albans 5/2025/1265 · home improvement · recorded by PlanIt as "Conditions".

    PlanIt
    Approved, Sep 2025
  • Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Loft conversion including hip to gable conversion, rear dormer and 2no…

    247 Lower Luton Road Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Hw, 771 m away. St Albans 5/2025/1266 · home improvement · recorded by PlanIt as "Permitted".

    PlanIt
    Approved, Sep 2025
  • Permission in Principle - The construction of nine residential market dwellings

    The Cherry Trees Indian Restaurant 261 Lower Luton Road Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Hw, 771 m away. St Albans 5/2025/1645 · outline · recorded by PlanIt as "Conditions".

    PlanIt
    Approved, Oct 2025
  • Approval of Technical Details Consent for the construction of nine residential dwellings pursuit in principle…

    The Cherry Trees 261 Lower Luton Road Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Hw, 771 m away. St Albans 5/2026/0615 · new homes · recorded by PlanIt as "Undecided".

    PlanIt
    Awaiting decision, submitted Mar 2026
  • Single storey front and side extension and new rear window

    67 Brewhouse Hill Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8An, 779 m away. St Albans 5/2024/0299 · home improvement · recorded by PlanIt as "Conditions".

    PlanIt
    Approved, Apr 2024
  • Prior Approval - Convert the existing office building into 3 residential units comprising 1 x 3 bedroom dwell…

    49-51 Brewhouse Hill Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8An, 779 m away. St Albans 5/2025/1217 · change of use to homes · 3 homes stated · recorded by PlanIt as "Permitted".

    PlanIt
    Approved, Aug 2025
  • A new north extension accommodating two WCs, one of which will be fully accessible. New stepped and ramped ac…

    St Helens Church High Street Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Aa, 779 m away. St Albans 5/2025/2253 · home improvement · recorded by PlanIt as "Conditions".

    PlanIt
    Approved, Jul 2026
  • Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Construction of a rear dormer window to the rear roof slope

    33 Brewhouse Hill Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8An, 779 m away. St Albans 5/2026/0985 · home improvement · recorded by PlanIt as "Permitted".

    PlanIt
    Approved, Jul 2026
  • Change of use of existing classroom block to nursery including external alterations to form a new entrance an…

    St Helens Church Of England Primary School Brewhouse Hill Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8An, 779 m away. St Albans 5/2026/1158 · larger scheme · recorded by PlanIt as "Undecided".

    PlanIt
    Awaiting decision, submitted Jun 2026
  • 5 multi coloured metal round tables, 10 multicoloured metal chairs and 1 umbrella

    4B High Street Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Aa, 779 m away. St Albans PAV/2024/0013 · application · recorded by PlanIt as "Undecided".

    PlanIt
    Awaiting decision, submitted Sep 2024
  • Listed Building consent - Single storey flat roofed kitchen extension including demolition of part of an inte…

    Gable Cottage Church Street Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Aw, 782 m away. St Albans 5/2026/0260 · demolition, home improvement · recorded by PlanIt as "Conditions".

    PlanIt
    Approved, May 2026
  • Prior Approval - Single storey rear extension 3.9m in height x 4m in depth and 2.8m in height to the eaves

    3 Abbot John Mews Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Dg, 795 m away. St Albans 5/2024/1147 · home improvement · recorded by PlanIt as "Rejected".

    PlanIt
    Refused, Aug 2024
  • Single storey rear extension with rooflights

    16 Abbot John Mews Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Dg, 795 m away. St Albans 5/2024/1398 · home improvement · recorded by PlanIt as "Conditions".

    PlanIt
    Approved, Sep 2024
  • Demolition of existing conservatory and construction of single storey rear extension with heat pump

    3 Abbot John Mews Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Dg, 795 m away. St Albans 5/2024/1429 · demolition, home improvement · recorded by PlanIt as "Conditions".

    PlanIt
    Approved, Oct 2024
  • Installation of six solar panels to rear roof

    3 Abbot John Mews Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Dg, 795 m away. St Albans 5/2024/1918 · full · recorded by PlanIt as "Conditions".

    PlanIt
    Approved, Dec 2024
  • Major infrastructure projects within 10 km

    Nearest first. Distances are to the application boundary where the register publishes one, otherwise to the project's recorded point, so a road, cable or pipeline can pass closer than its point suggests. Council-decided schemes are not in these registers.

    5 projects
  • Stanborough, Hatfield - Solar Array

    Energy: solar farm, 10 MW. Consented, not yet built (permission granted 2024-09-16). Applicant: J Reddington Limited. Distance to its recorded point; the site itself may be closer. Planning authority: Welwyn Hatfield; application 6/2023/1802/MAJ. Register: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/renewable-energy-planning-database-quarterly-extract

    7.0 km
  • London Luton Airport Expansion

    Transport: airport. Decided on 2025-04-03 (the outcome is on the project page). Applicant: London Luton Airport Limited. Distance to the application boundary. Project page: https://national-infrastructure-consenting.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/projects/TR020001

    7.2 km
  • M1 Junction 10a Grade Separation - Luton

    Transport: road or junction. Decided on 2013-10-30 (the outcome is on the project page). Applicant: Luton Borough Council. Distance to the application boundary. Project page: https://national-infrastructure-consenting.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/projects/TR010009

    8.6 km
  • Wandon End - Solar Farm & Battery Storage

    Energy: solar farm, 49.9 MW. Consented, not yet built (permission granted 2025-07-15). Applicant: EPL 002 Limited. Distance to its recorded point; the site itself may be closer. Planning authority: North Hertfordshire; application 22/03231/FP. Register: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/renewable-energy-planning-database-quarterly-extract

    9.4 km
  • Tollgate Farm, Welham Green - Solar Farm

    Energy: solar farm, 16 MW. Application submitted (submitted 2025-07-11). Applicant: Brockwell Energy Limited. Distance to its recorded point; the site itself may be closer. Planning authority: Welwyn Hatfield; application 6/2025/1458/MAJ. Register: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/renewable-energy-planning-database-quarterly-extract

    9.9 km
  • Public investment

    Checked: development corporation areas (planning.data.gov.uk, England), Pride in Place places (259 of 284 can be placed, list reviewed 26 September 2026), Town Deal and Future High Streets Fund towns (165 of 172 awards can be placed, list reviewed 27 September 2026), Freeport and Investment Zone tax sites within 10 km (51 of 64 placed by an official location, list reviewed 27 September 2026), and Levelling Up Fund bids for this council (rounds 1 to 3, list reviewed 27 September 2026). Other public money (grants, transport schemes, council and devolved programmes) is not checked.

    Nothing recorded at this point
  • Freeport and Investment Zone tax sites

    The nearest placed tax site is Dagenham (Thames Freeport), 46 km away, measured to one point, the Ford Motor Company Estate address in Dagenham, of which the site is a part. Businesses on tax sites get tax reliefs, to bring investment and jobs.

    Sources: HMRC map
    None within 10 km · nearest 46 km
  • Levelling Up Fund in St Albans

    No Levelling Up Fund bid in rounds 1 to 3 is recorded for St Albans, by its council or for a wider area that includes it.

    Nothing recorded
  • New homes built in St Albans, 2001-02 → 2024-25

    Net additional homes (MHCLG: new builds plus conversions and changes of use, minus demolitions). The most in one year: 660 in 2004-05. Per 1,000 homes: the yearly average against the dwelling stock at the start (MHCLG estimates at 31 March). MHCLG revises the latest years and adjusts all of them to each census. Many new homes can mean regeneration, new shops and services and a growing area, or more competition from new-build sales and busier roads, schools and GP surgeries; few can mean a settled area where homes are scarce. Council level, not this street. Shown for context, not counted.

    381 in 2024-25 (provisional), 6.0 per 1,000 homes
  • Housing Delivery Test 2025: St Albans

    St Albans delivered 1,220 homes against 2,662 required over the three years to March 2025 (46%). Below 75%: the presumption in favour of sustainable development applies, with the 20% buffer and the action plan. Planning applications for housing are then to be approved unless the harm would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits, or national policies protecting areas such as green belt, flood zones or heritage give a strong reason to refuse. In practice more new housing gets approved, including on sites the local plan did not allocate: relevant to buyers near open land, farmland or large plots. The Housing Delivery Test (MHCLG) compares the homes delivered in each planning area over three years with the number required by its plan or by national housing need. Consequences are cumulative: an action plan below 95%, a 20% buffer below 85%, and the presumption in favour of sustainable development below 75%. The presumption can also apply when a council cannot show five years' supply of housing land; that is not recorded here. Council level, not this street. Shown for context, not counted.

    46%: presumption in favour of sustainable development

Source date: 2026-10-21

How the area is changing · Partial evidence

One of the most affluent neighbourhoods in England today (Affluence today, below).

One of the most affluent neighbourhoods in England today (Affluence today, below). 1 of 17 measured signals point towards rising affluence compared with the borough, and 3 point the other way. None of it says who is moving in or out.

Section coverage: Neighbourhood St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA E02004927) against St Albans. Food premises within 800 m. · 2026-10-20

Affluence todayAmong the most affluent One of the most affluent neighbourhoods in England: household income after housing costs higher than 89% of neighbourhoods in England, and houses around £740k and flats around £240k, dearer than 89%. Area signals point away from gentrification against St Albans (the gentrification indication). How well off the neighbourhood is today, from 4 money measures listed in the full evidence; a label, not a score.
Gentrification signalsMoving the other way 1 of 17 measured signals point towards rising affluence against the borough, 3 the other way and 13 in line. Weighing each by how directly it tracks rising incomes and values (1 to 5), the balance is -0.21, on a scale from -1 (all the other way) to +1 (all rising). A reading of the signals, not a prediction. Each signal is listed below.
Plug-in cars9.1% here, up from 4.3% in 2023 · St Albans 8.2% · England 5.4% Share of the privately kept cars licensed in St Albans 004 at the end of June 2026 that are plug-in (battery electric or plug-in hybrid): 9.1%, against St Albans 8.2%, East of England 5.3%, England 5.4%. In June 2023: 4.3% here and 3.6% across St Albans, so +4.8 points here against +4.6. Its growth against St Albans is one of the counted signals below; public charging points are not.
Household income£75,100 here vs £76,000 St Albans ONS estimate of average household income before tax in St Albans 004, 2022/23 (95% range £64,400 to £87,700), against the median of St Albans's 20 neighbourhoods (our own figure): up 26% since 2011/12, against +33% for the typical St Albans neighbourhood; higher than 8 of St Albans's 19 other neighbourhoods. Modelled survey estimates: small differences mean little.

Recorded local businesses

Shops and services over time

Selected mapped businesses within 0.62 mi. A new observation can be a mapping update, rather than a new business.

17mapped businesses · 2026-10-06
1complete dated extracts

2026-10-06 → 2026-10-06

This is the baseline. A second complete, differently dated extract is needed to measure change.

Explicitly mapped vacant units: Not covered in this extract. This is a map count, not a vacancy rate.

Selected mapped shops and services, not a complete premises register. First recorded is not an opening; disappearance is not closure. Mapping edits, duplicate objects and coverage changes can affect counts. Explicit shop=vacant counts are not a vacancy rate; no complete premises denominator or independently verified opening dates is held. Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, Geofabrik UK extracts (ODbL 1.0).

Published opening records

Which businesses and services opened?

Selected dated council and operator evidence. Each record names its area; borough-wide records may be outside this neighbourhood. This is an incomplete history, not a count of all openings or a check of current trading.

No recent verified opening records are held in this saved report. That does not mean no businesses opened.

Sources checked 2026-10-13. Planned openings, licensing applications and company registrations do not establish an opening.

Empty commercial units

Published vacancy evidence

A published commercial vacancy rate is not held for this place. Missing map or food-register entries are not counted as vacant units.

Named centre and regional statistics describe their published boundaries and periods. They are not a vacancy rate within the walking radius of this home. Different periods and survey methods should not be ranked directly.

The high street over time

What has appeared—and what is no longer recorded

Food shops, cafés, restaurants, takeaways and pubs within 800 m. These are changes in the food register, not confirmed opening or closure dates.

2026-09-08 → 2026-10-205 dated extracts

First recorded since baseline: 0Absent from latest extract: 0

Tracking is still young: 42 days. These observations are too short to establish a lasting trend.

□ Baseline membership■ Latest extract
Premium brands0 → 0

First recorded: 0 · Absent from latest: 0
Across the same authority: 14 → 14

Mainstream brands0 → 0

First recorded: 0 · Absent from latest: 0
Across the same authority: 40 → 40

Budget and value brands0 → 0

First recorded: 0 · Absent from latest: 0
Across the same authority: 10 → 10

Unclassified / independent8 → 8

First recorded: 0 · Absent from latest: 0
Across the same authority: 618 → 619

The businesses behind these observations

Food register authority reference: 160. This comparison uses only that authority’s premises and dates.

No additions or absences recorded between these observations. This does not rule out openings outside the tracked register or period.

Shop and service map observations and independently sourced opening records are shown separately below.

Source: Food Standards Agency register. Baseline membership is grouped using the latest held name, category and location; historical rebranding or relocation cannot be reconstructed. An absent record may reflect a move, changed registration or a closed business. Different authorities retain separate periods. Premium/value bands describe brands, not actual prices or customers; unclassified businesses are not assigned a price tier. This observed history is context and does not change the saved gentrification score.

Affordability pressure

Housing costs and local pay

Observation period: 2015 → 2025

2015–2025

From 2015 to 2025: pay +53.1%; rent +50.7%.

Housing costs and local pay in St Albans: Residents’ full-time pay 100 (2015) to 153.1 (2025); Private rent 100 (2015) to 150.7 (2025); House prices 100 (2015) to 143.2 (2025).106.8146.3202520232021201920172015Residents’ full-time pay153.1Private rent150.7House prices143.2
All series start at 100 in 2015. Same council: St Albans (E07000240). ONS median annual full-time resident earnings, median house prices and average private rent (all properties; all 12 monthly observations required). Calendar-year labels align annual observations; survey/reference periods differ. Pay is not household income, renters are not the same population as all full-time workers, and this is not a rent burden or displacement estimate. Nominal growth, not inflation-adjusted. Private rents are official statistics in development. Context only; not counted in the gentrification indicator.
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Housing costs and local pay in St Albans
ObservationResidents’ full-time payPrivate rentHouse prices
2015100100100
2016103.7104.6111.7
2017106.5108.6117.8
2018113.6110.2122.2
2019110.7109.9120.9
2020117113.7123.9
2021121.2118.2131.8
2022125.3124.1142
2023128.2131.1147.7
2024143.2140.5139.8
2025153.1150.7143.2
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01

Plug-in share of privately kept cars, end of June each year

Observation period: 2017 → 2026

2026

Up from 0.5% in June 2017 to 9.1% in June 2026.

Plug-in cars here against St Albans: St Albans 004 0.5% (2017) to 9.1% (2026); St Albans 1.1% (2020) to 8.2% (2026); East of England 1.4% (2022) to 5.3% (2026); England 2% (2023) to 5.4% (2026).1.6%8%20262024202220202017St Albans 0049.1%St Albans8.2%East of England5.3%England5.4%
Share of privately kept licensed cars that are plug-in, at the end of June each year (DfT VEH0125 and VEH0145). A year that withheld small counts leave uncertain by more than 0.1 points is a gap, never estimated. The council, region and nation are the sums of their small areas.
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Plug-in cars here against St Albans
ObservationSt Albans 004St AlbansEast of EnglandEngland
20170.51%Not heldNot heldNot held
20180.72%Not heldNot heldNot held
20191.05%Not heldNot heldNot held
20201.49%1.08%Not heldNot held
20212.19%1.69%Not heldNot held
20223.27%2.64%1.43%Not held
20234.25%3.62%2%2%
20245.58%4.81%2.71%2.73%
20256.91%6.24%3.75%3.8%
20269.09%8.19%5.3%5.35%
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Neighbourhood St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA E02004927) against St Albans. Food premises within 800 m. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-10-20
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-10-20
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Share of privately kept licensed cars that are plug-in, at the end of June each year (DfT VEH0125 and VEH0145). A year that withheld small counts leave uncertain by more than 0.1 points is a gap, never estimated. The council, region and nation are the sums of their small areas.

Section source
HM Land Registry, ONS postcode lookup, FSA food hygiene register

Neighbourhood St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA E02004927) against St Albans. Food premises within 800 m. · 2026-10-20

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02

Lifestyle businesses here

Observation period not held separately; see the source notes.

Architects and interiors
2
St Albans (2.6)
Yoga and pilates
1
St Albans (0.5)
Florists
1
St Albans (0.2)
Fitness
1
St Albans (0.7)
Dog and pet care
0
St Albans (0.1)
Coffee
0
St Albans (0.3)
Wine
0
St Albans (0.2)

Scale: 0–2.8192

Live companies of each kind with a registered office in St Albans 004; the dashed mark is how many there would be at the St Albans rate for the same number of households (Census 2021). Companies House, October 2026; a reviewed list of business codes and name words. Registrations, not shopfronts.
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Section date
2026-10-20
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-10-20
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Live companies of each kind with a registered office in St Albans 004; the dashed mark is how many there would be at the St Albans rate for the same number of households (Census 2021). Companies House, October 2026; a reviewed list of business codes and name words. Registrations, not shopfronts.

Section source
HM Land Registry, ONS postcode lookup, FSA food hygiene register

Neighbourhood St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA E02004927) against St Albans. Food premises within 800 m. · 2026-10-20

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Average household income, each ONS estimate

Observation period: 2011/12 → 2022/23

2022/23Household income here against St Albans: St Albans 004 £59k (2011/12) to £75k (2022/23); St Albans median £59k (2011/12) to £76k (2022/23).£57k£73k2022/232019/202017/182015/162013/142011/12St Albans 004£75kSt Albans median£76k
ONS estimates of average household income before tax in each edition, with the median of St Albans's neighbourhoods (our own figure). Each estimate has a 95% range of roughly ±16% here, so small movements mean little. No estimates for 2020/21 or 2021/22; the last step spans three years.
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Household income here against St Albans
ObservationSt Albans 004St Albans median
2011/12£59,484£59,484
2013/14£54,266£55,831
2015/16£59,400£61,900
2017/18£56,500£56,500
2019/20£59,700£59,700
2022/23£75,115£75,982
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Section date
2026-10-20
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-10-20
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

ONS estimates of average household income before tax in each edition, with the median of St Albans's neighbourhoods (our own figure). Each estimate has a 95% range of roughly ±16% here, so small movements mean little. No estimates for 2020/21 or 2021/22; the last step spans three years.

Section source
HM Land Registry, ONS postcode lookup, FSA food hygiene register

Neighbourhood St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA E02004927) against St Albans. Food premises within 800 m. · 2026-10-20

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Local businesses by line of business

Observation period not held separately; see the source notes.

Tech, professional
38% · 36
St Albans (29)
Creative, media
14% · 13
St Albans (7.2)
Shops, wholesale
9% · 8
St Albans (9.3)
Health, care
7% · 7
St Albans (7.7)
Construction, trades
7% · 7
St Albans (9.1)
Property, letting
5% · 5
St Albans (11.2)
All others
19% · 18
St Albans (26.6)

Scale: 0–42.1277

Share of the 94 live companies with a registered office in this small area, by the first business code each declares; the dashed mark is St Albans. "All others" includes dormant companies and those with no code. Companies House, October 2026. Descriptive only.
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Section date
2026-10-20
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-10-20
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Share of the 94 live companies with a registered office in this small area, by the first business code each declares; the dashed mark is St Albans. "All others" includes dormant companies and those with no code. Companies House, October 2026. Descriptive only.

Section source
HM Land Registry, ONS postcode lookup, FSA food hygiene register

Neighbourhood St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA E02004927) against St Albans. Food premises within 800 m. · 2026-10-20

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Homes against local pay: price ÷ residents' pay

Observation period: 2002 → 2025

2025Homes against local pay in St Albans: St Albans 8.1 (2003) to 11 (2025); East of England 5.5 (2002) to 8.5 (2025); England 5.1 (2002) to 7.6 (2025).6.212.42025202120172013200920052002St Albans11East of England8.5England7.6
Median house price divided by the median full-time pay of people living in each area, each year (ONS). Higher means homes cost more years of local pay. Shown for context, not counted as a signal.
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Homes against local pay in St Albans
ObservationSt AlbansEast of EnglandEngland
2002Not held5.455.11
20038.096.185.93
20048.176.756.6
20057.946.936.78
20069.027.076.95
20079.097.327.14
20088.747.156.96
20098.186.416.4
20109.056.946.85
20119.366.836.79
20129.366.796.77
20139.396.946.76
201410.017.37.09
201511.747.867.54
201612.658.337.72
201712.999.17.91
201812.629.198.04
201912.829.017.88
202012.428.947.87
202112.7610.149.06
202213.319.738.56
202313.529.588.45
202411.468.77.84
202510.988.527.64
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Neighbourhood St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA E02004927) against St Albans. Food premises within 800 m. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-10-20
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-10-20
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Median house price divided by the median full-time pay of people living in each area, each year (ONS). Higher means homes cost more years of local pay. Shown for context, not counted as a signal.

Section source
HM Land Registry, ONS postcode lookup, FSA food hygiene register

Neighbourhood St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA E02004927) against St Albans. Food premises within 800 m. · 2026-10-20

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Local businesses: new companies each year

Observation period: 2021 → 2026

2026Local businesses: new companies each year: Here 4.2 (2021) to 11.2 (2026); St Albans 7.3 (2021) to 13.6 (2026).5.613.9202620252024202320222021Here11.2St Albans13.6
Companies incorporated each year that are still on the register, per 1,000 households (Census 2021), here and across St Albans. The register lists live companies only, so an earlier year counts only the companies that survived to October 2026: both lines fall going back, and the gap between them matters more than their slope. 2026 is the year so far (dashed).
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Local businesses: new companies each year
ObservationHereSt Albans
20214.27.3
20224.27.7
202379.8
20241412.2
2025715.3
202611.213.6
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Neighbourhood St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA E02004927) against St Albans. Food premises within 800 m. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-10-20
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-10-20
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Companies incorporated each year that are still on the register, per 1,000 households (Census 2021), here and across St Albans. The register lists live companies only, so an earlier year counts only the companies that survived to October 2026: both lines fall going back, and the gap between them matters more than their slope. 2026 is the year so far (dashed).

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HM Land Registry, ONS postcode lookup, FSA food hygiene register

Neighbourhood St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA E02004927) against St Albans. Food premises within 800 m. · 2026-10-20

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Jobs each year, 2019 = 100

Observation period: 2015 → 2024

2024

Jobs within 5 km fell 29% from 2019 to 2024; St Albans -13%, East +4%, England +5%.

Jobs over time against St Albans, East, England: Within 5 km 97 (2015) to 71 (2024); St Albans 101 (2015) to 87 (2024); East 95 (2015) to 104 (2024); England 96 (2015) to 105 (2024).6610020242022202020182015Within 5 km71St Albans87East104England105
Jobs at workplaces each September (ONS BRES), every industry but agriculture, forestry and fishing, each line set to 100 in 2019. 2020 and 2021 moved with the pandemic everywhere. 2024 is provisional (dashed). This neighbourhood's own line is not drawn: at about 1,730 jobs, ONS's rounding moves it in steps of 250.
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Jobs over time against St Albans, East, England
ObservationWithin 5 kmSt AlbansEastEngland
201597.3101.494.995.5
201693.696.297.797
201794.597.599.698.3
201899.2100.199.998.8
2019100100100100
202096.299.999.898.1
2021106.4100.1101.8100.7
202260.284.3101.2102.9
202371.488.4104.1104.1
202471.487104.3104.8
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Neighbourhood St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA E02004927) against St Albans. Food premises within 800 m. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-10-20
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-10-20
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Jobs at workplaces each September (ONS BRES), every industry but agriculture, forestry and fishing, each line set to 100 in 2019. 2020 and 2021 moved with the pandemic everywhere. 2024 is provisional (dashed). This neighbourhood's own line is not drawn: at about 1,730 jobs, ONS's rounding moves it in steps of 250.

Section source
HM Land Registry, ONS postcode lookup, FSA food hygiene register

Neighbourhood St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA E02004927) against St Albans. Food premises within 800 m. · 2026-10-20

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Jobs by industry within 5 km, 2019 → 2024

Observation period: 2019 → 2024

2024
Education
+24% · 1,900 → 2,300
Health
≈+12% · 1,500 → 1,700
Information and communication
≈+6% · 1,200 → 1,300
Retail
≈+1% · 1,200 → 1,200
Arts, entertainment and other services
≈-10% · 1,100 → 1,000
Accommodation and food services
-21% · 1,700 → 1,300
Professional, scientific and technical
-34% · 4,100 → 2,700
Business administration and support
-61% · 11,000 → 4,200

2019 → 2024 · Open square: earlier · Filled square: later · Scale: 0–12,097

The eight largest broad industries within 5 km: jobs in 2019 (open square) and 2024 (filled square), fastest-growing first. ≈ marks a change within ONS's rounding. 2024 is provisional.
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Neighbourhood St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA E02004927) against St Albans. Food premises within 800 m. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-10-20
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-10-20
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

The eight largest broad industries within 5 km: jobs in 2019 (open square) and 2024 (filled square), fastest-growing first. ≈ marks a change within ONS's rounding. 2024 is provisional.

Section source
HM Land Registry, ONS postcode lookup, FSA food hygiene register

Neighbourhood St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA E02004927) against St Albans. Food premises within 800 m. · 2026-10-20

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What we can establish

Observation period not held separately; see the source notes.

Gentrification signals: Moving the other way. 1 of 17 measured signals point towards rising affluence against the borough, 3 the other way and 13 in line. Weighing each by how directly it tracks rising incomes and values (1 to 5), the balance is -0.21, on a scale from -1 (all the other way) to +1 (all rising). A reading of the signals, not a prediction.Gentrification signals against the boroughMoving the other wayWeighted balance -0.21 · 1 of 17 signals up, 3 downOther wayFewSomeClearStrong11335Rising (1)Sales (1)In line (13)Prices (5)Degrees (3)Aged 25–29 (1)Living alone (1)Anti-social (1)Income ranking (3)Income (5)Plug-in cars (3)Air quality (1)Solar, heat pumps (2)New homes (1)Lifestyle (1)New stations (2)The other way (3)Price momentum (3)Crime (2)Benefit claims (4)Not measurable here: Schools, Brands, Home improvements, Premium home works, Independent cafés
Each signal compares this neighbourhood with the borough; the number after each is its weight, 1 to 5, for how directly it tracks rising incomes and values. The label comes from the weighted balance of the signals, shown with the plain count; it is not a prediction or a score.
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Neighbourhood St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA E02004927) against St Albans. Food premises within 800 m. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-10-20
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
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Freshness
Source date: 2026-10-20
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Each signal compares this neighbourhood with the borough; the number after each is its weight, 1 to 5, for how directly it tracks rising incomes and values. The label comes from the weighted balance of the signals, shown with the plain count; it is not a prediction or a score.

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What has changed nearby

Observation period not held separately; see the source notes.

What has changed nearby: Jul 2025 Permission granted: Wandon End - Solar Farm & Battery Storage (solar farm, 49.9 MW), about 9.4 km; Jul 2025 Permission granted on appeal: Wandon End - Solar Farm & Battery Storage (solar farm, 49.9 MW), about 9.4 km; Jul 2025 Application submitted: Tollgate Farm, Welham Green - Solar Farm (solar farm, 16 MW), about 9.9 km; Apr 2025 Decision made: London Luton Airport Expansion (airport), about 7.2 km; Sep 2024 Permission granted: Stanborough, Hatfield - Solar Array (solar farm, 10 MW), about 7.0 km.Jul 2025Permission granted: Wandon End - Solar Farm &Battery Storage (solar farm, 49.9 MW), about 9…Jul 2025Permission granted on appeal: Wandon End - SolarFarm & Battery Storage (solar farm, 49.9 MW),…Jul 2025Application submitted: Tollgate Farm, WelhamGreen - Solar Farm (solar farm, 16 MW), about…Apr 2025Decision made: London Luton Airport Expansion(airport), about 7.2 kmSep 2024Permission granted: Stanborough, Hatfield -Solar Array (solar farm, 10 MW), about 7.0 km
Dated changes near the home: food and drink openings within 800 m (FSA register, since tracking began), Ofsted visits within 1.5 km, larger planning applications (London) and brownfield sites within 500 m, and major infrastructure projects within 10 km, from the last 3 years. Not everything that changed is recorded.
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Neighbourhood St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA E02004927) against St Albans. Food premises within 800 m. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-10-20
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-10-20
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Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Dated changes near the home: food and drink openings within 800 m (FSA register, since tracking began), Ofsted visits within 1.5 km, larger planning applications (London) and brownfield sites within 500 m, and major infrastructure projects within 10 km, from the last 3 years. Not everything that changed is recorded.

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Every signal at a glance

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Every signal at a glance: 1 of 17 counted signals point up (Resale prices flat; Recent price momentum down; Degree-educated residents flat; Residents aged 25 to 29 flat; Single-person households under 65 flat; Recorded crime down; Anti-social behaviour flat; Income deprivation ranking flat; Household income flat; People on Universal Credit flat; Children in low-income families down; Households getting help with rent flat; Pension Credit flat; Council Tax Support (borough against England) flat; Plug-in car growth flat; Schools improving unknown; Air quality flat; Solar and heat pumps flat; New-build activity flat; Lifestyle businesses flat; Premium and budget brands unknown; Home improvement applications unknown; Premium home works unknown; New independent cafés and restaurants unknown; Homes selling up; New stations nearby flat).PricesPrice momentumDegreesAged 25–29Living aloneCrimeAnti-socialIncome rankingIncomeUniversal CreditLow-income childrenHelp with rentPension CreditCouncil Tax SupportPlug-in carsSchoolsAir qualitySolar, heat pumpsNew homesLifestyleBrandsHome improvementsPremium home worksIndependent cafésSalesNew stations
One spoke per signal: a dot at the rim points towards rising affluence against the borough, midway is no clear difference, near the centre points the other way; no dot means not measured. The shape is not a score.
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Section date
2026-10-20
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-10-20
How to compare
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Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

One spoke per signal: a dot at the rim points towards rising affluence against the borough, midway is no clear difference, near the centre points the other way; no dot means not measured. The shape is not a score.

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HM Land Registry, ONS postcode lookup, FSA food hygiene register

Neighbourhood St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA E02004927) against St Albans. Food premises within 800 m. · 2026-10-20

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Who lives here: 2011 → 2021

Saved period label: Census 2021

Census 2021
Degree-level qualifications
44% → 48% (borough 53%)
Reference 53.5%
Single-person households under 65
10% → 9% (borough 14%)
Reference 14.4%
Privately renting households
7% → 9% (borough 16%)
Reference 16.5%
Residents aged 25 to 29
4% → 3% (borough 5%)
Reference 5.1%

Earlier → later · Open square: earlier · Filled square: later · Scale: 0%–60.4%

Census shares in this neighbourhood in 2011 (open square) and 2021 (filled square); the grey tick is the borough in 2021.
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Section date
2026-10-20
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-10-20
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Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
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Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Census shares in this neighbourhood in 2011 (open square) and 2021 (filled square); the grey tick is the borough in 2021.

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HM Land Registry, ONS postcode lookup, FSA food hygiene register

Neighbourhood St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA E02004927) against St Albans. Food premises within 800 m. · 2026-10-20

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Relative deprivation at three editions

Observation period: 2015 → 2025

2025Relative deprivation at three editions: IMD decile 10 (2015) to 10 (2025).911202520192015IMD decile10
English Indices of Deprivation for this unchanged LSOA. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of England; 10 is the least. Edition years are publication labels, not annual observations: most 2015 indicators relate to 2012–2013. Relative national position can change when other areas change, and does not measure absolute improvement. Lines join three editions, not intervening annual estimates. Source: MHCLG, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Relative deprivation at three editions
ObservationIMD decile
201510
201910
202510
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Section date
2026-10-20
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
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Freshness
Source date: 2026-10-20
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Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

English Indices of Deprivation for this unchanged LSOA. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of England; 10 is the least. Edition years are publication labels, not annual observations: most 2015 indicators relate to 2012–2013. Relative national position can change when other areas change, and does not measure absolute improvement. Lines join three editions, not intervening annual estimates. Source: MHCLG, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Neighbourhood St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA E02004927) against St Albans. Food premises within 800 m. · 2026-10-20

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Energy rating changes: this small area against the borough

Observation period not held separately; see the source notes.

Improved
43% · 22 homes
Borough (48.4)
Unchanged
37% · 19 homes
Borough (42.4)
Worsened
20% · 10 homes
Borough (9.2)

Scale: 0–100 %

51 re-certified homes here; borough reference marks: 5673 homes. Domestic EPCs in this small area (LSOA), re-certified in the last 3 years with an earlier certificate, against the whole borough. This is a selected sample of homes, not all housing; a changed assessment can move a rating without building work. Borough: 2746 improved (48%), 2405 unchanged (42%), 522 worsened (9%) of 5673 re-certified homes.
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Section date
2026-10-20
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-10-20
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
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Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

51 re-certified homes here; borough reference marks: 5673 homes. Domestic EPCs in this small area (LSOA), re-certified in the last 3 years with an earlier certificate, against the whole borough. This is a selected sample of homes, not all housing; a changed assessment can move a rating without building work. Borough: 2746 improved (48%), 2405 unchanged (42%), 522 worsened (9%) of 5673 re-certified homes.

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HM Land Registry, ONS postcode lookup, FSA food hygiene register

Neighbourhood St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA E02004927) against St Albans. Food premises within 800 m. · 2026-10-20

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Existing homes' certificates recording solar panels or a heat pump, in the 3 years to June each year

Observation period: 2015 → 2026

2026

Up from 0.8% in the 3 years to June 2015 to 3.5% in the 3 years to June 2026; St Albans rose less, from 0.7% to 2.5%.

Solar panels and heat pumps here against St Albans: St Albans 004 0.8% (2015) to 3.5% (2026); St Albans 0.7% (2015) to 2.5% (2026); England 1.5% (2015) to 3.1% (2026).0.2%3.8%202620242022202020182015St Albans 0043.5%St Albans2.5%England3.1%
Share of energy certificates for existing homes lodged in the 3 years to June of each year that record solar panels or a heat pump as main heating; social landlords' homes and grant-scheme certificates are left out. A point with fewer than 100 certificates here is a gap, never estimated.
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Solar panels and heat pumps here against St Albans
ObservationSt Albans 004St AlbansEngland
20150.84%0.66%1.54%
20160.91%0.84%1.71%
20170%0.77%1.76%
20182.02%0.78%1.41%
20192.82%0.68%1.13%
20202.94%0.74%1.1%
20212.17%0.73%1.2%
20223.44%1.13%1.55%
20233.95%1.32%1.88%
20243.07%1.86%2.3%
20254.01%2.03%2.65%
20263.46%2.48%3.06%
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Section date
2026-10-20
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-10-20
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
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Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Share of energy certificates for existing homes lodged in the 3 years to June of each year that record solar panels or a heat pump as main heating; social landlords' homes and grant-scheme certificates are left out. A point with fewer than 100 certificates here is a gap, never estimated.

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HM Land Registry, ONS postcode lookup, FSA food hygiene register

Neighbourhood St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA E02004927) against St Albans. Food premises within 800 m. · 2026-10-20

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Background NO₂, annual mean (µg/m³)

Observation period: 2019 → 2024

2024Nitrogen dioxide in the air each year: this neighbourhood against St Albans: This neighbourhood 12.2 (2019) to 8.2 (2024); St Albans 15.8 (2019) to 10.3 (2024); East of England 12.9 (2019) to 8.3 (2024); England 14.2 (2019) to 9.6 (2024).Lockdowns9.114.9202420232022202120202019This neighbourhood8.2St Albans10.3East of England8.3England9.6
Defra's modelled background nitrogen dioxide (PCM, 1 km squares), averaged over the squares of each area's postcodes (our own figures). The UK legal limit is 40 µg/m³ and the WHO guideline 10. Each line is its own area; the counted signal compares this neighbourhood's change with St Albans's.
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Nitrogen dioxide in the air each year: this neighbourhood against St Albans
ObservationThis neighbourhoodSt AlbansEast of EnglandEngland
201912.1515.7912.914.22
20209.2411.7910.0711.01
20218.7411.439.5311.21
202210.1412.7710.4211.76
20238.5110.778.7810.12
20248.1710.38.299.64
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Section date
2026-10-20
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-10-20
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Defra's modelled background nitrogen dioxide (PCM, 1 km squares), averaged over the squares of each area's postcodes (our own figures). The UK legal limit is 40 µg/m³ and the WHO guideline 10. Each line is its own area; the counted signal compares this neighbourhood's change with St Albans's.

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HM Land Registry, ONS postcode lookup, FSA food hygiene register

Neighbourhood St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA E02004927) against St Albans. Food premises within 800 m. · 2026-10-20

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Fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people: St Albans against East of England

Observation period: 2019/20 → 2024/25

2024/25Fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people: St Albans against East of England: St Albans 5 (2019/20) to 6.1 (2024/25); East of England 9.8 (2019/20) to 15.3 (2024/25); England 17.4 (2019/20) to 21.5 (2024/25).6.219.22024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20St Albans6.1East of England15.3England21.5
Fly-tipping incidents dealt with by the council each financial year, per 1,000 people (Defra). Councils record fly-tips differently, so the council is best compared with itself.
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Fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people: St Albans against East of England
ObservationSt AlbansEast of EnglandEngland
2019/2059.817.4
2020/216.116.420.1
2021/224.211.919.3
2022/233.912.319
2023/244.413.419.9
2024/256.115.321.5
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Section date
2026-10-20
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-10-20
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Fly-tipping incidents dealt with by the council each financial year, per 1,000 people (Defra). Councils record fly-tips differently, so the council is best compared with itself.

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HM Land Registry, ONS postcode lookup, FSA food hygiene register

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Cafés, creative and fitness businesses registered here

Observation period not held separately; see the source notes.

Cafés, creative and fitness businesses registered here: 0 cafés, restaurants and bars, 1 design, architecture, arts and media, 1 fitness and wellbeing.0Cafés, restaurants and bars1Design, architecture, arts and media1Fitness and wellbeing
New companies registered in this neighbourhood in the last 3 years, by declared business type (Companies House).
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Section date
2026-10-20
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-10-20
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New companies registered in this neighbourhood in the last 3 years, by declared business type (Companies House).

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HM Land Registry, ONS postcode lookup, FSA food hygiene register

Neighbourhood St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA E02004927) against St Albans. Food premises within 800 m. · 2026-10-20

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Recorded crime over time: this neighbourhood against St Albans

Observation period: Nov 2023 → Aug 2026

Aug 2026Recorded crime over time: this neighbourhood against St Albans: This neighbourhood 81 (Nov 2023) to 136 (Aug 2026); St Albans 93 (Nov 2023) to 119 (Aug 2026).89135Aug 2026Oct 2025Dec 2024Nov 2023This neighbourhood136St Albans119
Police.uk crimes excluding anti-social behaviour, 3-month averages, each line set to 100 for its first year, so a falling line means fewer crimes than then. Months with incomplete police data are left blank. Left out of every year, so each counts the same forces: British Transport Police (incomplete from February 2025), and a few crimes recorded here by other forces with incomplete recent data.
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Recorded crime over time: this neighbourhood against St Albans
ObservationThis neighbourhoodSt Albans
Nov 202381.132075471698193.19481732228319
Dec 202390.5660377358490590.90696860044358
Jan 202496.2264150943396190.67351464923546
Feb 202498.1132075471698190.15991595657756
Mar 2024105.6603773584905693.24150811252481
Apr 202498.1132075471698194.26870549784056
May 2024103.7735849056603699.07785689272792
Jun 2024111.32075471698113103.5601727559239
Jul 2024130.18867924528303112.24465974086613
Aug 2024116.98113207547169117.56740982841136
Sep 202496.22641509433961118.2210808917941
Oct 202484.90566037735849117.42733745768648
Nov 202488.67924528301886111.91782420917475
Dec 202486.79245283018868108.649468892261
Jan 2025103.77358490566036108.18256098984476
Feb 2025120.75471698113208104.54067935099802
Mar 2025137.73584905660377105.00758725341426
Apr 2025113.20754716981132103.60686354616553
May 2025116.98113207547169109.53659390685189
Jun 2025126.41509433962264113.08509396521538
Jul 2025143.39622641509433120.88245593556672
Aug 2025137.73584905660377124.75779152562157
Sep 2025115.09433962264151121.39605462822458
Oct 2025132.0754716981132117.56740982841136
Nov 2025133.96226415094338113.87883739932299
Dec 2025135.8490566037736115.746469008988
Jan 2026107.54716981132076114.67258083343062
Feb 202692.45283018867923108.55608731177774
Mar 2026115.09433962264151106.73514649235439
Apr 2026120.75471698113208103.13995564374927
May 2026132.0754716981132106.78183728259603
Jun 2026109.43396226415092109.30313995564376
Jul 2026113.20754716981132115.27956110657173
Aug 2026135.8490566037736119.1548966966266
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Section date
2026-10-20
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-10-20
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Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Police.uk crimes excluding anti-social behaviour, 3-month averages, each line set to 100 for its first year, so a falling line means fewer crimes than then. Months with incomplete police data are left blank. Left out of every year, so each counts the same forces: British Transport Police (incomplete from February 2025), and a few crimes recorded here by other forces with incomplete recent data.

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HM Land Registry, ONS postcode lookup, FSA food hygiene register

Neighbourhood St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA E02004927) against St Albans. Food premises within 800 m. · 2026-10-20

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Life expectancy in St Albans: women

Observation period: 2001–03 → 2022–24

2022–24

Up from 82.4 in 2001–03 to 85.2 in 2022–24; East of England 84.0 and England 83.3 in 2022–24.

Life expectancy in St Albans: women: St Albans 82.4 (2001–03) to 85.2 (2022–24); East of England 81.4 (2001–03) to 84 (2022–24); England 80.7 (2001–03) to 83.3 (2022–24).Covid-19 years79.686.52022–242014–162006–082001–03St Albans85.2East of England84England83.3
ONS life expectancy at birth (women) for St Albans, East of England and England, each a three-year period on today's council boundaries. The shaded periods include 2020 to 2022, when Covid-19 lowered life expectancy everywhere. Council level, not this street; shown for context, not counted.
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Life expectancy in St Albans: women
ObservationSt AlbansEast of EnglandEngland
2001–0382.481.480.7
2002–0482.181.680.9
2003–0582.581.881.1
2004–0682.682.281.5
2005–0783.382.481.7
2006–0883.482.681.9
2007–0983.482.882.1
2008–1083.88382.3
2009–1184.383.482.7
2010–128583.582.9
2011–138583.683
2012–148583.783.1
2013–1584.583.783.1
2014–1684.883.783.1
2015–1784.783.683.1
2016–1885.283.783.2
2017–1985.483.883.3
2018–2085.383.783.1
2019–2185.383.682.9
2020–2285.283.582.8
2021–2385.383.683.1
2022–2485.28483.3
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ONS life expectancy at birth (women) for St Albans, East of England and England, each a three-year period on today's council boundaries. The shaded periods include 2020 to 2022, when Covid-19 lowered life expectancy everywhere. Council level, not this street; shown for context, not counted.

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Life expectancy in St Albans: men

Observation period: 2001–03 → 2022–24

2022–24

Up from 78.4 in 2001–03 to 82.3 in 2022–24; East of England 80.3 and England 79.5 in 2022–24.

Life expectancy in St Albans: men: St Albans 78.4 (2001–03) to 82.3 (2022–24); East of England 77.3 (2001–03) to 80.3 (2022–24); England 76.2 (2001–03) to 79.5 (2022–24).Covid-19 years75.583.22022–242014–162006–082001–03St Albans82.3East of England80.3England79.5
ONS life expectancy at birth (men) for St Albans, East of England and England, each a three-year period on today's council boundaries. The shaded periods include 2020 to 2022, when Covid-19 lowered life expectancy everywhere. Council level, not this street; shown for context, not counted.
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Life expectancy in St Albans: men
ObservationSt AlbansEast of EnglandEngland
2001–0378.477.376.2
2002–0478.277.676.5
2003–0578.877.976.8
2004–0679.278.277.2
2005–0780.178.577.5
2006–0880.578.877.8
2007–0980.879.178.1
2008–108179.378.4
2009–118179.778.8
2010–1281.58079.1
2011–138280.279.3
2012–1482.580.379.4
2013–1582.180.379.4
2014–168280.379.5
2015–1781.780.379.5
2016–1881.980.379.5
2017–1981.980.479.7
2018–2081.780.179.3
2019–2181.78079
2020–2281.679.878.9
2021–23828079.1
2022–2482.380.379.5
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Freshness
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ONS life expectancy at birth (men) for St Albans, East of England and England, each a three-year period on today's council boundaries. The shaded periods include 2020 to 2022, when Covid-19 lowered life expectancy everywhere. Council level, not this street; shown for context, not counted.

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Disability-free years in St Albans 004, 2019 to 2023

Saved period label: 2023

2023Disability-free years in St Albans 004, 2019 to 2023: Women: 73.3 years (95% interval 71.8 to 74.8); Men: 73.7 years (95% interval 71.8 to 75.5).Women73.3 years (95% interval 71.8 to 74.8)Men73.7 years (95% interval 71.8 to 75.5)0 years40 years80 years
Dots show estimates in years; lines show 95% confidence intervals, not the spread of individual lifespans. ONS disability-free life expectancy at birth, St Albans 004, 2019 to 2023: years without a disability that limits daily activities, from Census 2021 and deaths pooled over five years. A summary of the area, not a forecast for an individual. These small-area estimates are not comparable with ONS’s regular Annual Population Survey health expectancy figures. Shown for context, not counted.
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2026-10-20
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Freshness
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Dots show estimates in years; lines show 95% confidence intervals, not the spread of individual lifespans. ONS disability-free life expectancy at birth, St Albans 004, 2019 to 2023: years without a disability that limits daily activities, from Census 2021 and deaths pooled over five years. A summary of the area, not a forecast for an individual. These small-area estimates are not comparable with ONS’s regular Annual Population Survey health expectancy figures. Shown for context, not counted.

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Share of life without a limiting disability in St Albans 004, 2019 to 2023

Saved period label: 2023

2023
Women
84%
St Albans 84% (84) · England 80% (80)
Men
87%
St Albans 87% (87) · England 83% (83)

Scale: 0–100 %

Published shares of life, with St Albans and England marked where held. ONS disability-free life expectancy at birth, St Albans 004, 2019 to 2023: years without a disability that limits daily activities, from Census 2021 and deaths pooled over five years. A summary of the area, not a forecast for an individual. These small-area estimates are not comparable with ONS’s regular Annual Population Survey health expectancy figures. Shown for context, not counted.
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2026-10-20
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-10-20
How to compare
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Published shares of life, with St Albans and England marked where held. ONS disability-free life expectancy at birth, St Albans 004, 2019 to 2023: years without a disability that limits daily activities, from Census 2021 and deaths pooled over five years. A summary of the area, not a forecast for an individual. These small-area estimates are not comparable with ONS’s regular Annual Population Survey health expectancy figures. Shown for context, not counted.

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Life satisfaction in St Albans

Observation period: 2011/12 → 2022/23

2022/23

No clear change: 7.54 in 2011/12 and 7.97 in 2022/23, inside each other's 95% ranges; East of England 7.50 and UK 7.45 in 2022/23.

Life satisfaction in St Albans: St Albans 7.5 (2011/12) to 8 (2022/23); East of England 7.5 (2011/12) to 7.5 (2022/23); UK 7.4 (2011/12) to 7.5 (2022/23).Covid-196.98.52022/232018/192014/152011/12St Albans8East of England7.5UK7.5
ONS personal well-being: mean life satisfaction out of 10 (Annual Population Survey), April to March each year, for St Albans against East of England and the UK. A council's yearly figure rests on a few hundred people; 95% confidence ranges are saved with each value. Gaps are unavailable or withheld estimates, never zero. The shaded year is April 2020 to March 2021 (Covid-19). The latest stored council release covers April 2022 to March 2023. These are historical estimates, not a current wellbeing reading. ONS paused council estimates after 2022/23 because of Annual Population Survey quality concerns. As checked on 13 October 2026, ONS has provisionally scheduled a new release covering April 2024 to March 2026 for December 2026; those estimates are not published yet. Shown for context, not counted.
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Life satisfaction in St Albans
ObservationSt AlbansEast of EnglandUK
2011/127.54 (95% range 7.27 to 7.82)7.46 (95% range 7.42 to 7.5)7.42 (95% range 7.41 to 7.43)
2012/137.34 (95% range 7 to 7.67)7.49 (95% range 7.44 to 7.53)7.46 (95% range 7.45 to 7.47)
2013/147.48 (95% range 7.18 to 7.78)7.55 (95% range 7.5 to 7.59)7.51 (95% range 7.5 to 7.52)
2014/157.74 (95% range 7.48 to 7.99)7.66 (95% range 7.62 to 7.7)7.61 (95% range 7.6 to 7.63)
2015/167.75 (95% range 7.52 to 7.99)7.67 (95% range 7.62 to 7.71)7.65 (95% range 7.64 to 7.66)
2016/177.69 (95% range 7.44 to 7.94)7.74 (95% range 7.7 to 7.79)7.68 (95% range 7.67 to 7.69)
2017/187.57 (95% range 7.24 to 7.9)7.72 (95% range 7.68 to 7.77)7.69 (95% range 7.68 to 7.7)
2018/197.7 (95% range 7.39 to 8)7.75 (95% range 7.7 to 7.79)7.71 (95% range 7.7 to 7.73)
2019/208.04 (95% range 7.75 to 8.34)7.71 (95% range 7.66 to 7.76)7.66 (95% range 7.65 to 7.68)
2020/217.4 (95% range 7.07 to 7.73)7.47 (95% range 7.42 to 7.53)7.39 (95% range 7.37 to 7.4)
2021/227.7 (95% range 7.44 to 7.95)7.65 (95% range 7.59 to 7.7)7.54 (95% range 7.52 to 7.55)
2022/237.97 (95% range 7.7 to 8.23)7.5 (95% range 7.43 to 7.56)7.45 (95% range 7.43 to 7.47)
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2026-10-20
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partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-10-20
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ONS personal well-being: mean life satisfaction out of 10 (Annual Population Survey), April to March each year, for St Albans against East of England and the UK. A council's yearly figure rests on a few hundred people; 95% confidence ranges are saved with each value. Gaps are unavailable or withheld estimates, never zero. The shaded year is April 2020 to March 2021 (Covid-19). The latest stored council release covers April 2022 to March 2023. These are historical estimates, not a current wellbeing reading. ONS paused council estimates after 2022/23 because of Annual Population Survey quality concerns. As checked on 13 October 2026, ONS has provisionally scheduled a new release covering April 2024 to March 2026 for December 2026; those estimates are not published yet. Shown for context, not counted.

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Feeling that the things you do are worthwhile in St Albans

Observation period: 2011/12 → 2022/23

2022/23

No clear change: 8.01 in 2011/12 and 8.02 in 2022/23, inside each other's 95% ranges; East of England 7.80 and UK 7.73 in 2022/23.

Feeling that the things you do are worthwhile in St Albans: St Albans 8 (2011/12) to 8 (2022/23); East of England 7.7 (2011/12) to 7.8 (2022/23); UK 7.7 (2011/12) to 7.7 (2022/23).Covid-197.18.72022/232018/192014/152011/12St Albans8East of England7.8UK7.7
ONS personal well-being: mean feeling that the things you do are worthwhile out of 10 (Annual Population Survey), April to March each year, for St Albans against East of England and the UK. A council's yearly figure rests on a few hundred people; 95% confidence ranges are saved with each value. Gaps are unavailable or withheld estimates, never zero. The shaded year is April 2020 to March 2021 (Covid-19). The latest stored council release covers April 2022 to March 2023. These are historical estimates, not a current wellbeing reading. ONS paused council estimates after 2022/23 because of Annual Population Survey quality concerns. As checked on 13 October 2026, ONS has provisionally scheduled a new release covering April 2024 to March 2026 for December 2026; those estimates are not published yet. Shown for context, not counted.
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Feeling that the things you do are worthwhile in St Albans
ObservationSt AlbansEast of EnglandUK
2011/128.01 (95% range 7.73 to 8.29)7.71 (95% range 7.67 to 7.76)7.67 (95% range 7.66 to 7.68)
2012/137.73 (95% range 7.44 to 8.02)7.72 (95% range 7.68 to 7.77)7.7 (95% range 7.68 to 7.71)
2013/147.62 (95% range 7.36 to 7.87)7.79 (95% range 7.75 to 7.83)7.74 (95% range 7.73 to 7.76)
2014/157.92 (95% range 7.7 to 8.13)7.86 (95% range 7.82 to 7.9)7.82 (95% range 7.81 to 7.84)
2015/167.82 (95% range 7.56 to 8.08)7.89 (95% range 7.85 to 7.94)7.84 (95% range 7.83 to 7.85)
2016/178 (95% range 7.74 to 8.26)7.92 (95% range 7.88 to 7.97)7.86 (95% range 7.85 to 7.87)
2017/187.85 (95% range 7.52 to 8.17)7.91 (95% range 7.86 to 7.95)7.88 (95% range 7.87 to 7.9)
2018/197.71 (95% range 7.38 to 8.04)7.92 (95% range 7.87 to 7.96)7.89 (95% range 7.87 to 7.9)
2019/208.19 (95% range 7.9 to 8.49)7.92 (95% range 7.87 to 7.96)7.86 (95% range 7.85 to 7.88)
2020/217.54 (95% range 7.12 to 7.96)7.75 (95% range 7.7 to 7.81)7.71 (95% range 7.69 to 7.72)
2021/227.7 (95% range 7.39 to 8.01)7.85 (95% range 7.79 to 7.9)7.77 (95% range 7.76 to 7.79)
2022/238.02 (95% range 7.81 to 8.23)7.8 (95% range 7.74 to 7.87)7.73 (95% range 7.71 to 7.75)
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Freshness
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ONS personal well-being: mean feeling that the things you do are worthwhile out of 10 (Annual Population Survey), April to March each year, for St Albans against East of England and the UK. A council's yearly figure rests on a few hundred people; 95% confidence ranges are saved with each value. Gaps are unavailable or withheld estimates, never zero. The shaded year is April 2020 to March 2021 (Covid-19). The latest stored council release covers April 2022 to March 2023. These are historical estimates, not a current wellbeing reading. ONS paused council estimates after 2022/23 because of Annual Population Survey quality concerns. As checked on 13 October 2026, ONS has provisionally scheduled a new release covering April 2024 to March 2026 for December 2026; those estimates are not published yet. Shown for context, not counted.

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Happiness yesterday in St Albans

Observation period: 2011/12 → 2022/23

2022/23

No clear change: 7.74 in 2011/12 and 7.60 in 2022/23, inside each other's 95% ranges; East of England 7.43 and UK 7.39 in 2022/23.

Happiness yesterday in St Albans: St Albans 7.7 (2011/12) to 7.6 (2022/23); East of England 7.4 (2011/12) to 7.4 (2022/23); UK 7.3 (2011/12) to 7.4 (2022/23).Covid-196.78.42022/232018/192014/152011/12St Albans7.6East of England7.4UK7.4
ONS personal well-being: mean happiness yesterday out of 10 (Annual Population Survey), April to March each year, for St Albans against East of England and the UK. A council's yearly figure rests on a few hundred people; 95% confidence ranges are saved with each value. Gaps are unavailable or withheld estimates, never zero. The shaded year is April 2020 to March 2021 (Covid-19). The latest stored council release covers April 2022 to March 2023. These are historical estimates, not a current wellbeing reading. ONS paused council estimates after 2022/23 because of Annual Population Survey quality concerns. As checked on 13 October 2026, ONS has provisionally scheduled a new release covering April 2024 to March 2026 for December 2026; those estimates are not published yet. Shown for context, not counted.
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Happiness yesterday in St Albans
ObservationSt AlbansEast of EnglandUK
2011/127.74 (95% range 7.44 to 8.04)7.37 (95% range 7.32 to 7.43)7.29 (95% range 7.28 to 7.31)
2012/137.27 (95% range 6.89 to 7.65)7.35 (95% range 7.29 to 7.4)7.3 (95% range 7.29 to 7.32)
2013/147.12 (95% range 6.73 to 7.5)7.43 (95% range 7.37 to 7.48)7.39 (95% range 7.38 to 7.41)
2014/157.15 (95% range 6.75 to 7.55)7.52 (95% range 7.47 to 7.58)7.46 (95% range 7.45 to 7.48)
2015/167.82 (95% range 7.56 to 8.08)7.53 (95% range 7.48 to 7.59)7.48 (95% range 7.46 to 7.49)
2016/177.7 (95% range 7.3 to 8.11)7.58 (95% range 7.53 to 7.64)7.51 (95% range 7.49 to 7.52)
2017/187.98 (95% range 7.64 to 8.31)7.58 (95% range 7.52 to 7.63)7.52 (95% range 7.51 to 7.54)
2018/197.8 (95% range 7.51 to 8.1)7.62 (95% range 7.56 to 7.67)7.56 (95% range 7.55 to 7.58)
2019/207.9 (95% range 7.57 to 8.23)7.53 (95% range 7.47 to 7.58)7.47 (95% range 7.46 to 7.49)
2020/217.37 (95% range 6.93 to 7.8)7.37 (95% range 7.31 to 7.44)7.32 (95% range 7.3 to 7.33)
2021/227.32 (95% range 6.98 to 7.66)7.53 (95% range 7.46 to 7.6)7.45 (95% range 7.43 to 7.47)
2022/237.6 (95% range 7.23 to 7.98)7.43 (95% range 7.36 to 7.5)7.39 (95% range 7.37 to 7.41)
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Section date
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Coverage status
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Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-10-20
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
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ONS personal well-being: mean happiness yesterday out of 10 (Annual Population Survey), April to March each year, for St Albans against East of England and the UK. A council's yearly figure rests on a few hundred people; 95% confidence ranges are saved with each value. Gaps are unavailable or withheld estimates, never zero. The shaded year is April 2020 to March 2021 (Covid-19). The latest stored council release covers April 2022 to March 2023. These are historical estimates, not a current wellbeing reading. ONS paused council estimates after 2022/23 because of Annual Population Survey quality concerns. As checked on 13 October 2026, ONS has provisionally scheduled a new release covering April 2024 to March 2026 for December 2026; those estimates are not published yet. Shown for context, not counted.

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Anxiety yesterday in St Albans

Observation period: 2011/12 → 2022/23

2022/23

No clear change: 2.81 in 2011/12 and 3.03 in 2022/23, inside each other's 95% ranges; East of England 3.20 and UK 3.23 in 2022/23.

Anxiety yesterday in St Albans: St Albans 2.8 (2011/12) to 3 (2022/23); East of England 3.1 (2011/12) to 3.2 (2022/23); UK 3.1 (2011/12) to 3.2 (2022/23).Covid-191.93.92022/232018/192014/152011/12St Albans3East of England3.2UK3.2
ONS personal well-being: mean anxiety yesterday out of 10 (Annual Population Survey), April to March each year, for St Albans against East of England and the UK. A council's yearly figure rests on a few hundred people; 95% confidence ranges are saved with each value. Gaps are unavailable or withheld estimates, never zero. Lower scores indicate less anxiety. The shaded year is April 2020 to March 2021 (Covid-19). The latest stored council release covers April 2022 to March 2023. These are historical estimates, not a current wellbeing reading. ONS paused council estimates after 2022/23 because of Annual Population Survey quality concerns. As checked on 13 October 2026, ONS has provisionally scheduled a new release covering April 2024 to March 2026 for December 2026; those estimates are not published yet. Shown for context, not counted.
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Anxiety yesterday in St Albans
ObservationSt AlbansEast of EnglandUK
2011/122.81 (95% range 2.4 to 3.22)3.07 (95% range 3 to 3.13)3.13 (95% range 3.11 to 3.15)
2012/133.11 (95% range 2.6 to 3.62)2.97 (95% range 2.9 to 3.04)3.03 (95% range 3.01 to 3.05)
2013/143.53 (95% range 3.06 to 4.01)2.96 (95% range 2.89 to 3.02)2.92 (95% range 2.91 to 2.94)
2014/153.07 (95% range 2.62 to 3.53)2.82 (95% range 2.75 to 2.88)2.86 (95% range 2.84 to 2.88)
2015/162.33 (95% range 1.93 to 2.73)2.78 (95% range 2.71 to 2.85)2.87 (95% range 2.85 to 2.89)
2016/172.68 (95% range 1.99 to 3.37) — ONS rates this estimate acceptable rather than precise: read it with caution.2.85 (95% range 2.77 to 2.92)2.9 (95% range 2.88 to 2.92)
2017/182.21 (95% range 1.75 to 2.67) — ONS rates this estimate acceptable rather than precise: read it with caution.2.82 (95% range 2.75 to 2.89)2.89 (95% range 2.87 to 2.91)
2018/192.53 (95% range 2.01 to 3.04) — ONS rates this estimate acceptable rather than precise: read it with caution.2.73 (95% range 2.65 to 2.8)2.87 (95% range 2.84 to 2.89)
2019/202.63 (95% range 2.16 to 3.09)3.02 (95% range 2.94 to 3.1)3.05 (95% range 3.03 to 3.07)
2020/213.25 (95% range 2.71 to 3.79)3.22 (95% range 3.13 to 3.3)3.31 (95% range 3.28 to 3.33)
2021/223.35 (95% range 2.83 to 3.87)3.02 (95% range 2.93 to 3.11)3.12 (95% range 3.1 to 3.15)
2022/233.03 (95% range 2.5 to 3.56)3.2 (95% range 3.1 to 3.3)3.23 (95% range 3.2 to 3.26)
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Observation period
Not held separately for this chart. The section date below may cover several datasets.
Section coverage — may differ from this chart
Neighbourhood St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA E02004927) against St Albans. Food premises within 800 m. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-10-20
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-10-20
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

ONS personal well-being: mean anxiety yesterday out of 10 (Annual Population Survey), April to March each year, for St Albans against East of England and the UK. A council's yearly figure rests on a few hundred people; 95% confidence ranges are saved with each value. Gaps are unavailable or withheld estimates, never zero. Lower scores indicate less anxiety. The shaded year is April 2020 to March 2021 (Covid-19). The latest stored council release covers April 2022 to March 2023. These are historical estimates, not a current wellbeing reading. ONS paused council estimates after 2022/23 because of Annual Population Survey quality concerns. As checked on 13 October 2026, ONS has provisionally scheduled a new release covering April 2024 to March 2026 for December 2026; those estimates are not published yet. Shown for context, not counted.

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Life satisfaction response distribution in St Albans, 2022/23

Saved period label: 2022/23

2022/23
Low (0–4)ONS withheld it because too few people answered
Not published
Medium (5–6)ONS withheld it because too few people answered
Not published
High (7–8)95% confidence interval 46.0% to 66.1%
56.0%
Very high (9–10)95% confidence interval 23.4% to 43.0%
33.2%

Scale: 0–100 %

ONS Annual Population Survey, St Albans, April 2022 to March 2023. This distribution is partial: unpublished bands are not zero and the shown shares are not rescaled. Council level, not this street. The latest stored council release covers April 2022 to March 2023. These are historical estimates, not a current wellbeing reading. ONS paused council estimates after 2022/23 because of Annual Population Survey quality concerns. As checked on 13 October 2026, ONS has provisionally scheduled a new release covering April 2024 to March 2026 for December 2026; those estimates are not published yet.
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Evidence confidence and comparability

Observation period
Not held separately for this chart. The section date below may cover several datasets.
Section coverage — may differ from this chart
Neighbourhood St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA E02004927) against St Albans. Food premises within 800 m. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-10-20
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-10-20
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

ONS Annual Population Survey, St Albans, April 2022 to March 2023. This distribution is partial: unpublished bands are not zero and the shown shares are not rescaled. Council level, not this street. The latest stored council release covers April 2022 to March 2023. These are historical estimates, not a current wellbeing reading. ONS paused council estimates after 2022/23 because of Annual Population Survey quality concerns. As checked on 13 October 2026, ONS has provisionally scheduled a new release covering April 2024 to March 2026 for December 2026; those estimates are not published yet.

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Life satisfaction response distribution over time in St Albans

Observation period: 2011/12 → 2022/23

2022/23Life satisfaction response distribution over time in St Albans: Low (0–4) 5.1% (2011/12) to 6.7% (2020/21); Medium (5–6) 15% (2011/12) to 13.1% (2020/21); High (7–8) 55% (2011/12) to 56% (2022/23); Very high (9–10) 25% (2011/12) to 33.2% (2022/23).11.4%57.5%2022/232018/192014/152011/12Low (0–4)6.7%Medium (5–6)13.1%High (7–8)56%Very high (9–10)33.2%
ONS personal well-being (Annual Population Survey), St Albans, April to March each year. Each line is one response band. 95% confidence ranges are saved with each value. Missing or withheld bands are gaps, never zero; shares are not rescaled. Council level, not this street. The latest stored council release covers April 2022 to March 2023. These are historical estimates, not a current wellbeing reading. ONS paused council estimates after 2022/23 because of Annual Population Survey quality concerns. As checked on 13 October 2026, ONS has provisionally scheduled a new release covering April 2024 to March 2026 for December 2026; those estimates are not published yet.
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Life satisfaction response distribution over time in St Albans
ObservationLow (0–4)Medium (5–6)High (7–8)Very high (9–10)
2011/125.06% (95% range 1.54% to 8.58%)14.99% (95% range 9.15% to 20.82%)54.97% (95% range 46.6% to 63.34%)24.98% (95% range 17.89% to 32.06%)
2012/138.22% (95% range 1.87% to 14.57%)18.23% (95% range 10.67% to 25.8%)51.91% (95% range 43.16% to 60.66%)21.63% (95% range 14.86% to 28.41%)
2013/146.7% (95% range 2.71% to 10.69%)11.67% (95% range 6.84% to 16.49%)55.86% (95% range 47.64% to 64.09%)25.77% (95% range 18.04% to 33.49%)
2014/153.42% (95% range 0.66% to 6.17%)8.11% (95% range 3.8% to 12.42%)63.27% (95% range 54.94% to 71.59%)25.21% (95% range 17.17% to 33.24%)
2015/16Not held — ONS withheld it because too few people answeredNot held — ONS withheld it because too few people answered62.68% (95% range 54.76% to 70.6%)21.47% (95% range 14.65% to 28.3%)
2016/17Not held — ONS withheld it because too few people answeredNot held — ONS withheld it because too few people answered59.08% (95% range 51.3% to 66.85%)23.98% (95% range 16.75% to 31.21%)
2017/184.85% (95% range 0% to 10.03%)14.48% (95% range 7.63% to 21.33%)58.91% (95% range 49.94% to 67.89%)21.76% (95% range 14.61% to 28.91%)
2018/19Not held — ONS withheld it because too few people answeredNot held — ONS withheld it because too few people answered60.54% (95% range 50.7% to 70.38%)24.94% (95% range 16.67% to 33.22%)
2019/20Not held — ONS withheld it because too few people answeredNot held — ONS withheld it because too few people answered51.74% (95% range 41.09% to 62.39%)38.22% (95% range 27.59% to 48.86%)
2020/216.71% (95% range 0.32% to 13.11%)13.13% (95% range 5.52% to 20.75%)65.45% (95% range 55% to 75.91%)14.7% (95% range 7.13% to 22.27%)
2021/22Not held — ONS withheld it because too few people answeredNot held — ONS withheld it because too few people answered53.46% (95% range 42.86% to 64.05%)28.1% (95% range 19.29% to 36.92%)
2022/23Not held — ONS withheld it because too few people answeredNot held — ONS withheld it because too few people answered56.03% (95% range 45.99% to 66.06%)33.2% (95% range 23.38% to 43.02%)
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Evidence confidence and comparability

Observation period
Not held separately for this chart. The section date below may cover several datasets.
Section coverage — may differ from this chart
Neighbourhood St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA E02004927) against St Albans. Food premises within 800 m. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-10-20
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-10-20
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

ONS personal well-being (Annual Population Survey), St Albans, April to March each year. Each line is one response band. 95% confidence ranges are saved with each value. Missing or withheld bands are gaps, never zero; shares are not rescaled. Council level, not this street. The latest stored council release covers April 2022 to March 2023. These are historical estimates, not a current wellbeing reading. ONS paused council estimates after 2022/23 because of Annual Population Survey quality concerns. As checked on 13 October 2026, ONS has provisionally scheduled a new release covering April 2024 to March 2026 for December 2026; those estimates are not published yet.

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Feeling that the things you do are worthwhile response distribution in St Albans, 2022/23

Saved period label: 2022/23

2022/23
Low (0–4)ONS withheld it because too few people answered
Not published
Medium (5–6)ONS withheld it because too few people answered
Not published
High (7–8)95% confidence interval 51.1% to 70.7%
60.9%
Very high (9–10)95% confidence interval 22.2% to 40.4%
31.3%

Scale: 0–100 %

ONS Annual Population Survey, St Albans, April 2022 to March 2023. This distribution is partial: unpublished bands are not zero and the shown shares are not rescaled. Council level, not this street. The latest stored council release covers April 2022 to March 2023. These are historical estimates, not a current wellbeing reading. ONS paused council estimates after 2022/23 because of Annual Population Survey quality concerns. As checked on 13 October 2026, ONS has provisionally scheduled a new release covering April 2024 to March 2026 for December 2026; those estimates are not published yet.
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Evidence confidence and comparability

Observation period
Not held separately for this chart. The section date below may cover several datasets.
Section coverage — may differ from this chart
Neighbourhood St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA E02004927) against St Albans. Food premises within 800 m. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-10-20
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-10-20
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

ONS Annual Population Survey, St Albans, April 2022 to March 2023. This distribution is partial: unpublished bands are not zero and the shown shares are not rescaled. Council level, not this street. The latest stored council release covers April 2022 to March 2023. These are historical estimates, not a current wellbeing reading. ONS paused council estimates after 2022/23 because of Annual Population Survey quality concerns. As checked on 13 October 2026, ONS has provisionally scheduled a new release covering April 2024 to March 2026 for December 2026; those estimates are not published yet.

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Feeling that the things you do are worthwhile response distribution over time in St Albans

Observation period: 2011/12 → 2022/23

2022/23Feeling that the things you do are worthwhile response distribution over time in St Albans: Low (0–4) 3.5% (2012/13) to 3.8% (2019/20); Medium (5–6) 15.3% (2012/13) to 4.7% (2019/20); High (7–8) 44.9% (2011/12) to 60.9% (2022/23); Very high (9–10) 41.6% (2011/12) to 31.3% (2022/23).11.3%56.3%2022/232018/192014/152011/12Low (0–4)3.8%Medium (5–6)4.7%High (7–8)60.9%Very high (9–10)31.3%
ONS personal well-being (Annual Population Survey), St Albans, April to March each year. Each line is one response band. 95% confidence ranges are saved with each value. Missing or withheld bands are gaps, never zero; shares are not rescaled. Council level, not this street. The latest stored council release covers April 2022 to March 2023. These are historical estimates, not a current wellbeing reading. ONS paused council estimates after 2022/23 because of Annual Population Survey quality concerns. As checked on 13 October 2026, ONS has provisionally scheduled a new release covering April 2024 to March 2026 for December 2026; those estimates are not published yet.
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Feeling that the things you do are worthwhile response distribution over time in St Albans
ObservationLow (0–4)Medium (5–6)High (7–8)Very high (9–10)
2011/12Not held — ONS withheld it because too few people answeredNot held — ONS withheld it because too few people answered44.9% (95% range 36.58% to 53.22%)41.58% (95% range 33.69% to 49.46%)
2012/133.54% (95% range 0% to 7.38%)15.34% (95% range 9.69% to 20.99%)49.01% (95% range 40.5% to 57.52%)32.12% (95% range 23.88% to 40.35%)
2013/143.76% (95% range 0.7% to 6.82%)11.12% (95% range 6.28% to 15.95%)60.92% (95% range 53.13% to 68.72%)24.2% (95% range 17.32% to 31.08%)
2014/15Not held — ONS withheld it because too few people answeredNot held — ONS withheld it because too few people answered58.11% (95% range 50.12% to 66.1%)29.21% (95% range 21.51% to 36.91%)
2015/164.33% (95% range 0% to 8.71%)7.11% (95% range 3.44% to 10.78%)64.07% (95% range 56.32% to 71.82%)24.5% (95% range 17.65% to 31.34%)
2016/17Not held — ONS withheld it because too few people answeredNot held — ONS withheld it because too few people answered52.9% (95% range 43.98% to 61.82%)34.91% (95% range 26.15% to 43.67%)
2017/18Not held — ONS withheld it because too few people answeredNot held — ONS withheld it because too few people answered43.95% (95% range 35.24% to 52.65%)38% (95% range 29.16% to 46.84%)
2018/194.48% (95% range 0.01% to 8.95%)12.94% (95% range 5.37% to 20.51%)43.49% (95% range 34.64% to 52.34%)39.09% (95% range 29.98% to 48.19%)
2019/203.8% (95% range 0.42% to 7.17%)4.67% (95% range 0.91% to 8.43%)40.02% (95% range 30.32% to 49.71%)51.52% (95% range 41.57% to 61.47%)
2020/21Not held — ONS withheld it because too few people answeredNot held — ONS withheld it because too few people answered58.81% (95% range 45.97% to 71.66%)23.9% (95% range 14.34% to 33.46%)
2021/22Not held — ONS withheld it because too few people answeredNot held — ONS withheld it because too few people answered56.8% (95% range 46.13% to 67.47%)26.63% (95% range 17.85% to 35.41%)
2022/23Not held — ONS withheld it because too few people answeredNot held — ONS withheld it because too few people answered60.88% (95% range 51.1% to 70.66%)31.26% (95% range 22.18% to 40.35%)
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Evidence confidence and comparability

Observation period
Not held separately for this chart. The section date below may cover several datasets.
Section coverage — may differ from this chart
Neighbourhood St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA E02004927) against St Albans. Food premises within 800 m. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-10-20
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-10-20
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

ONS personal well-being (Annual Population Survey), St Albans, April to March each year. Each line is one response band. 95% confidence ranges are saved with each value. Missing or withheld bands are gaps, never zero; shares are not rescaled. Council level, not this street. The latest stored council release covers April 2022 to March 2023. These are historical estimates, not a current wellbeing reading. ONS paused council estimates after 2022/23 because of Annual Population Survey quality concerns. As checked on 13 October 2026, ONS has provisionally scheduled a new release covering April 2024 to March 2026 for December 2026; those estimates are not published yet.

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Happiness yesterday response distribution in St Albans, 2022/23

Saved period label: 2022/23

2022/23
Low (0–4)95% confidence interval 3.9% to 14.9%
9.4%
Medium (5–6)95% confidence interval 5.4% to 15.7%
10.6%
High (7–8)95% confidence interval 35.9% to 55.5%
45.7%
Very high (9–10)95% confidence interval 25.0% to 43.7%
34.3%

Scale: 0–100 %

ONS Annual Population Survey, St Albans, April 2022 to March 2023. Shares are as published and may not sum to 100% because of rounding. Council level, not this street. The latest stored council release covers April 2022 to March 2023. These are historical estimates, not a current wellbeing reading. ONS paused council estimates after 2022/23 because of Annual Population Survey quality concerns. As checked on 13 October 2026, ONS has provisionally scheduled a new release covering April 2024 to March 2026 for December 2026; those estimates are not published yet.
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Evidence confidence and comparability

Observation period
Not held separately for this chart. The section date below may cover several datasets.
Section coverage — may differ from this chart
Neighbourhood St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA E02004927) against St Albans. Food premises within 800 m. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-10-20
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-10-20
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

ONS Annual Population Survey, St Albans, April 2022 to March 2023. Shares are as published and may not sum to 100% because of rounding. Council level, not this street. The latest stored council release covers April 2022 to March 2023. These are historical estimates, not a current wellbeing reading. ONS paused council estimates after 2022/23 because of Annual Population Survey quality concerns. As checked on 13 October 2026, ONS has provisionally scheduled a new release covering April 2024 to March 2026 for December 2026; those estimates are not published yet.

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Happiness yesterday response distribution over time in St Albans

Observation period: 2011/12 → 2022/23

2022/23Happiness yesterday response distribution over time in St Albans: Low (0–4) 5.3% (2011/12) to 9.4% (2022/23); Medium (5–6) 17.4% (2011/12) to 10.6% (2022/23); High (7–8) 38.6% (2011/12) to 45.7% (2022/23); Very high (9–10) 38.8% (2011/12) to 34.3% (2022/23).9.7%46.2%2022/232018/192014/152011/12Low (0–4)9.4%Medium (5–6)10.6%High (7–8)45.7%Very high (9–10)34.3%
ONS personal well-being (Annual Population Survey), St Albans, April to March each year. Each line is one response band. 95% confidence ranges are saved with each value. Missing or withheld bands are gaps, never zero; shares are not rescaled. Council level, not this street. The latest stored council release covers April 2022 to March 2023. These are historical estimates, not a current wellbeing reading. ONS paused council estimates after 2022/23 because of Annual Population Survey quality concerns. As checked on 13 October 2026, ONS has provisionally scheduled a new release covering April 2024 to March 2026 for December 2026; those estimates are not published yet.
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Happiness yesterday response distribution over time in St Albans
ObservationLow (0–4)Medium (5–6)High (7–8)Very high (9–10)
2011/125.3% (95% range 2.14% to 8.46%)17.36% (95% range 11.78% to 22.95%)38.55% (95% range 30.57% to 46.54%)38.79% (95% range 30.34% to 47.23%)
2012/1311.33% (95% range 4.42% to 18.25%)16.75% (95% range 10.89% to 22.61%)41.66% (95% range 33.33% to 49.99%)30.26% (95% range 22.69% to 37.82%)
2013/1412.28% (95% range 7.06% to 17.51%)19.44% (95% range 13.41% to 25.46%)38.57% (95% range 30.45% to 46.68%)29.71% (95% range 21.65% to 37.78%)
2014/1513.05% (95% range 6.72% to 19.37%)11.27% (95% range 6.31% to 16.24%)47.4% (95% range 38.9% to 55.9%)28.28% (95% range 20.45% to 36.11%)
2015/163.43% (95% range 0.71% to 6.16%)12.82% (95% range 7.11% to 18.53%)43.63% (95% range 36.13% to 51.14%)40.11% (95% range 32.22% to 48%)
2016/178.55% (95% range 0.43% to 16.68%)10.95% (95% range 4.88% to 17.02%)43.13% (95% range 33.74% to 52.52%)37.37% (95% range 28.09% to 46.66%)
2017/184.97% (95% range 0.66% to 9.27%)8.08% (95% range 2.27% to 13.88%)43.42% (95% range 34.36% to 52.48%)43.54% (95% range 34.35% to 52.73%)
2018/195.71% (95% range 1.06% to 10.36%)8.08% (95% range 2.03% to 14.13%)48.3% (95% range 38.77% to 57.83%)37.91% (95% range 28.9% to 46.91%)
2019/205.05% (95% range 1.23% to 8.87%)9.31% (95% range 4.21% to 14.41%)44.84% (95% range 34.66% to 55.01%)40.8% (95% range 30.87% to 50.73%)
2020/219.52% (95% range 2.6% to 16.44%)18.89% (95% range 8.41% to 29.37%)40.28% (95% range 29.1% to 51.47%)31.31% (95% range 19.64% to 42.98%)
2021/227.06% (95% range 2.65% to 11.46%)16.55% (95% range 8.81% to 24.29%)52.43% (95% range 42.05% to 62.8%)23.97% (95% range 15.91% to 32.03%)
2022/239.4% (95% range 3.92% to 14.88%)10.56% (95% range 5.4% to 15.72%)45.7% (95% range 35.94% to 55.45%)34.34% (95% range 24.99% to 43.7%)
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Evidence confidence and comparability

Observation period
Not held separately for this chart. The section date below may cover several datasets.
Section coverage — may differ from this chart
Neighbourhood St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA E02004927) against St Albans. Food premises within 800 m. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-10-20
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-10-20
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

ONS personal well-being (Annual Population Survey), St Albans, April to March each year. Each line is one response band. 95% confidence ranges are saved with each value. Missing or withheld bands are gaps, never zero; shares are not rescaled. Council level, not this street. The latest stored council release covers April 2022 to March 2023. These are historical estimates, not a current wellbeing reading. ONS paused council estimates after 2022/23 because of Annual Population Survey quality concerns. As checked on 13 October 2026, ONS has provisionally scheduled a new release covering April 2024 to March 2026 for December 2026; those estimates are not published yet.

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Anxiety yesterday response distribution in St Albans, 2022/23

Saved period label: 2022/23

2022/23
High (6–10)95% confidence interval 13.8% to 30.3%
22.1%
Medium (4–5)95% confidence interval 10.3% to 27.8%
19.0%
Low (2–3)95% confidence interval 15.2% to 30.6%
22.9%
Very low (0–1)95% confidence interval 26.6% to 45.4%
36.0%

Scale: 0–100 %

ONS Annual Population Survey, St Albans, April 2022 to March 2023. Shares are as published and may not sum to 100% because of rounding. Council level, not this street. The latest stored council release covers April 2022 to March 2023. These are historical estimates, not a current wellbeing reading. ONS paused council estimates after 2022/23 because of Annual Population Survey quality concerns. As checked on 13 October 2026, ONS has provisionally scheduled a new release covering April 2024 to March 2026 for December 2026; those estimates are not published yet.
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Observation period
Not held separately for this chart. The section date below may cover several datasets.
Section coverage — may differ from this chart
Neighbourhood St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA E02004927) against St Albans. Food premises within 800 m. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-10-20
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-10-20
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

ONS Annual Population Survey, St Albans, April 2022 to March 2023. Shares are as published and may not sum to 100% because of rounding. Council level, not this street. The latest stored council release covers April 2022 to March 2023. These are historical estimates, not a current wellbeing reading. ONS paused council estimates after 2022/23 because of Annual Population Survey quality concerns. As checked on 13 October 2026, ONS has provisionally scheduled a new release covering April 2024 to March 2026 for December 2026; those estimates are not published yet.

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Anxiety yesterday response distribution over time in St Albans

Observation period: 2011/12 → 2022/23

2022/23Anxiety yesterday response distribution over time in St Albans: High (6–10) 16.5% (2011/12) to 22.1% (2022/23); Medium (4–5) 20.2% (2011/12) to 19% (2022/23); Low (2–3) 22.8% (2011/12) to 22.9% (2022/23); Very low (0–1) 40.5% (2011/12) to 36% (2022/23).13.5%45%2022/232018/192014/152011/12High (6–10)22.1%Medium (4–5)19%Low (2–3)22.9%Very low (0–1)36%
ONS personal well-being (Annual Population Survey), St Albans, April to March each year. Each line is one response band. 95% confidence ranges are saved with each value. Missing or withheld bands are gaps, never zero; shares are not rescaled. Council level, not this street. The latest stored council release covers April 2022 to March 2023. These are historical estimates, not a current wellbeing reading. ONS paused council estimates after 2022/23 because of Annual Population Survey quality concerns. As checked on 13 October 2026, ONS has provisionally scheduled a new release covering April 2024 to March 2026 for December 2026; those estimates are not published yet.
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Anxiety yesterday response distribution over time in St Albans
ObservationHigh (6–10)Medium (4–5)Low (2–3)Very low (0–1)
2011/1216.53% (95% range 10.5% to 22.56%)20.19% (95% range 13.3% to 27.08%)22.84% (95% range 16.24% to 29.44%)40.45% (95% range 32.89% to 48%)
2012/1320.26% (95% range 12.68% to 27.83%)19.67% (95% range 13.91% to 25.44%)24.12% (95% range 16.78% to 31.46%)35.95% (95% range 27.98% to 43.92%)
2013/1426.19% (95% range 19.58% to 32.8%)18.86% (95% range 12.93% to 24.79%)20.56% (95% range 13.81% to 27.31%)34.39% (95% range 26.66% to 42.13%)
2014/1520.41% (95% range 13.68% to 27.14%)17.71% (95% range 11.93% to 23.5%)26.11% (95% range 19.31% to 32.92%)35.77% (95% range 28.34% to 43.19%)
2015/1614.08% (95% range 8.45% to 19.71%)10.85% (95% range 6.07% to 15.63%)24.61% (95% range 18.31% to 30.91%)50.45% (95% range 42.69% to 58.22%)
2016/1721.41% (95% range 10.42% to 32.4%)8.08% (95% range 3.68% to 12.47%)25.23% (95% range 18.1% to 32.37%)45.28% (95% range 35.95% to 54.61%)
2017/1813.99% (95% range 7.14% to 20.84%)8.97% (95% range 4.57% to 13.36%)31.19% (95% range 23.35% to 39.03%)45.86% (95% range 37.27% to 54.44%)
2018/1917.42% (95% range 8.95% to 25.89%)10.76% (95% range 4.94% to 16.58%)28.83% (95% range 19.2% to 38.45%)42.99% (95% range 33.32% to 52.67%)
2019/2017.8% (95% range 11.11% to 24.49%)11.79% (95% range 5.69% to 17.89%)26.99% (95% range 18.24% to 35.74%)43.42% (95% range 33.51% to 53.33%)
2020/2118.41% (95% range 10.85% to 25.98%)20.31% (95% range 12.19% to 28.42%)33.25% (95% range 22.58% to 43.92%)28.03% (95% range 15.44% to 40.61%)
2021/2223.47% (95% range 14.94% to 31.99%)15.3% (95% range 8.6% to 21.99%)34.52% (95% range 23.06% to 45.98%)26.72% (95% range 18.08% to 35.36%)
2022/2322.05% (95% range 13.75% to 30.34%)19.02% (95% range 10.26% to 27.78%)22.94% (95% range 15.23% to 30.64%)36% (95% range 26.56% to 45.44%)
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Evidence confidence and comparability

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Neighbourhood St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA E02004927) against St Albans. Food premises within 800 m. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-10-20
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-10-20
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

ONS personal well-being (Annual Population Survey), St Albans, April to March each year. Each line is one response band. 95% confidence ranges are saved with each value. Missing or withheld bands are gaps, never zero; shares are not rescaled. Council level, not this street. The latest stored council release covers April 2022 to March 2023. These are historical estimates, not a current wellbeing reading. ONS paused council estimates after 2022/23 because of Annual Population Survey quality concerns. As checked on 13 October 2026, ONS has provisionally scheduled a new release covering April 2024 to March 2026 for December 2026; those estimates are not published yet.

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Neighbourhood St Albans 004 (2021 MSOA E02004927) against St Albans. Food premises within 800 m. · 2026-10-20

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Affluence today
Among the most affluent

One of the most affluent neighbourhoods in England: household income after housing costs higher than 89% of neighbourhoods in England, and houses around £740k and flats around £240k, dearer than 89%. Area signals point away from gentrification against St Albans (the gentrification indication). How well off the neighbourhood is today, from 4 money measures listed in the full evidence; a label, not a score.

Gentrification signals
Moving the other way

1 of 17 measured signals point towards rising affluence against the borough, 3 the other way and 13 in line. Weighing each by how directly it tracks rising incomes and values (1 to 5), the balance is -0.21, on a scale from -1 (all the other way) to +1 (all rising). A reading of the signals, not a prediction. Each signal is listed below.

Plug-in cars
9.1% here, up from 4.3% in 2023 · St Albans 8.2% · England 5.4%

Share of the privately kept cars licensed in St Albans 004 at the end of June 2026 that are plug-in (battery electric or plug-in hybrid): 9.1%, against St Albans 8.2%, East of England 5.3%, England 5.4%. In June 2023: 4.3% here and 3.6% across St Albans, so +4.8 points here against +4.6. Its growth against St Albans is one of the counted signals below; public charging points are not.

Household income
£75,100 here vs £76,000 St Albans

ONS estimate of average household income before tax in St Albans 004, 2022/23 (95% range £64,400 to £87,700), against the median of St Albans's 20 neighbourhoods (our own figure): up 26% since 2011/12, against +33% for the typical St Albans neighbourhood; higher than 8 of St Albans's 19 other neighbourhoods. Modelled survey estimates: small differences mean little.

Lifestyle businesses
5 here (architects and interiors 2, yoga and pilates 1, florists 1, fitness 1) · 0 new in 3 years, in line with St Albans

Live companies with a registered office in St Albans 004 of the kinds on a reviewed list (yoga and pilates studios, dog groomers, walkers and pet care, architects and interior designers, coffee roasters and specialist coffee, florists, wine merchants and wine bars, personal trainers and fitness studios): 1.9 per 1,000 households, against 1.7 across St Albans. 0 new lifestyle companies in 3 years here (0.0 per 1,000 households) against 0.4 across St Albans (0.0×); the St Albans rate would give 1.1 here. Fewer than 5 new here: in line (too few to stand out). Companies House, October 2026; a registered office is not always where a business trades, and addresses holding 50 or more companies are left out.

Homes against local pay
11.0 times local pay

Homes in St Albans cost 11.0 times the median full-time pay of people living there in 2025 (East of England 8.5, England 7.6), down from 11.7 in 2015. Residents' median full-time pay £57,396, +31% in 5 years.

Local businesses
94 here · 13.1 per 100 homes (St Albans 15.1)

Live companies registered in this small area, per 100 households. Largest groups here: tech and professional services 38% (St Albans 29%), creative and media 14% (St Albans 7%), shops, wholesale and motor trade 9% (St Albans 9%). Companies House, October 2026; registered offices are not always where a business trades, and addresses holding 50 or more companies are left out.

Solar panels and heat pumps
3.5% here, down from 3.9% · St Albans 2.5% · England 3.1%

Share of the 318 energy certificates for existing homes lodged in St Albans 004 from July 2023 to June 2026 that record solar panels or a heat pump as main heating (3.9% of 304 from July 2020 to June 2023). Money going into homes; its growth against St Albans is one of the counted signals below.

New homes certified here
15 in 3 years (5.7 per 1,000 homes; St Albans 14)

New-home energy certificates lodged in St Albans 004 from July 2023 to June 2026. Every new home, built or converted, needs one when it is finished, so this counts homes finished, not planned. Per 1,000 households at the 2021 Census: 5.7 here, 14 across St Albans, 24 across England. Developers building here is a sign they expect homes to sell; its rate against St Albans is one of the counted signals below.

Life expectancy
Women 87.1, men 84.9 here · St Albans 85.2, 81.8 · England 83.0, 79.1

Similar to St Albans for women, higher for men; higher than England for both women and men. ONS estimates of life expectancy at birth in St Albans 004, 2019 to 2023: women 87.1 (95% range 85.2 to 89.0), men 84.9 (82.6 to 87.2); East of England 83.7 and 80.0. Pooled over five years of deaths in a small area, so the ranges are wide and small differences mean little.

Life satisfaction
8.0 of 10 in St Albans · East of England 7.5 · UK 7.5 (2022/23)

Higher than East of England and the UK. Life satisfaction out of 10, April 2022 to March 2023: St Albans 7.97 (95% range 7.70 to 8.23), East of England 7.50 (7.43 to 7.56), UK 7.45 (7.43 to 7.47). Happiness 7.60 (7.23 to 7.98), similar to East of England and the UK. Anxiety (lower is better) 3.03 (2.50 to 3.56), similar to East of England and the UK. ONS's Annual Population Survey asks a sample of adults in each council, usually a few hundred people, so a council's 95% range is wide; following ONS, a difference whose ranges overlap is read as similar. The latest stored council release covers April 2022 to March 2023. These are historical estimates, not a current wellbeing reading. ONS paused council estimates after 2022/23 because of Annual Population Survey quality concerns. As checked on 13 October 2026, ONS has provisionally scheduled a new release covering April 2024 to March 2026 for December 2026; those estimates are not published yet. Council level, not this street. Shown for context, not counted.

Jobs in this neighbourhood
1,730 · no clear change since 2019 (St Albans -13%, East +4%)

Jobs at workplaces in St Albans 004 in September 2024 (2024 is provisional): employees and working owners in every industry but agriculture, forestry and fishing. 1,490 in 2019, 1,730 in 2024: +16%, within what ONS's rounding allows, so no clear change. Over the same years: St Albans -13%, East +4%, England +5%. ONS rounds a figure of about 1,730 to the nearest 250 (500 where a few businesses dominate).

Jobs within 5 km
19,000 · -29% since 2019 (St Albans -13%, East +4%)

Jobs at workplaces in the 6 neighbourhoods whose centres are within 5 km of the home, September 2024 (2024 is provisional). The change covers all of them. 27,000 in 2019, 19,000 in 2024 (-29%). Over the same years: St Albans -13%, East +4%, England +5%.

Direction dial
1 of 17 rising

Signals pointing towards rising affluence against the borough; 3 pointing the other way. Each signal is listed below the dial.

Prices vs borough (points)
Houses +4 · Flats -3

Change in the neighbourhood's resale median minus the borough's, 2017-2019 to 2023-2025, flats and houses measured separately.

Food and drink places
8

0 awaiting first inspection; 0 new since 2026-09-08.

Energy rating changes
22 improved · 19 unchanged · 10 worsened

51 re-certified homes here. Domestic EPCs in this small area (LSOA), re-certified in the last 3 years with an earlier certificate, against the whole borough. This is a selected sample of homes, not all housing; a changed assessment can move a rating without building work. Borough: 2746 improved (48%), 2405 unchanged (42%), 522 worsened (9%) of 5673 re-certified homes.

Fly-tipping
6.1 per 1,000 people in St Albans (2024/25) · East of England 15.3 · England 21.5

Up from 4.2 in 2021/22 (+45%); East of England 11.9 → 15.3, England 19.3 → 21.5. St Albans counts every incident it deals with. Council figures: they depend on how each council records fly-tips (councils that clear streets proactively record more), so they are not a measure of this street.

  • Affluence today: every input and its weight

    Household income after housing costs (weight 3): £43,008 a year (ONS estimate of household income after housing costs, 2022/23), higher than 89% of the 6,856 neighbourhoods in England; position 89.9 of 100. Home prices (weight 2): median resales here, 2023-2025: houses £735,000 (211 sales), dearer than 92%; flats £240,000 (25 sales), dearer than 64%, of neighbourhoods in England (together weighted by sales); position 89.7 of 100. Income deprivation (Indices of Deprivation 2025) (weight 3): decile 10 of 10 (1 is the most deprived tenth of England's small areas, 10 the least); position 95 of 100. Overall deprivation (Indices of Deprivation 2025) (weight 1): decile 10 of 10 (1 is the most deprived tenth of England's small areas, 10 the least); position 95 of 100. Weighted position (89.9×3 + 89.7×2 + 95×3 + 95×1) ÷ 9 = 92 of 100. Bands: Among the most affluent from 82, Affluent from 62, Middle income from 40, Below average income from 14, Among the most income-deprived from 0. Ranks are our own, against every neighbourhood in England; a decile counts at its middle (decile 8 is 75). Supporting, not counted: no premium and no budget food and drink brands within 800 m (FSA register; the brand's positioning, not the premises or its customers). It never feeds the verdict, the gentrification indication, the area scores, What matters or the questions.

    Among the most affluent (4 of 4 inputs)
  • Gentrification indication: every signal and its weight

    Rising: Homes selling (weight 1). In line: Resale prices (weight 5), Household income (weight 5), Degree-educated residents (weight 3), Income deprivation ranking (weight 3), Plug-in car growth (weight 3), Solar and heat pumps (weight 2), New stations nearby (weight 2), Residents aged 25 to 29 (weight 1), Single-person households under 65 (weight 1), Anti-social behaviour (weight 1), Air quality (weight 1), New-build activity (weight 1), Lifestyle businesses (weight 1). The other way: Benefit claims (DWP) (weight 4), Recent price momentum (weight 3), Recorded crime (weight 2). Not measurable here: Schools improving (weight 3), Home improvement applications (weight 3), Premium home works (weight 3), Premium and budget brands (weight 1), New independent cafés and restaurants (weight 1). Each weight, from 1 to 5, says how directly a signal tracks rising incomes and values; the balance is the weight rising minus the weight pointing the other way, divided by the weight of every measured signal, from -1 to +1. The four DWP income measures count as one signal; context rows are not counted. Shown for context, not counted: Prices over ten years, Homes improving their energy rating, New companies registered, New cafés, creative and fitness businesses, Borough against the region. Weights and bands from our reviewed list (data/reference/gentrification-weights.json, reviewed 13 October 2026), not an official measure.

    Moving the other way (weighted balance -0.21; 1 of 17 signals up, 3 down)
  • House resales 2017-2019 → 2023-2025

    Median £601,250 (220 sales) → £735,000 (211 sales) in St Albans 004. Borough median £612,500 → £725,000. A gap of +4 points is within normal variation between neighbourhoods.

    +22% here vs +18% St Albans
  • Flat resales 2017-2019 → 2023-2025

    Median £227,500 (32 sales) → £240,000 (25 sales) in St Albans 004. Borough median £300,000 → £325,000. A gap of -3 points is within normal variation between neighbourhoods.

    +5% here vs +8% St Albans
  • Degree-level qualifications, 2011 → 2021

    Share of residents aged 16+ whose highest qualification is Level 4 (degree) or above, in St Albans 004. The borough figure uses the same neighbourhoods in both censuses. Degrees became more common everywhere between the censuses, so only the gap against the borough says anything about this area.

    44% → 48% (+5 pts) vs St Albans +7 pts
  • Single-person households under 65, 2011 → 2021

    Share of households of one person below pension age, in St Albans 004. The borough figure uses the same neighbourhoods in both censuses. Often young professionals renting or buying alone; also older people on their own.

    10% → 9% (-1 pts) vs St Albans -1 pts
  • Privately renting households, 2011 → 2021

    Share of households renting from a private landlord or other private arrangement, in St Albans 004. The borough figure uses the same neighbourhoods in both censuses. More private renting can mean new arrivals or fewer people able to buy; on its own it is not a sign of rising affluence.

    7% → 9% (+2 pts) vs St Albans +3 pts
  • Residents aged 25 to 29, 2011 → 2021

    Share of residents aged 25 to 29 (the 2011 census groups 30 to 44 together, so this is the comparable young-adult band), in St Albans 004. The borough figure uses the same neighbourhoods in both censuses. Areas drawing young professionals gain people in their late twenties faster than the borough.

    4% → 3% (-1 pts) vs St Albans -1 pts
  • Recorded crime, excluding anti-social behaviour

    Police.uk street-level records in St Albans 004, the 12 months to August 2024 against the 12 months to August 2026 (Sep 2023 to Aug 2024; Sep 2025 to Aug 2026). Over the same months: East of England +2%, England (273 of 296 council areas) -1%. Counts, not rates: population change is unknown between these years. Changes in recording or policing can move these figures as much as real change.

    212 → 262 (+24%) vs St Albans +12%
  • Restaurants and cafés within 800 m

    0 likely chains, 6 likely independent (0 new independents since tracking began). 0 first registered since tracking began on 2026-09-08; 0 awaiting a first hygiene inspection, which usually means recently opened or changed hands.

    6
  • Pubs and bars within 800 m

    0 first registered since tracking began on 2026-09-08; 0 awaiting a first hygiene inspection, which usually means recently opened or changed hands.

    1
  • Takeaways within 800 m

    0 likely chains, 1 likely independent (0 new independents since tracking began). 0 first registered since tracking began on 2026-09-08; 0 awaiting a first hygiene inspection, which usually means recently opened or changed hands.

    1
  • Deprivation ranking, 2019 → 2025

    English Indices of Deprivation for this small area (E01023749). Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of England, 10 the least. Ranks are relative: moving up means other areas fell behind or this one improved, not an absolute measure. Income decile 10 → 10, education 10 → 10, crime 9 → 10.

    Decile 10 → 10 (+7.6 pts) vs St Albans -0.4 pts
  • Household income, 2011/12 → 2022/23

    ONS model-based estimates (Income estimates for small areas) for St Albans 004: 2011/12 £59,500, 2013/14 £54,300, 2015/16 £59,400, 2017/18 £56,500, 2019/20 £59,700, 2022/23 £75,100. In 2022/23, after tax £53,800; adjusted for household size, £48,000 before housing costs and £43,000 after. Allowing for the 95% ranges, it is not clearly different from any of St Albans's other neighbourhoods. The borough figure is our own: the median of the council's neighbourhoods in each edition. These are modelled survey estimates, each with a 95% confidence interval, so small differences between areas or years mean little; ONS cautions that its method is built for single years rather than change, and 2022/23 used new neighbourhood boundaries and new model inputs. No estimates exist for 2020/21 or 2021/22; 2011/12 and 2013/14 were published as weekly incomes and are shown as annual (× 365.25 ÷ 7, as ONS does).

    £75,100 here vs £76,000 St Albans
  • Income deprivation, 2019 → 2025

    Income domain of the English Indices of Deprivation for this small area (E01023749): in 2025, 4.3% of the population here was counted as income-deprived (out of work, or on a low income and receiving benefits or tax credits), decile 10 of England (1 is the most deprived tenth, 10 the least). Ranks are relative, and the rates are not comparable between editions (2025 counts Universal Credit), so only the change in national position is compared. Income deprivation affecting children: decile 10 → 10. This is the counted deprivation signal; the overall ranking is shown beside it for context, because it already includes income.

    Decile 10 → 10 (+0.1 pts) vs St Albans -3.7 pts
  • Homes against local pay in St Albans, 2003 → 2025

    Homes in St Albans cost 11.0 times the median full-time pay of people living there in 2025 (East of England 8.5, England 7.6), down from 11.7 in 2015. Residents' median full-time pay £57,396, +31% in 5 years. ONS House price to residence-based earnings ratio: the median price paid for homes in the year to September against the median gross annual pay of full-time employees who live in the council area (not everyone who works there, and not part-time pay). Council level, not this street. Shown, not counted: a rising ratio can mean demand from beyond the area or stretched prices.

    11.0 times local pay
  • Borough against the region: St Albans against the East of England

    Prices +12% against +17% (UK House Price Index, 2017–2019 → 2023–2025): in line (a gap of -5 points; 5 or more counts). Household income +33% against +34% for the typical neighbourhood (2011/12 → 2022/23): in line (a gap of -1 points; 5 or more counts). Income deprivation ranks -3.7 against -1.2 percentile points of national position (2019 → 2025; up is less deprived): behind (a gap of -2.5 points; 2.5 or more counts). Residents with a degree +7 against +6 points (2011 → 2021): in line (a gap of +1 points; 1.5 or more counts). Wider-area context, the same for every neighbourhood in St Albans: at least 2 measures ahead, and more ahead than behind, points towards rising affluence; at least 2 behind, and more behind than ahead, points the other way. The neighbourhood's own signals compare it with St Albans; this one compares St Albans with the East of England, shown separately from the local-change calculation. The council and region figures for household income, income deprivation and degrees are our own, from their neighbourhoods and small areas.

    Ahead on 0 of 4 measures, behind on 1
  • Life expectancy at birth, 2019 to 2023

    ONS estimates for St Albans 004: women 87.1 (95% range 85.2 to 89.0), men 84.9 (82.6 to 87.2); St Albans 85.2 and 81.8, East of England 83.7 and 80.0, England 83.0 and 79.1 (women, men), the same five years and method. Similar to St Albans for women, higher for men; higher than England for both women and men. "Similar" means the other figure falls within the 95% range here. It is how long a newborn would live at the death rates recorded among people living here in those years: a summary of the area's health, not a forecast. A care home, hospice or hostel in the neighbourhood lowers it, and people move in and out. A neighbourhood has 5,000 to 15,000 people, so its range is several years wide. Shown for context, not counted as a sign of change.

    Women 87.1, men 84.9 here · St Albans 85.2, 81.8 · England 83.0, 79.1
  • Healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023

    Years a newborn could expect to live in good or very good health, from self-reported health in Census 2021 and deaths in 2019 to 2023: 85% of life for women and 86% for men here (95% ranges: women 72.3 to 75.1, men 71.2 to 74.8). Without a disability that limits daily activities: women 73.3, men 73.7 here (St Albans 71.6 and 70.9; England 66.7 and 66.0). ONS: these small-area estimates are not comparable with its regular healthy life expectancy figures from the Annual Population Survey. Shown for context, not counted.

    Women 73.7, men 73.0 here · St Albans 72.4, 71.0 · England 66.5, 65.1
  • Disability-free life expectancy, 2019 to 2023

    St Albans 004, women: 73.3 years (95% range 71.8 to 74.8), 84% of life; St Albans, women: 71.6 years (95% range 71.3 to 71.9), 84% of life; England, women: 66.7 years (95% range 66.7 to 66.7), 80% of life; St Albans 004, men: 73.7 years (95% range 71.8 to 75.5), 87% of life; St Albans, men: 70.9 years (95% range 70.5 to 71.3), 87% of life; England, men: 66.0 years (95% range 66.0 to 66.0), 83% of life. ONS disability-free life expectancy at birth, St Albans 004, 2019 to 2023: years without a disability that limits daily activities, from Census 2021 and deaths pooled over five years. A summary of the area, not a forecast for an individual. These small-area estimates are not comparable with ONS’s regular Annual Population Survey health expectancy figures. Shown for context, not counted.

    Women 73.3, men 73.7 here · St Albans 71.6, 70.9 · England 66.7, 66.0
  • Life expectancy in St Albans, 2001 to 2003 → 2022 to 2024

    ONS life expectancy at birth for the council in three-year periods, on today's council boundaries. In 2022 to 2024: East of England 84.0 and 80.3, England 83.3 and 79.5 (women, men). Periods that include 2020 to 2022 were lowered by the Covid-19 pandemic everywhere. Council level, not this street; the neighbourhood figure covers 2019 to 2023. Shown for context, not counted.

    Women 82.4 → 85.2 · men 78.4 → 82.3
  • Personal well-being in St Albans, April 2022 to March 2023

    Life satisfaction ("Overall, how satisfied are you with your life nowadays?") 7.97 (95% range 7.70 to 8.23); East of England 7.50, UK 7.45: higher than East of England and the UK. Feeling that the things you do are worthwhile ("Overall, to what extent do you feel that the things you do in your life are worthwhile?") 8.02 (95% range 7.81 to 8.23); East of England 7.80, UK 7.73: higher than the UK; similar to East of England. Happiness yesterday ("Overall, how happy did you feel yesterday?") 7.60 (95% range 7.23 to 7.98); East of England 7.43, UK 7.39: similar to East of England and the UK. Anxiety yesterday ("Overall, how anxious did you feel yesterday?") 3.03 (95% range 2.50 to 3.56); East of England 3.20, UK 3.23: similar to East of England and the UK. ONS's thresholds in St Albans: 33.2% (23.4 to 43.0) very high (9 to 10); 22.1% (13.8 to 30.3) report high anxiety (6 to 10). ONS's Annual Population Survey asks a sample of adults in each council, usually a few hundred people, so a council's 95% range is wide; following ONS, a difference whose ranges overlap is read as similar. Council level, not this street. Shown for context, not counted.

    Life satisfaction 7.97 · worthwhile 8.02 · happiness 7.60 · anxiety 3.03 (of 10)
  • Life satisfaction in St Albans, 2011/12 → 2022/23

    No clear change: 7.54 in 2011/12 and 7.97 in 2022/23, inside each other's 95% ranges; East of England 7.50 and UK 7.45 in 2022/23. Each year is a separate survey sample, so small rises and falls are noise; ONS changed from face-to-face to telephone interviews in March 2020. Council level, not this street. Shown for context, not counted.

    7.54 → 7.97
  • Feeling that the things you do are worthwhile in St Albans, 2011/12 → 2022/23

    No clear change: 8.01 in 2011/12 and 8.02 in 2022/23, inside each other's 95% ranges; East of England 7.80 and UK 7.73 in 2022/23. Each year is a separate survey sample, so small rises and falls are noise; ONS changed from face-to-face to telephone interviews in March 2020. Council level, not this street. Shown for context, not counted.

    8.01 → 8.02
  • Happiness yesterday in St Albans, 2011/12 → 2022/23

    No clear change: 7.74 in 2011/12 and 7.60 in 2022/23, inside each other's 95% ranges; East of England 7.43 and UK 7.39 in 2022/23. Each year is a separate survey sample, so small rises and falls are noise; ONS changed from face-to-face to telephone interviews in March 2020. Council level, not this street. Shown for context, not counted.

    7.74 → 7.60
  • Anxiety yesterday in St Albans, 2011/12 → 2022/23

    No clear change: 2.81 in 2011/12 and 3.03 in 2022/23, inside each other's 95% ranges; East of England 3.20 and UK 3.23 in 2022/23. Each year is a separate survey sample, so small rises and falls are noise; ONS changed from face-to-face to telephone interviews in March 2020. Lower anxiety scores indicate less anxiety. Council level, not this street. Shown for context, not counted.

    2.81 → 3.03
  • Life satisfaction response distribution in St Albans, April 2022 to March 2023

    “Overall, how satisfied are you with your life nowadays?” Low (0–4): Not published (ONS withheld it because too few people answered); Medium (5–6): Not published (ONS withheld it because too few people answered); High (7–8): 56.0% (95% confidence interval 46.0% to 66.1%); Very high (9–10): 33.2% (95% confidence interval 23.4% to 43.0%). ONS Annual Population Survey, St Albans, April 2022 to March 2023. This distribution is partial: unpublished bands are not zero and the shown shares are not rescaled. Council level, not this street. The latest stored council release covers April 2022 to March 2023. These are historical estimates, not a current wellbeing reading. ONS paused council estimates after 2022/23 because of Annual Population Survey quality concerns. As checked on 13 October 2026, ONS has provisionally scheduled a new release covering April 2024 to March 2026 for December 2026; those estimates are not published yet.

    Low (0–4) Not published · Medium (5–6) Not published · High (7–8) 56.0% · Very high (9–10) 33.2%
  • Feeling that the things you do are worthwhile response distribution in St Albans, April 2022 to March 2023

    “Overall, to what extent do you feel that the things you do in your life are worthwhile?” Low (0–4): Not published (ONS withheld it because too few people answered); Medium (5–6): Not published (ONS withheld it because too few people answered); High (7–8): 60.9% (95% confidence interval 51.1% to 70.7%); Very high (9–10): 31.3% (95% confidence interval 22.2% to 40.4%). ONS Annual Population Survey, St Albans, April 2022 to March 2023. This distribution is partial: unpublished bands are not zero and the shown shares are not rescaled. Council level, not this street. The latest stored council release covers April 2022 to March 2023. These are historical estimates, not a current wellbeing reading. ONS paused council estimates after 2022/23 because of Annual Population Survey quality concerns. As checked on 13 October 2026, ONS has provisionally scheduled a new release covering April 2024 to March 2026 for December 2026; those estimates are not published yet.

    Low (0–4) Not published · Medium (5–6) Not published · High (7–8) 60.9% · Very high (9–10) 31.3%
  • Happiness yesterday response distribution in St Albans, April 2022 to March 2023

    “Overall, how happy did you feel yesterday?” Low (0–4): 9.4% (95% confidence interval 3.9% to 14.9%); Medium (5–6): 10.6% (95% confidence interval 5.4% to 15.7%); High (7–8): 45.7% (95% confidence interval 35.9% to 55.5%); Very high (9–10): 34.3% (95% confidence interval 25.0% to 43.7%). ONS Annual Population Survey, St Albans, April 2022 to March 2023. Shares are as published and may not sum to 100% because of rounding. Council level, not this street. The latest stored council release covers April 2022 to March 2023. These are historical estimates, not a current wellbeing reading. ONS paused council estimates after 2022/23 because of Annual Population Survey quality concerns. As checked on 13 October 2026, ONS has provisionally scheduled a new release covering April 2024 to March 2026 for December 2026; those estimates are not published yet.

    Low (0–4) 9.4% · Medium (5–6) 10.6% · High (7–8) 45.7% · Very high (9–10) 34.3%
  • Anxiety yesterday response distribution in St Albans, April 2022 to March 2023

    “Overall, how anxious did you feel yesterday?” High (6–10): 22.1% (95% confidence interval 13.8% to 30.3%); Medium (4–5): 19.0% (95% confidence interval 10.3% to 27.8%); Low (2–3): 22.9% (95% confidence interval 15.2% to 30.6%); Very low (0–1): 36.0% (95% confidence interval 26.6% to 45.4%). ONS Annual Population Survey, St Albans, April 2022 to March 2023. Shares are as published and may not sum to 100% because of rounding. Council level, not this street. The latest stored council release covers April 2022 to March 2023. These are historical estimates, not a current wellbeing reading. ONS paused council estimates after 2022/23 because of Annual Population Survey quality concerns. As checked on 13 October 2026, ONS has provisionally scheduled a new release covering April 2024 to March 2026 for December 2026; those estimates are not published yet.

    High (6–10) 22.1% · Medium (4–5) 19.0% · Low (2–3) 22.9% · Very low (0–1) 36.0%
  • New homes built in St Albans

    Net additional homes (MHCLG: new builds plus conversions and changes of use, minus demolitions), 2020-21 to 2024-25. Latest: 381 in 2024-25 (provisional), 6.0 per 1,000 homes. Housing Delivery Test: 46%: presumption in favour of sustainable development. Details and the yearly chart are under Planning and local change. Many new homes can mean regeneration, new shops and services and a growing area, or more competition from new-build sales and busier roads, schools and GP surgeries; few can mean a settled area where homes are scarce. Council level, not this street. Shown for context, not counted.

    410 a year in St Albans over 5 years · 6.7 per 1,000 homes (East of England 10.1, England 9.0)
  • Plug-in cars, June 2023 → June 2026

    DfT and DVLA vehicle licensing statistics for the small areas of St Albans 004: privately kept licensed cars (4,102 at the end of June 2026, 4,045 in June 2023) and privately kept licensed plug-in vehicles (battery electric, plug-in hybrid and range-extended). Vehicles are counted at the registered keeper's address; company and lease cars are left out, because they are registered at the company's address, often a leasing firm's. DfT does not split plug-in vehicles by body type for small areas, so the few privately kept plug-in vans and motorcycles are counted too (almost all are cars). DfT withholds counts of 1 to 4 vehicles in a small area and leaves out small areas that never had 5; where that leaves a share uncertain it is shown as a range, never estimated. The council, region and nation are the sums of their small areas (our own figures). Plug-in cars are easier to own with a driveway or garage to charge at home, so areas of flats and on-street parking can read lower for that reason alone. Growth against the council is a counted signal (owner's decision, 26 September 2026); public charging points are not, because councils put them where homes lack driveways.

    4.3% → 9.1% (+4.8 pts) vs St Albans +4.6 pts
  • Cars tested in the AL postcode area, 2025

    142,579 cars given an MOT at stations in the AL postcode area in 2025. Electric 3.0% and hybrid 8.3% here, against 2.1% and 5.3% across Great Britain; diesel 28% (Great Britain 39%). Great Britain: average 10.7 years old, 7,600 miles a year. Most tested makes here: Ford 12%, Volkswagen 10%, Vauxhall 6.8%, Audi 6.6%, Toyota 5.9%. Premium brands are a reviewed list of 22 makes (Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Land Rover and Range Rover, Jaguar, Porsche and the luxury makers; data/reference/premium-car-brands.json, reviewed 2026-09-27). Age is from the first use date to the test; yearly mileage is each car's odometer reading over its age, left out where it was not read or implies more than 60,000 miles a year. The postcode area is where the test station is, not where the car is kept: it is very broad (the whole AL area, many miles across), never this street. Only cars 3 years old or more need a test, so newer cars are missing and the figures lean older. Class 4 covers cars, taxis, motor caravans and vans up to 3,000 kg (the data has no body type). Each vehicle is counted once, at its first normal test of the year; retests are left out. Shown for context only; never counted towards the area's direction.

    27% premium brands (Great Britain 24%) · average 10.1 years old · 7,100 miles a year
  • Energy rating changes

    Domestic EPCs in this small area (LSOA), re-certified in the last 3 years with an earlier certificate, against the whole borough. This is a selected sample of homes, not all housing; a changed assessment can move a rating without building work. Borough: 2746 improved (48%), 2405 unchanged (42%), 522 worsened (9%) of 5673 re-certified homes.

    22 improved · 19 unchanged · 10 worsened
  • Solar panels and heat pumps, July 2023 to June 2026

    Domestic energy certificates for existing homes (RdSAP) lodged in St Albans 004, placed in the neighbourhood by their postcode. A certificate is made when a home is sold, let or improved, so this reads the homes certified, not every home. Solar panels are counted where the certificate records panels on the roof; a heat pump only where it is the main heating. Homes of social landlords and certificates made for ECO, grant schemes, the Green Deal or stock condition surveys are left out, because public retrofit money goes to those homes first; new homes are counted separately (their certificates do not record panels the same way). Older certificates often do not record tenure, so the earliest years can include some social landlords' homes.

    3.5% here (7 with panels, 4 with a heat pump, of 318) vs St Albans 2.5%
  • New homes certified here, July 2023 to June 2026

    Energy certificates lodged for new homes ("new dwelling"), placed in the neighbourhood by their postcode: new-build homes and homes made by converting other buildings, counted when finished. Homes still being built or only planned are not counted; planning applications show those. The rate is per household at the 2021 Census, so a neighbourhood that has grown a lot since then reads a little high.

    15 here (28 in the 3 years before) · St Albans 822
  • Jobs in this neighbourhood, 2015 → 2024

    ONS figures for St Albans 004 each September: 2015 1,740 · 2016 1,740 · 2017 1,990 · 2018 1,740 · 2019 1,490 · 2020 1,490 · 2021 1,740 · 2022 1,490 · 2023 1,740 · 2024 1,730. Counted where people work, not where they live; a person with two jobs counts twice. ONS rounds a figure of about 1,730 to the nearest 250 (500 where a few businesses dominate), so a small neighbourhood moves in steps and one year's change means little.

    1,730 in 2024
  • Jobs within 5 km, 2015 → 2024

    Each September, over the same ground: 2015 26,000 · 2016 25,000 · 2017 26,000 · 2018 27,000 · 2019 27,000 · 2020 26,000 · 2021 29,000 · 2022 16,000 · 2023 19,000 · 2024 19,000. The change covers all of them. Our own sums of ONS's rounded neighbourhood figures; their rounding errors largely cancel, so the change is judged against the combined rounding.

    19,000 · -29% since 2019
  • Jobs in St Albans, East, England, 2019 → 2024

    St Albans 77,000 → 67,000; East 2,821,000 → 2,941,000; England 26,792,000 → 28,080,000. ONS BRES, jobs at workplaces each September, every industry but agriculture, forestry and fishing.

    -13% · +4% · +5%
  • Fastest-growing industries within 5 km, 2019 → 2024

    Growing by more than ONS's rounding allows: Education +24% (1,900 → 2,300). Falling: Business administration and support -61% (11,000 → 4,200), Professional, scientific and technical -34% (4,100 → 2,700). Largest: Business administration and support 4,200, Professional, scientific and technical 2,700, Education 2,300. Broad industrial groups (SIC 2007) with at least 2% of the jobs in 2019.

    Education +24% (1,900 → 2,300)
  • Anti-social behaviour, the 12 months to August 2024 → the 12 months to August 2026

    Police.uk reports of anti-social behaviour (noise, nuisance, rowdiness) in St Albans 004, counted over the same months and police forces as recorded crime; they are not crimes. It tends to move with recorded crime, which is counted separately, and forces record it differently, so only the change against the borough is read. Changes in how reports are taken or recorded can move it as much as real change.

    78 → 75 (-4%) vs St Albans -4%
  • Nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) in the air, 2019 → 2024

    Defra's modelled background annual mean for the 1 km squares of St Albans 004's postcodes (our own average, each square weighted by its postcodes). Fine particles (PM2.5): 10.3 → 7.2 µg/m³ (-30%) against -31% across St Albans; mostly carried in from further away, so shown, not counted. NO₂ comes mostly from road traffic, so a faster fall than the council's can follow cleaner vehicles, fewer journeys or new traffic schemes nearby. Background levels leave out the extra pollution right beside a busy road. Each year is modelled with that year's emissions and checked against that year's measurements, so part of any change can come from the model; the council shares the same model, which is why only the gap against it is counted. 2020 was lower everywhere during the lockdowns.

    12.2 → 8.2 µg/m³ (-33%) vs St Albans -35% · East of England -36% · England -32%
  • Long-term empty homes in St Albans, October 2025

    614 homes in St Albans had been empty for more than six months in October 2025, out of 63,557 homes (the dwelling stock at 31 March 2025). In October 2019: 543. From the council tax base: homes liable for council tax and empty for over six months. Homes empty for reasons that carry an exemption (such as probate or a stay in a care home) are not in this count, and the count moves with how the council classifies and charges empty homes (councils in England may charge a premium on homes empty for a year or more from April 2024, two years before), so a sudden jump can be a change in recording. A share well above the region's can mean weak demand or homes waiting for sale or repair; this is the whole council, not this street. Shown for context, never counted.

    1.0% of homes, up from 0.9% in 2019 (East of England 1.1%, England 1.2%)
  • Fly-tipping in St Albans, 2021/22 → 2024/25

    919 fly-tipping incidents dealt with by St Albans in 2024/25 (Defra), against a mid-year population of 151,012. St Albans counts every incident it deals with. Councils record fly-tips on different bases (every incident they deal with, or only those reported by the public), so a trend is read only across years counted the same way, and councils are best compared with themselves. Defra's region and England figures include its estimates for missing returns. Shown for context, never counted; amber only when it has risen 25% or more over 3 years and is above the region.

    4.2 → 6.1 per 1,000 people (+45%) · East of England +29% · England +11%
  • Premium brands within 800 m

    0 new since tracking began on 2026-09-08. Brands such as Gail's, Waitrose and Joe & the Juice tend to open where incomes are rising.

    0
  • Budget brands within 800 m

    0 new since tracking began. Brands such as Greggs, Iceland and fried-chicken chains.

    0
  • Premium home works vs borough

    Not compared: too few households nearby for a rate. Applications of the last 3 years for basements and cellars, swimming pools, garden offices and rooms, orangeries, tennis and padel courts, home cinemas and gyms, and wine cellars, read from each description with a reviewed list of words; businesses, clubs, new flats, HMOs and paperwork on earlier permissions are left out (recorded by PlanIt). Counted towards rising affluence at 1.5× the council's rate or more, when more than chance would explain; a lower rate is never counted the other way.

    None recorded
  • Larger schemes approved within 500 m, last 3 years

    Larger schemes (10 or more homes, or PlanIt's large applications) approved in the last 3 years with the number of homes stated, one per site (its latest approval); homes as each application states them, not net of homes replaced (recorded by PlanIt). Shown for context, not counted: an approval is a plan, and homes can take years to build.

    None recorded
  • Cafés, creative and fitness businesses registered here, last 3 years

    0 cafés, restaurants and bars, 1 design, architecture, arts and media, 1 fitness and wellbeing. From each company's declared business codes (a reviewed list), against the whole borough. These types often arrive early where an area is changing, but a registration is not proof that a business trades here.

    2 · 0.9 vs 1.7 a year per 1,000 households
  • New companies registered here, last 3 years

    Companies still on the register with a registered office in this small area (Companies House snapshot 2026-10-01), per Census 2021 household, against the whole borough. Addresses holding 50 or more companies (formation agents, accountants, virtual offices) are left out. A registered office is not always where a business trades.

    24 · 11.2 vs 14.5 a year per 1,000 households
  • Local businesses by line of business

    Tech and professional services: 36 here (38%), 29% across St Albans; Creative and media: 13 here (14%), 7.2% across St Albans; Shops, wholesale and motor trade: 8 here (9%), 9.3% across St Albans; Health and personal care: 7 here (7%), 7.7% across St Albans; Construction and trades: 7 here (7%), 9.1% across St Albans; Property and letting: 5 here (5%), 11.2% across St Albans; Hospitality and food: 2 here (2%), 4.3% across St Albans; Finance and holding companies: 2 here (2%), 3.3% across St Albans; Other activities: 10 here (11%), 14.6% across St Albans; Dormant or not stated: 4 here (4%), 4.4% across St Albans. Each company counts once, by the first business code (SIC 2007) it declares, grouped on a reviewed list. Registered offices only: a business can trade elsewhere, and many small companies are run from home.

    tech and professional services 38% · creative and media 14% · shops, wholesale and motor trade 9% · health and personal care 7%
  • New companies each year, still registered

    Companies with a registered office in this small area by the year they were incorporated, counting only those still on the register in October 2026; across St Albans: 2021 429, 2022 457, 2023 578, 2024 721, 2025 901, 2026 805. Older years look lower partly because companies close.

    2021 3 · 2022 3 · 2023 5 · 2024 10 · 2025 5 · 2026 8
  • Companies registered at this address

    Choose the home's full address from the recorded sales to see how many companies give it as their registered office.

    Not checked
  • Lifestyle businesses registered here, by kind

    Yoga and pilates studios: 1 live here (0 new in 3 years), 11 across St Albans (3 new); Dog groomers, walkers and pet care: 0 live here (0 new in 3 years), 3 across St Albans (0 new); Architects and interior designers: 2 live here (0 new in 3 years), 57 across St Albans (10 new); Coffee roasters and specialist coffee: 0 live here (0 new in 3 years), 7 across St Albans (3 new); Florists: 1 live here (0 new in 3 years), 5 across St Albans (3 new); Wine merchants and wine bars: 0 live here (0 new in 3 years), 5 across St Albans (2 new); Personal trainers and fitness studios: 1 live here (0 new in 3 years), 15 across St Albans (3 new); Independent bakeries: 0 live here (0 new in 3 years), 4 across St Albans (1 new) (shown, not counted: shown, not counted, until the owner decides: on the September 2026 snapshot new bakeries per household are three times as common in the most deprived tenth of England as in the least deprived (0.06 against 0.02 per 1,000 households in 3 years), so counting them makes the signal worse at telling a neighbourhood more educated than its borough (it reads up 4.6 times as often in the top fifth as the bottom fifth with bakeries, 7 times without). Set 'counted' to true to count them). Each company counts once, in the first kind it fits, from its business codes (SIC 2007) and the words in its name; only active companies count. Beauty and aesthetics are not counted: beauty and aesthetics (hairdressers, barbers, nail and lash bars, aesthetics and skin clinics) are left out: on the September 2026 snapshot new ones per household are 2.3 times as common in the most deprived tenth of England as in the least deprived (0.43 against 0.19 per 1,000 households in 3 years, 11,009 in all), so they would count against the direction the signal measures.

    Architects and interiors 2, yoga and pilates 1, florists 1, fitness 1
  • Private rents in St Albans, Aug 2026

    ONS Price Index of Private Rents, average monthly rent across all property sizes, borough level (not this street). East of England: £1,289, +3.5% in a year.

    £1,931 a month · +2.9% in a year
  • House prices lately, 2022–2023 → 2024–2025

    Average of yearly resale medians, weighted by sales (131 then 155 sales here). An earlier and noisier signal than the 3-year comparison above; a gap under 5 points is ordinary variation.

    -7% here vs +1% St Albans
  • Flat prices over ten years, 2013–2015 → 2023–2025

    Average of yearly resale medians, weighted by sales (37 then 25 sales here), the same resales as above over a longer span. Shown for context, not counted: over ten years the cheapest neighbourhoods' prices rise fastest in percentage terms from a low base, so it would read rising in many low-priced town centres without helping places known to be changing.

    +28% here vs +37% St Albans
  • House prices over ten years, 2013–2015 → 2023–2025

    Average of yearly resale medians, weighted by sales (256 then 211 sales here), the same resales as above over a longer span. Shown for context, not counted: over ten years the cheapest neighbourhoods' prices rise fastest in percentage terms from a low base, so it would read rising in many low-priced town centres without helping places known to be changing.

    +58% here vs +50% St Albans
  • Homes sold, 2022–2023 → 2024–2025

    147 then 175 standard resales in this neighbourhood (houses and flats). Rising sales often show demand before prices move; interest rates move every area together, so the gap against the borough matters.

    +19% here vs -1% St Albans
  • Rents against prices in St Albans, 2015 → 2025

    House rents have risen faster than house prices, so yields have gone up; flat rents have risen faster than flat prices, so yields have gone up. Rising yields often draw buy-to-let investment. Yearly averages of ONS monthly private rents against HM Land Registry's yearly median resale prices for the whole borough, the same figures as the chart; not this street.

    Houses: rents +51%, prices +36% · flats: rents +51%, prices +27%
  • Estimated gross rental yield in St Albans, 2015 → 2025

    Houses: 2015 3.2%, 2016 3.1%, 2017 3.0%, 2018 3.1%, 2019 3.1%, 2020 3.2%, 2021 3.1%, 2022 3.0%, 2023 3.1%, 2024 3.3%, 2025 3.6%. Flats: 2015 4.4%, 2016 4.1%, 2017 4.2%, 2018 4.2%, 2019 4.3%, 2020 4.1%, 2021 4.3%, 2022 4.3%, 2023 4.7%, 2024 4.9%, 2025 5.2%. Each year: 12 × the average monthly private rent ÷ the median resale price (a house rent is the simple average of terraced, semi-detached and detached rents). A rough borough-level estimate that sets two different official sources side by side: the ONS index of what tenants pay across all private rents (existing tenancies as well as new lets) and the median price of the homes that sold (HM Land Registry). Before costs, empty months and mortgage interest; not the yield on this home, and never a valuation.

    Houses 3.2% → 3.6% · flats 4.4% → 5.2%
  • Resale prices In line with the borough

    Change against St Albans: houses +4 points, flats -3 points.

  • Recent price momentum The other way

    Houses -7% here against +1% across the borough, 2022–2023 → 2024–2025.

  • Prices over ten years Context, not counted

    Context, not counted: over ten years the cheapest neighbourhoods' prices rise fastest in percentage terms from a low base, so it would read rising in many low-priced town centres without helping places known to be changing. Flats +28% here against +37% across St Albans; Houses +58% here against +50% across St Albans, 2013–2015 → 2023–2025. A gap under 10 points is ordinary variation over ten years.

  • Degree-educated residents In line with the borough

    2011 → 2021: +5 points here against +7 across the borough.

  • Residents aged 25 to 29 In line with the borough

    2011 → 2021: -1 points here against -1 across the borough.

  • Single-person households under 65 In line with the borough

    2011 → 2021: -1 points here against -1 across the borough.

  • Recorded crime The other way

    Recorded crime changed +24% here against +12% across the borough. Falling faster than the borough counts towards rising affluence; rising faster counts against.

  • Anti-social behaviour In line with the borough

    Reports of anti-social behaviour changed -4% here (78 → 75) against -4% across St Albans, the 12 months to August 2026 against the 12 months to August 2024. A gap under 20 points is ordinary variation. It tends to move with recorded crime, which is counted as its own signal, so the two often agree; forces record anti-social behaviour differently, so it is compared only with the borough.

  • Deprivation ranking Context, not counted

    Context, not counted: the income domain below is counted instead, so income counts once. 2019 → 2025 national position moved +7.6 percentile points; the borough average moved -0.4.

  • Income deprivation ranking In line with the borough

    2019 → 2025 national position on the income domain moved +0.1 percentile points; the St Albans average moved -3.7. The overall ranking, which already includes income, moved +7.6 and is shown beside it for context only.

  • Household income In line with the borough

    Average household income 2011/12 → 2022/23: +26% here against +33% for the typical neighbourhood in St Albans (the median of 18 others with unchanged boundaries). A gap under 10 points is ordinary variation.

  • People on Universal Credit In line with the borough

    May 2023 → May 2026: 289 → 353 here (+22%) against 6,921 → 7,962 across St Albans (+15%), a gap of +7 points. People on Universal Credit (DWP Stat-Xplore). Leaves out people DWP marks as moved across from older benefits by Move to UC (48 here and 1,908 across St Albans in May 2026), whose arrival would otherwise read as more need. Rising faster than the borough counts the other way; falling faster counts towards rising affluence; within 10 points is in line.

  • Children in low-income families The other way

    2021/22 → 2024/25: 116 → 163 here (+41%) against 2,407 → 2,344 across St Albans (−3%), a gap of +43 points. Children under 16 in relative low-income families, before housing costs (DWP and HMRC, Stat-Xplore). Rising faster than the borough counts the other way; falling faster counts towards rising affluence; within 10 points is in line.

  • Households getting help with rent In line with the borough

    March 2023 → March 2026: 287 → 308 here (+7%) against 6,933 → 7,433 across St Albans (+7%), a gap of 0 points. Housing Benefit and Universal Credit housing entitlement together, every tenure, so claims moving from one to the other are not counted as change (DWP Stat-Xplore). Rising faster than the borough counts the other way; falling faster counts towards rising affluence; within 10 points is in line.

  • Pension Credit In line with the borough

    February 2023 → March 2026 (the nearest earlier quarter DWP publishes): 52 → 53 here (+2%) against 1,454 → 1,486 across St Albans (+2%), a gap of 0 points. Pension Credit claimants (DWP Stat-Xplore). Rising faster than the borough counts the other way; falling faster counts towards rising affluence; within 10 points is in line.

  • Council Tax Support (borough against England) In line with the borough

    June 2023 → June 2026: 5,951 → 5,910 claimants across St Albans (−1%) against 3,737,417 → 3,635,623 across England (−3%), a gap of +2 points. Local Council Tax Support claimants, pensioners and working age together (MHCLG), as a share of households: the borough's change, the same for every neighbourhood in it. Each council in England sets its own scheme for working-age people, so a change can also follow a change to the scheme. Rising faster than England counts the other way; falling faster counts towards rising affluence; within 10 points is in line.

  • Plug-in car growth In line with the borough

    Share of privately kept cars that are plug-in, June 2023 → June 2026: +4.8 points here (4.3% → 9.1%) against +4.6 across St Albans (3.6% → 8.2%). A gap under 1 point is ordinary variation.

  • Schools improving Not measurable here

    Ofsted: not compared, only 3 nearby schools have a last inspection that can be compared (at least 4 are needed). Results, weighted by pupils: primary results (expected standard in reading, writing and maths): not compared, only 2 nearby schools with results in both 2022/23 and 2024/25 (at least 3 are needed); GCSE Attainment 8: not compared, only 1 nearby school with results in both 2022/23 and 2024/25 (at least 2 are needed). Not enough nearby schools to compare.

  • Air quality In line with the borough

    Nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) in the air, 2019 → 2024: -33% here (12.2 → 8.2 µg/m³) against -35% across St Albans (15.8 → 10.3). A gap under 3 points is ordinary variation. Defra's modelled background levels, averaged over the 1 km squares of the neighbourhood's postcodes; the extra pollution right beside a busy road is not included.

  • Solar and heat pumps In line with the borough

    Certificates for existing homes recording solar panels or a heat pump, July 2023 to June 2026: 3.5% here (3.9% in the 3 years before) against 2.5% across St Albans (1.3% before). It counts towards rising affluence only when ahead of St Albans by 1.5 points and growing faster by 1 point; behind or slower is not counted the other way, because flats rarely get panels or heat pumps.

  • New-build activity In line with the borough

    15 new homes certified here from July 2023 to June 2026, 5.7 per 1,000 households, against St Albans 14. At least 2 times the council's rate, and at least 30 homes, counts towards rising affluence; fewer is not counted the other way.

  • Lifestyle businesses In line with the borough

    0 new lifestyle companies in 3 years here (0.0 per 1,000 households) against 0.4 across St Albans (0.0×); the St Albans rate would give 1.1 here. Fewer than 5 new here: in line (too few to stand out).

  • Premium and budget brands Not measurable here

    Only 0 premium and 0 budget brand premises within 800 m: too few to compare (common where independents dominate).

  • Home improvement applications Not measurable here

    Not compared: too few households nearby for a rate.

  • Premium home works Not measurable here

    Not compared: too few households nearby for a rate.

  • New independent cafés and restaurants Not measurable here

    Tracking began 2026-09-08; openings are compared once 90 days of weekly snapshots exist (42 days so far).

  • Homes improving their energy rating Context, not counted

    Context, not counted: Selective re-certification, assessment changes, grants and the starting housing stock can change this rate without establishing rising local affluence. 43% of 51 homes re-certified in the last 3 years improved their rating, against 48% across the borough.

  • New companies registered Context, not counted

    Context, not counted: new company registrations read up more often where incomes fell behind the borough than where they rose, so they are shown but not counted. 11.2 a year per 1,000 households in this small area against 14.5 across the borough (0.8×).

  • New cafés, creative and fitness businesses Context, not counted

    Context, not counted: it comes from the same Companies House registrations, which read up more often where incomes fell behind the borough than where they rose. Too few registered here or in the borough to compare.

  • Homes selling Towards rising affluence

    Sales 2022–2023 → 2024–2025: +19% here against -1% across the borough.

  • New stations nearby In line with the borough

    No new rail, Underground, metro or tram stop within 1.5 km since 2016.

  • Borough against the region Context, not counted

    Context, not counted: Council-wide momentum is shown separately: it does not establish change within this neighbourhood. St Albans against the East of England: prices +12% against +17% (UK House Price Index, 2017–2019 → 2023–2025); household income +33% against +34% for the typical neighbourhood (2011/12 → 2022/23); income deprivation ranks -3.7 against -1.2 percentile points of national position (2019 → 2025; up is less deprived); residents with a degree +7 against +6 points (2011 → 2021). 0 of 4 point towards rising affluence and 1 the other way, so it is keeping pace with the East of England. The same council-wide context for every neighbourhood in St Albans; shown separately from local change.

  • Jobs nearby Context, not counted

    Context, not counted: jobs are shown beside the signals and do not move the indication. Jobs within 5 km -29% from 2019 to 2024, against St Albans -13%. Growing 5 points faster than the borough would point towards rising affluence; slower, the other way.

Source date: 2026-10-20

Amenities and green space · Partial evidence

Melissa Field Village Green is about 354 m away (roughly a 4-minute walk in a straight line).

Section coverage: Great Britain. Usable green space within 1 km of the selected point. · 2026-09-23T07:46:10+00:00

Nearest hospital with A&ELister Hospital · 13.6 km CQC overall rating: Requires improvement, published Nov 2023. Straight-line distance to the nearest major A&E (minor injuries units and urgent treatment centres are not counted); ambulances go to the most suitable one, which is not always the nearest. CQC inspection report
GP surgeries within 1 kmNone No active GP practice is registered within 1 km (NHS ODS). Check which practices cover the address; catchments can be wider.
Places of worship within 1 km3 churches · 0 mosques · 0 synagogues Nearest church: Wheathampstead United Church, 720 m; nearest mosque: none mapped within 5 km; nearest synagogue: none mapped within 5 km, in a straight line. As mapped on OpenStreetMap by volunteers: a count is what has been mapped, not a census.
Nearest public parkMelissa Field Village Green · 354 m Straight-line distance to the nearest mapped entrance.
01

Too few to say · a typical St Albans home: too few to say

Observation period not held separately; see the source notes.

Galleries (+2)
0
St Albans (0.5)
Delis (+2)
0
St Albans (0.1)
Wine shops (+2)
0
St Albans (0)
Boutiques (+2)
0
St Albans (0)
Florists (+1)
1
St Albans (0.3)
Butchers (+1)
1
St Albans (0.1)
Bookshops (+1)
0
St Albans (0.7)
Restaurants, cafés (0)
6
St Albans (17.8)
Pubs and bars (0)
1
St Albans (6.3)
Supermarkets (0)
1
St Albans (3.7)
Budget gym chains (0)
0
St Albans (0.1)
Premium gym chains (0)
0
St Albans (0)
Other gyms (price unknown) (0)
0
St Albans (0.4)
Takeaways (−1)
1
St Albans (4.2)
Betting shops (−2)
0
St Albans (0.4)
Arcades (−2)
0
St Albans (0)
Vape, tobacco (−2)
0
St Albans (0.2)
Pawn, loans (−2)
0
St Albans (0)
Phone repair (−2)
0
St Albans (0.6)

Scale: 0–19.591

2 upmarket and 0 budget places weighed within 800 m. Takeaways are 14.3% of places to eat (1 takeaways, 6 restaurants and cafés), no more than the restaurants and cafés, so they lean neither way. A typical St Albans home: too few to say. Places within 800 m from the FSA register, the Gambling Commission and OpenStreetMap (as mapped by volunteers), each with its weight from −2 (budget) to +2 (upmarket); the dashed mark is a typical home in the council. Experimental: it describes shops, never the people who run or use them, and is never scored. How it is worked out is under What is on the high street in the full evidence.
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Great Britain. Usable green space within 1 km of the selected point. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-09-23T07:46:10+00:00
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-09-23
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

2 upmarket and 0 budget places weighed within 800 m. Takeaways are 14.3% of places to eat (1 takeaways, 6 restaurants and cafés), no more than the restaurants and cafés, so they lean neither way. A typical St Albans home: too few to say. Places within 800 m from the FSA register, the Gambling Commission and OpenStreetMap (as mapped by volunteers), each with its weight from −2 (budget) to +2 (upmarket); the dashed mark is a typical home in the council. Experimental: it describes shops, never the people who run or use them, and is never scored. How it is worked out is under What is on the high street in the full evidence.

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Ordnance Survey: OS Open Greenspace

Great Britain. Usable green space within 1 km of the selected point. · 2026-09-23T07:46:10+00:00

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What is on the high street, by type

Observation period not held separately; see the source notes.

11 premises

  • Restaurants and cafés654.5%
  • Florists19.1%
  • Butchers19.1%
  • Pubs and bars19.1%
  • Takeaways and sandwich shops19.1%
  • Supermarkets and convenience shops19.1%
The 11 premises counted within 800 m of the home in "What is on the high street", by kind, largest first. Each kind comes from its own source on its own date (given in the block below), so this is what each records, not a survey of the street; empty units are not measured.
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Section date
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Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-09-23
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

The 11 premises counted within 800 m of the home in "What is on the high street", by kind, largest first. Each kind comes from its own source on its own date (given in the block below), so this is what each records, not a survey of the street; empty units are not measured.

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Ordnance Survey: OS Open Greenspace

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Tree cover around the home, against St Albans and East of England

Observation period not held separately; see the source notes.

Within 250 m
18%
Within 500 m
11%
St Albans
16%
East of England
12%

Scale: 0–20

Share of the land under trees at least 3 m tall (green: around the home; grey: the council and region as a whole). Tree cover is not the same as green space: street and garden trees count, and an open park lawn does not. Forest Research's lidar map of trees outside woodland with the National Forest Inventory's woodland, on a 50 m grid; English land only.
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Section date
2026-09-23T07:46:10+00:00
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-09-23
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Share of the land under trees at least 3 m tall (green: around the home; grey: the council and region as a whole). Tree cover is not the same as green space: street and garden trees count, and an open park lawn does not. Forest Research's lidar map of trees outside woodland with the National Forest Inventory's woodland, on a 50 m grid; English land only.

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Ordnance Survey: OS Open Greenspace

Great Britain. Usable green space within 1 km of the selected point. · 2026-09-23T07:46:10+00:00

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More than a typical St Albans home: bike shops

Observation period not held separately; see the source notes.

Yoga, pilates
0
St Albans (0.46)
Dog groomers
0
St Albans (0)
Tennis courts
4
St Albans (3.05)
Padel courts
0
St Albans (0)
Vegan-friendly
0
St Albans (0.4)
Wine bars
0
St Albans (0)
Bike shops
1
St Albans (0.58)
Farm, organic shops
0
St Albans (0.02)
Montessori (2 km)
0
St Albans (0.88)
Forest school (2 km)
0
St Albans (0.23)

Scale: 0–4.4

How many are mapped within 1 km (nurseries within 2 km); the dashed mark is what a typical home in St Albans has within the same distance (our own average over Census 2021 output areas, weighted by households). Places from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so some are missing and mapping varies from place to place; nurseries from Ofsted's register, by name. Describes places, never the people nearby; never scored.
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Section date
2026-09-23T07:46:10+00:00
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-09-23
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

How many are mapped within 1 km (nurseries within 2 km); the dashed mark is what a typical home in St Albans has within the same distance (our own average over Census 2021 output areas, weighted by households). Places from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so some are missing and mapping varies from place to place; nurseries from Ofsted's register, by name. Describes places, never the people nearby; never scored.

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Ordnance Survey: OS Open Greenspace

Great Britain. Usable green space within 1 km of the selected point. · 2026-09-23T07:46:10+00:00

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High-end and budget: local shops and food within 1 km

Observation period not held separately; see the source notes.

Supermarkets, food shops and cafés

Premium (0)

None mapped

Mainstream (2)
  • Premier740 m
  • Tesco800 m
Discount (0)

None mapped

Fast food and grab-and-go

None mapped within 1 km in the listed brands. Volunteer mapping is incomplete; this does not mean none exist.

Restaurants

3 independent or unlisted within 1 km: prices not published, so not placed

High-end (0)

None mapped

Mid-range (1)
  • Miller & Carter800 m
Budget (0)

None mapped

Local icons or initials identify listed brands.

Local comparison: listed shop, café, fast-food and restaurant chain branches within 1 km in a straight line of the selected point. Each column and branch count uses that same boundary; farther venues do not count. Highest brand weight first, with the nearest local distance. Hotels are shown separately; the experimental positioning figure also includes branded hotels within 1 km. Independent venues have no open price data and are unclassified, never assumed budget. OpenStreetMap volunteer coverage varies; positioning describes brands, not the people who use them.
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Section date
2026-09-23T07:46:10+00:00
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-09-23
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Local comparison: listed shop, café, fast-food and restaurant chain branches within 1 km in a straight line of the selected point. Each column and branch count uses that same boundary; farther venues do not count. Highest brand weight first, with the nearest local distance. Hotels are shown separately; the experimental positioning figure also includes branded hotels within 1 km. Independent venues have no open price data and are unclassified, never assumed budget. OpenStreetMap volunteer coverage varies; positioning describes brands, not the people who use them.

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Ordnance Survey: OS Open Greenspace

Great Britain. Usable green space within 1 km of the selected point. · 2026-09-23T07:46:10+00:00

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Places of worship by faith within 1 km

Observation period: 2026-10-06

Counts use a 1 km straight-line radius. Nearest-place distances search up to 5 km, so a nearest place can be outside the count boundary.

Churchesnearest 720 m
3
Mosquesnone mapped within 5 km
0
Synagoguesnone mapped within 5 km
0
Hindu templesnone mapped within 5 km
0
Gurdwarasnone mapped within 5 km
0
Buddhist templesnone mapped within 5 km
0
Other or not recordednone mapped within 5 km
0

Scale: 0–3

Places of worship mapped on OpenStreetMap within 1 km, grouped by the religion recorded on the map, with the nearest of each in a straight line (looked for up to 5 km). Churches include chapels; "other or not recorded" covers multifaith centres, other faiths and places with no religion recorded. Mapped by volunteers, so a count is what has been mapped, not a census; never scored.
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2026-10-06
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Great Britain. Usable green space within 1 km of the selected point. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-09-23T07:46:10+00:00
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-09-23
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Places of worship mapped on OpenStreetMap within 1 km, grouped by the religion recorded on the map, with the nearest of each in a straight line (looked for up to 5 km). Churches include chapels; "other or not recorded" covers multifaith centres, other faiths and places with no religion recorded. Mapped by volunteers, so a count is what has been mapped, not a census; never scored.

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Ordnance Survey: OS Open Greenspace

Great Britain. Usable green space within 1 km of the selected point. · 2026-09-23T07:46:10+00:00

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Fish and chips, curry houses and fast food within 1 km

Observation period not held separately; see the source notes.

Fish and chips, curry houses and fast food within 1 km: Fish and chips Wheathampstead Fryer 780 m; Curry houses Dildar II 800 m; Other fast food none mapped.Fish and chips (1)Wheathampstea…780 mCurry houses (1)Dildar II800 mOther fast food (0)None mapped
How many are mapped within 1 km, with the nearest three of each (straight-line distance). From OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so some may be missing.
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Section date
2026-09-23T07:46:10+00:00
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-09-23
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

How many are mapped within 1 km, with the nearest three of each (straight-line distance). From OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so some may be missing.

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Ordnance Survey: OS Open Greenspace

Great Britain. Usable green space within 1 km of the selected point. · 2026-09-23T07:46:10+00:00

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Everyday places within 1 km

Observation period not held separately; see the source notes.

Everyday places within 1 km: 6 parks, 3 play spaces, 2 corner shops, 1 pharmacies, 1 dentists, 4 cafés, 2 pubs, 1 post offices, 3 places of worship.6Parks3Play spaces2Corner shops1Pharmacies1Dentists4Cafés2Pubs1Post offices3Places of worship
About a 12-minute walk as the crow flies. From OpenStreetMap, so small or new places may be missing.
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Great Britain. Usable green space within 1 km of the selected point. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-09-23T07:46:10+00:00
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-09-23
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

About a 12-minute walk as the crow flies. From OpenStreetMap, so small or new places may be missing.

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Ordnance Survey: OS Open Greenspace

Great Britain. Usable green space within 1 km of the selected point. · 2026-09-23T07:46:10+00:00

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Green space on foot

Observation period not held separately; see the source notes.

Green space on foot: Allotment 240 m, Park 354 m, Play 422 m, Pitches 430 m.250 m500 m1 kmAllotment · 240 mPark · 354 mPlay · 422 mPitches · 430 m
Nearest of each kind, straight-line distance from the home.
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Great Britain. Usable green space within 1 km of the selected point. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-09-23T07:46:10+00:00
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-09-23
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Nearest of each kind, straight-line distance from the home.

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Ordnance Survey: OS Open Greenspace

Great Britain. Usable green space within 1 km of the selected point. · 2026-09-23T07:46:10+00:00

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Everyday places on foot

Observation period not held separately; see the source notes.

Everyday places on foot: Café 752 m, Pharmacy 775 m, Pub 796 m.250 m500 m1 kmCafé · 752 mPharmacy · 775 mPub · 796 m
Nearest mapped place of each kind, straight-line distance (OpenStreetMap).
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Great Britain. Usable green space within 1 km of the selected point. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-09-23T07:46:10+00:00
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-09-23
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Nearest mapped place of each kind, straight-line distance (OpenStreetMap).

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Ordnance Survey: OS Open Greenspace

Great Britain. Usable green space within 1 km of the selected point. · 2026-09-23T07:46:10+00:00

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Broadband available in this postcode

Observation period not held separately; see the source notes.

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)
100%
Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+)
100%
Superfast (30 Mbit/s+)
100%

Scale: 0–100

Share of premises able to order each speed (Ofcom, July 2025).
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Observation period
Not held separately for this chart. The section date below may cover several datasets.
Section coverage — may differ from this chart
Great Britain. Usable green space within 1 km of the selected point. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-09-23T07:46:10+00:00
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-09-23
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Share of premises able to order each speed (Ofcom, July 2025).

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Ordnance Survey: OS Open Greenspace

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Hotels by price positioning within 5 km

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Hotels

5★ 0 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 0, as mapped by volunteers (not an official rating)

No hotel is mapped within 5 km. No high-end hotel mapped within 5 km; the nearest is Luton Hoo (5★ as mapped), 7.7 km. No budget hotel mapped within 5 km; the nearest is Premier Inn (value brand), 7.0 km.

Local icons or initials identify listed brands.

Hotel destination context within 5 km in a straight line, separate from the local shop and food comparison. Counts cover that wider 5 km search. Listed brands use their usual price positioning; other hotels use stars tagged by OpenStreetMap volunteers (★), not an official rating. Mapping coverage varies.
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Evidence confidence and comparability

Observation period
Not held separately for this chart. The section date below may cover several datasets.
Section coverage — may differ from this chart
Great Britain. Usable green space within 1 km of the selected point. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-09-23T07:46:10+00:00
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-09-23
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Hotel destination context within 5 km in a straight line, separate from the local shop and food comparison. Counts cover that wider 5 km search. Listed brands use their usual price positioning; other hotels use stars tagged by OpenStreetMap volunteers (★), not an official rating. Mapping coverage varies.

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Ordnance Survey: OS Open Greenspace

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Allotments, community centres and libraries within 1 km

Observation period not held separately; see the source notes.

Allotments, community centres and libraries within 1 km: Allotments (2 within 1 km): The Folly Allotments 240 m, an unnamed allotment site 700 m; Community centres (1 within 1 km): Mead Hall 900 m; Libraries (None listed within 1 km): Nearest 1.1 km (Wheathampstead Commnity Library 1.1 km).Allotments2 within 1 kmCommunity centres1 within 1 kmLibrariesNone listed within 1 km250 m3 min walk500 m6 min walk750 m9 min walk1 km12 min walkThe Folly Allotments · 240 mMead Hall · 900 mNearest 1.1 km
Each mark is one place at its straight-line distance from the home, with the nearest of each named; 1 km is about a 12-minute walk. Allotments from OS Open Greenspace (to the nearest entrance), community centres and halls from OpenStreetMap (mapped by volunteers, so some may be missing), public libraries from Arts Council England's list (open at the end of 2023).
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Evidence confidence and comparability

Observation period
Not held separately for this chart. The section date below may cover several datasets.
Section coverage — may differ from this chart
Great Britain. Usable green space within 1 km of the selected point. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-09-23T07:46:10+00:00
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-09-23
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Each mark is one place at its straight-line distance from the home, with the nearest of each named; 1 km is about a 12-minute walk. Allotments from OS Open Greenspace (to the nearest entrance), community centres and halls from OpenStreetMap (mapped by volunteers, so some may be missing), public libraries from Arts Council England's list (open at the end of 2023).

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Ordnance Survey: OS Open Greenspace

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The ground around the home, south to north

Observation period not held separately; see the source notes.

Rises about 11 m to the north within 200 m.

The ground around the home, south to north: about 92 m 300 m to the south, the home about 82 m, about 98 m 300 m to the north.70 m80 m90 m100 mHome · about 82 m← southnorth →300 m200100home100200300 mHeights stretched about 8 times against distance
The ground along the home's steepest rise, 300 m each way, from OS Terrain 50's 50 m grid (OS Terrain 50, July 2026 edition; ground surveyed from the air in June 2023; accurate to about 4 m). The house marks the home's point; the dashed line is 200 m out, where the change is measured. The ground only: buildings and trees are not drawn.
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Evidence confidence and comparability

Observation period
Not held separately for this chart. The section date below may cover several datasets.
Section coverage — may differ from this chart
Great Britain. Usable green space within 1 km of the selected point. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-09-23T07:46:10+00:00
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-09-23
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

The ground along the home's steepest rise, 300 m each way, from OS Terrain 50's 50 m grid (OS Terrain 50, July 2026 edition; ground surveyed from the air in June 2023; accurate to about 4 m). The house marks the home's point; the dashed line is 200 m out, where the change is measured. The ground only: buildings and trees are not drawn.

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Ordnance Survey: OS Open Greenspace

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Ground height among homes in St Albans and England

Observation period not held separately; see the source notes.

Higher than about 20% of homes in St Albans; higher than about 70% of homes in England.

Ground height among homes in St Albans and England (this home about 82 m): St Albans: lowest home about 65 m, middle about 98 m, highest about 141 m; this home higher than about 20% of homes in St Albans; England: lowest home about 3 m below sea level, middle about 52 m, highest about 493 m; this home higher than about 70% of homes in England.St Albanslowest 65 mmiddle 98 mhighest 141 mThis homeEnglandlowest −3 mmiddle 52 mhighest 493 mThis home
Each bar is every home in the area in order of the height of its ground, the lowest at the left, darker for higher ground; the marker is this home (about 82 m). Heights are above sea level; a minus sign is below it. Homes: St Albans, 58,975 households in 444 Census 2021 output areas, each counted at its area's population-weighted centre; England, 23,435,688 households in 178,605 Census 2021 output areas, each counted at its area's population-weighted centre. Heights from OS Terrain 50, July 2026 edition (each 10 km square surveyed from the air on its own dates); our own ladder.
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Evidence confidence and comparability

Observation period
Not held separately for this chart. The section date below may cover several datasets.
Section coverage — may differ from this chart
Great Britain. Usable green space within 1 km of the selected point. This is the section’s general scope, not a confirmed chart boundary; use the chart title and caption for its specific area.
Section date
2026-09-23T07:46:10+00:00
Coverage status
partial
Sample size
Not held as a separate chart field; check the original figures and source notes below.
Freshness
Source date: 2026-09-23
How to compare
Compare the same geography, period and measure. Postcode surroundings use a search radius; a statistical neighbourhood and a council cover different areas. A report preparation date is not the observation date.
Confidence limits
Coverage, sample size and source limitations determine how much weight to give this evidence. Missing metadata is not evidence of high confidence. Original source caveats remain below.

Each bar is every home in the area in order of the height of its ground, the lowest at the left, darker for higher ground; the marker is this home (about 82 m). Heights are above sea level; a minus sign is below it. Homes: St Albans, 58,975 households in 444 Census 2021 output areas, each counted at its area's population-weighted centre; England, 23,435,688 households in 178,605 Census 2021 output areas, each counted at its area's population-weighted centre. Heights from OS Terrain 50, July 2026 edition (each 10 km square surveyed from the air on its own dates); our own ladder.

Section source
Ordnance Survey: OS Open Greenspace

Great Britain. Usable green space within 1 km of the selected point. · 2026-09-23T07:46:10+00:00

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Immigration centres and asylum accommodation

Approximate straight-line distances from the selected location to each centre's postcode. Each site appears in one band only; the upper limit is excluded. Counts are sites, not people.

Sites recorded in each distance band · — means unavailable
Type of siteUnder 1 km1–5 km5–10 km10–30 km
Immigration removal centres0000
Short-term holding facilities0000
Asylum accommodation centresUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Asylum hotelsUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable

Immigration removal centres and short-term holding facilities in the official GOV.UK list. These are custodial facilities, distinct from asylum accommodation. Zero means none recorded in this list in that band. List checked 25 September 2026. Official centre list.

Asylum accommodation centres and hotels: distance counts are unavailable. The Home Office does not publish a site-location list. Council-level figures count people, not sites, and cannot be converted into distance bands. Source coverage. Council-level asylum figures, where available, appear in Area context.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (GOV.UK). Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right; postcode locations from Code-Point Open and postcodes.io.

Nearest hospital with A&E
Lister Hospital · 13.6 km

CQC overall rating: Requires improvement, published Nov 2023. Straight-line distance to the nearest major A&E (minor injuries units and urgent treatment centres are not counted); ambulances go to the most suitable one, which is not always the nearest.

CQC inspection report
GP surgeries within 1 km
None

No active GP practice is registered within 1 km (NHS ODS). Check which practices cover the address; catchments can be wider.

Places of worship within 1 km
3 churches · 0 mosques · 0 synagogues

Nearest church: Wheathampstead United Church, 720 m; nearest mosque: none mapped within 5 km; nearest synagogue: none mapped within 5 km, in a straight line. As mapped on OpenStreetMap by volunteers: a count is what has been mapped, not a census.

Nearest public park
Melissa Field Village Green · 354 m

Straight-line distance to the nearest mapped entrance.

Parks within 1 km
6

Public parks and gardens.

Play spaces within 1 km
3

Mapped children's play areas.

Nearest supermarket
None mapped within 1 km

OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers: this means none is mapped, not that none exist.

Nearest pharmacy
Manor Pharmacy · 770 m

Straight-line distance on OpenStreetMap.

Blue plaques within 500 m
None recorded

Open Plaques records no blue plaque within 500 m; the nearest is 6.4 km away: '43 Handside Lane The first house occupied in the town, December 6th, 1920'. Its list is compiled by volunteers, so a plaque can be missing.

Blue plaque № 4810
Broadband in this postcode
Gigabit available

Gigabit 100%, 300 Mbit/s+ 100%, 30 Mbit/s+ 100% of premises.

Tree cover
11% within 500 m · St Albans 16% · East of England 12%

18% within 250 m. The share of the land under trees at least 3 m tall: street, garden and park trees and woodland. This is tree cover, not public green space. England 14%. Trees mapped from lidar flown 2017 to 2023 and woodland mapped in 2022, on a 50 m grid.

Lifestyle places within 1 km
5 mapped · more than a typical St Albans home for 1 of 8 kinds

Yoga and pilates studios 0 (St Albans 0.5), dog groomers 0 (St Albans 0), tennis courts 4 (St Albans 3.1), padel courts 0 (St Albans 0), vegan-friendly cafés and restaurants 0 (St Albans 0.4), wine bars 0 (St Albans 0), bike shops 1 (St Albans 0.6), farm and organic shops 0 (St Albans 0). More than a typical St Albans home: bike shops. Tennis and padel are counted by court. As mapped on OpenStreetMap by volunteers: mapping is uneven, so a count is what has been mapped, not a census. Describes places, never the people nearby; shown, never scored.

Montessori and forest-school nurseries within 2 km
0 Montessori nurseries · 0 forest-school and outdoor nurseries

Nearest Montessori nursery: none within 5 km; nearest forest-school or outdoor nursery: Fingertips Woodland Nursery, 3.3 km (Ofsted: Outstanding), in a straight line. A typical St Albans home has 0.9 Montessori nurseries and 0.2 forest-school and outdoor nurseries within 2 km. Childcare on non-domestic premises on Ofsted's early years register (England) whose name says Montessori, or forest school, forest kindergarten or an outdoor, nature or woodland nursery; a name saying both counts as Montessori. By name only: a nursery that follows these methods without saying so in its name is not counted. Steiner kindergartens are not counted separately (three on the register in June 2026). On the June 2026 register, 0.5% of nurseries in the most deprived tenth of England are Montessori by name, 2.2 to 2.6% in the least deprived three tenths.

Short-term lets within 500 m
Not covered

Inside Airbnb publishes listings for London, Greater Manchester, Bristol and Edinburgh only, and we have no other source of short-term lets for this part of England. This is not evidence that there are none.

Nearest station
Harpenden Rail Station · 3.3 km

Rail station. Straight-line distance. 2,806,312 entries and exits a year (ORR estimate).

Bus stops within 400 m
3

400 m is about a 5-minute walk. Stop count, not how often buses run: "Buses an hour" in Getting to work counts the timetabled departures.

Nearest rail station
Harpenden Rail Station · 3.3 km

Straight-line distance from the report point to the nearest NaPTAN rail station. Search limit 15 km; this is not a measured walking route.

Nearest Tube / metro / tram stop
Luton Airport DART Station · 8.4 km

Straight-line distance from the report point to the nearest NaPTAN Underground, metro or tram stop. Search limit 15 km; this is not a measured walking route.

  • Public parks and gardens

    Nearest: Melissa Field Village Green, 354 m to its nearest entrance.

    6 within 1 km
  • Play spaces

    Nearest: unnamed, 422 m to its nearest entrance.

    3 within 1 km
  • Playing fields

    Nearest: unnamed, 430 m to its nearest entrance.

    3 within 1 km
  • Other sports facilities

    Nearest: unnamed, 704 m to its nearest entrance.

    1 within 1 km
  • Allotments and community growing spaces

    Nearest: The Folly Allotments, 240 m to its nearest entrance.

    2 within 1 km
  • Convenience shops

    Nearest: Village Store (Premier), 740 m in a straight line.

    2 within 1 km
  • Pharmacies

    Nearest: Manor Pharmacy, 770 m in a straight line.

    1 within 1 km
  • Dentists

    Nearest: Wheathampstead Dental Surgery, 780 m in a straight line.

    1 within 1 km
  • Cafés

    Nearest: BrewHouse Coffee, 750 m in a straight line.

    4 within 1 km
  • Pubs

    Nearest: The Reading Rooms, 800 m in a straight line.

    2 within 1 km
  • Post offices

    Nearest: Wheathampstead Post Office, 750 m in a straight line.

    1 within 1 km
  • Fish and chips, curry houses and fast food within 1 km

    Nearest fish and chips: Wheathampstead Fryer (780 m); curry houses: Dildar II (800 m), in a straight line. Curry houses are restaurants and takeaways tagged with a South Asian cuisine (Indian, Bangladeshi, Pakistani, Nepalese, Sri Lankan and similar); other fast food is any other takeaway or fast food counter. As mapped on OpenStreetMap by volunteers: a count is what has been mapped, not a census of every takeaway.

    Fish and chips 1 · Curry houses 1 · Other fast food 0
  • Places of worship within 1 km

    Nearest churches: Wheathampstead United Church (720 m), Parish Church of Saint Helen (750 m), in a straight line. Places of worship as mapped on OpenStreetMap, grouped by the religion recorded on the map: churches include chapels and other Christian places of worship; "other or faith not recorded" covers multifaith centres, other faiths and places with no religion recorded. Mapped by volunteers, so a count is what has been mapped, not a census of every place of worship.

    3 mapped · Churches 3
  • High-end and budget brands nearby

    Local counts use only branches within 1 km. Destination context (searched up to 5 km; farther branches do not count locally): Nearest high-end: Waitrose 3.7 km, M&S Food 3.7 km. No budget brand mapped within 5 km. Branches of well-known supermarket, food shop and café brands mapped on OpenStreetMap, placed by the weight in the reviewed brand list (Waitrose, M&S Food, GAIL's and others premium; Aldi, Lidl, Asda, Iceland and others discount), straight-line distance. Positioning describes the brand, not the shop, its staff or its customers.

    Within 1 km: premium 0 · mainstream 2 · discount 0
  • High street positioning (experimental)

    Only 3 listed chain branches are mapped within 1 km; at least 5 are needed. Wider destination context: within 5 km 3.1 (23 branded places); across the UK 2.6 (46,133). The average weight, on the reviewed brand list's scale (1 budget, 2 value, 3 mainstream, 4 premium, 5 luxury), of the chain branches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 1 km, each branch counted once, including branded hotels within that same 1 km. Experimental and chains only: independent shops, cafés and restaurants have no weight and are not counted, so a high street of independents can read low or have too few to say. It describes brands and supplies the optional high street input of the experimental Neighbourhood score; it does not feed the verdict or the area's direction. Wider averages are destination context, not like-for-like local comparisons.

    Too few branded places to say
  • High-end and budget fast food nearby

    Local counts use only branches within 1 km. Destination context (searched up to 5 km, or up to 30 km when none is mapped; farther branches do not count locally): No premium fast food or grab-and-go chain mapped within 5 km; the nearest is Pret A Manger, 7.2 km. No budget fast food or grab-and-go chain mapped within 5 km; the nearest is KFC, 5.7 km. Chains are placed by their weight in the reviewed brand list: premium grab-and-go and burgers (Pret A Manger, Leon, itsu, Wasabi, Farmer J, Five Guys), mainstream (Tortilla, Chipotle, Domino's, Papa John's), value (McDonald's, KFC, Burger King, Subway) and budget (Greggs and chicken shop chains such as Chicken Cottage); independent takeaways and cafés are not placed. Positioning describes the brand, not the place, its staff or its customers. As mapped on OpenStreetMap by volunteers; straight-line distances.

    Within 1 km: premium 0 · mainstream 0 · budget 0
  • High-end and budget restaurants nearby

    Local counts use only branches within 1 km. Destination context (searched up to 5 km, or up to 30 km when none is mapped; farther branches do not count locally): No high-end restaurant chain mapped within 5 km; the nearest is The Ivy, 7.6 km. No budget restaurant chain mapped within 5 km; the nearest is Harvester, 6.0 km. Chains are placed by their weight in the reviewed brand list, from their usual prices: high-end where two courses and a drink usually cost about £50 or more a head (Hawksmoor, Gaucho, The Ivy, Nobu), mid-range about £20 to £50 (PizzaExpress, Wagamama, Nando's) and budget about £20 or less (Toby Carvery, Harvester, Wetherspoon, Pizza Hut), pub-dining chains included. Independent restaurants have no open price data, so their prices are not guessed. Curry houses and fish and chip shops are counted in the takeaways row unless they belong to a listed chain. Positioning describes the brand, not the restaurant, its staff or its customers. As mapped on OpenStreetMap by volunteers; straight-line distances.

    Within 1 km: high-end 0 · mid-range 1 · budget 0 · independent or unlisted 3
  • High-end and budget hotels nearby

    No high-end hotel mapped within 5 km; the nearest is Luton Hoo (5★ as mapped), 7.7 km. No budget hotel mapped within 5 km; the nearest is Premier Inn (value brand), 7.0 km. The weight is the brand's usual price positioning in the reviewed brand list, from 5 (luxury: Four Seasons, InterContinental, Mandarin Oriental) through 4 (premium: Hilton, Marriott, Radisson Blu) and 3 (mainstream: Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn, Novotel) to 2 (value: Premier Inn, Travelodge, Holiday Inn Express) and 1 (budget: ibis budget, easyHotel) or, for a hotel on no listed brand, its stars as mapped (5★ counts as 5, 1★ as 1). Stars are tagged by OpenStreetMap volunteers and are not an official rating: the AA and tourist board gradings are not published as open data. Guest houses, B&Bs and hostels are not counted. Positioning describes the brand, not the hotel's staff or guests. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers: this means none is mapped, not that none exist.

    None mapped within 5 km
  • Prisons and immigration removal centres within 5 km

    From the official lists of prisons in England and Wales (GOV.UK), Scotland (Scottish Prison Service) and Northern Ireland (Department of Justice), and of immigration removal centres and short-term holding facilities (GOV.UK), checked 25 September 2026. Closed prisons are not listed.

    None in the official lists within 5 km
  • Community spaces within 1 km

    Nearest allotment site: The Folly Allotments, about 240 m (to its nearest entrance). Nearest community centre: Mead Hall, about 900 m. No public library within 1 km; the nearest is Wheathampstead Commnity Library, about 1.1 km (run by the community with the council's support; open 20 hours a week). Distances are in a straight line (1 km is about a 12-minute walk). Allotments and community growing spaces: OS Open Greenspace (April 2026), contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right, Open Government Licence v3.0. Community centres, including village halls and church halls as mapped: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extract of 6 October 2026. Public libraries: Arts Council England's Libraries Basic Dataset, static libraries open as at 31 December 2023 (a library closed since then may still be shown, and one opened since is not), Open Government Licence v3.0, with positions added by Libraries Hacked from the ONS Postcode Directory and OS Open UPRN. Source: Arts Council England. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2024. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2024. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers, so none mapped does not mean none there.

    2 allotment sites and a community centre; no public library listed
  • Broadband availability (Ofcom, July 2025)

    Share of premises in this postcode able to order each speed from at least one provider. Availability is not the same as the line a home has now; check the address with providers.

    Gigabit available
  • Height above sea level

    Ground height above sea level (Ordnance Datum Newlyn) at the postcode's centre point (choose the home on the map for its own point), read between the four nearest points of OS Terrain 50's 50 m grid (OS Terrain 50, July 2026 edition; ground surveyed from the air in June 2023). Ordnance Survey states the grid is accurate to about 4 m. It is the ground, not the floor: an upstairs flat sits higher. St Albans' homes stand from about 65 m to about 141 m, half of them below about 98 m: 58,975 households in 444 Census 2021 output areas, each counted at its area's population-weighted centre (our own ladder). Across England, it is higher than about 70% of homes. Higher ground is something some buyers prefer (views, drainage); it is not a flood figure: flooding is in Environmental checks.

    About 82 m · higher than about 20% of homes in St Albans
  • Lie of the land

    The ground rises about 11 m to the north within 200 m; it falls at most about 1 m in any direction (to the east-south-east). From OS Terrain 50, looking along 16 directions out to 200 m; a fall of 10 m or more (1 in 20) counts as falling away, which about one home in four in Great Britain has.

    Rises about 11 m to the north within 200 m
  • Yoga and pilates studios within 1 km

    Nearest mapped: Chilli Pilates, 3.6 km. A typical St Albans home has 0.5 within 1 km; 28% of homes there have at least one. OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers: a count is what has been mapped, not a census.

    None mapped
  • Dog groomers within 1 km

    None mapped within 5 km either. A typical St Albans home has 0 within 1 km; 0.3% of homes there have at least one. OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers: a count is what has been mapped, not a census.

    None mapped
  • Tennis courts within 1 km

    Nearest: an unnamed tennis court, 500 m; an unnamed tennis court, 680 m; an unnamed tennis court, 850 m. A typical St Albans home has 3.1 within 1 km; 86.4% of homes there have at least one. OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers: a count is what has been mapped, not a census.

    4
  • Padel courts within 1 km

    None mapped within 5 km either. A typical St Albans home has 0 within 1 km; 0% of homes there have at least one. OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers: a count is what has been mapped, not a census.

    None mapped
  • Vegan and vegan-friendly cafés and restaurants within 1 km

    None mapped within 5 km either. A typical St Albans home has 0.4 within 1 km; 17.5% of homes there have at least one. OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers: a count is what has been mapped, not a census.

    None mapped
  • Wine bars within 1 km

    None mapped within 5 km either. A typical St Albans home has 0 within 1 km; 0% of homes there have at least one. OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers: a count is what has been mapped, not a census.

    None mapped
  • Bike shops within 1 km

    Nearest: The Electric Bike Vault, 780 m. A typical St Albans home has 0.6 within 1 km; 44% of homes there have at least one. OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers: a count is what has been mapped, not a census.

    1
  • Farm and organic shops within 1 km

    None mapped within 5 km either. A typical St Albans home has 0 within 1 km; 2.4% of homes there have at least one. OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers: a count is what has been mapped, not a census.

    None mapped
  • Harpenden Rail Station

    Rail station · 2,806,312 entries and exits a year. Straight-line distance.

    3.3 km
  • Luton Airport DART Station

    Underground, metro or tram stop. Straight-line distance.

    8.4 km
  • Nearest hospitals

    St Albans City Hospital, 6.8 km, CQC Requires improvement (Jun 2020); Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, 8.7 km, CQC Requires improvement (Dec 2019); Hemel Hempstead General Hospital, 13.5 km, CQC Requires improvement (Jun 2020). Straight-line distances, nearest first. A&E here is a site that reported major (type 1 or 2) emergency attendances in the latest month of NHS England's Emergency Care Data Set (experimental statistics); eye, women's and children's departments are not counted. NHS hospitals: acute hospitals with beds in England (CQC's care directory), NHS Wales hospital sites and Scotland's NHS hospital list; private hospitals are not included.

    6.8 km · 8.7 km · 13.5 km
  • Mobile coverage

    Check the address on Ofcom's mobile coverage checker: https://checker.ofcom.org.uk/

    Not connected

What is on the high street

Premises within 800 m of the home in a straight line, as each source records them on the date shown, beside what a typical home in the council has within the same distance. They describe the premises, never the people nearby, and are never scored or counted towards the area's direction.

High street mix (experimental): Too few to say · a typical St Albans home: too few to say. 2 upmarket and 0 budget places weighed within 800 m. Takeaways are 14.3% of places to eat (1 takeaways, 6 restaurants and cafés), no more than the restaurants and cafés, so they lean neither way. A typical St Albans home: too few to say.

Experimental. Each row weighs from −2 (budget) to +2 (upmarket), shown beside it; rows that weigh 0 lean neither way. The balance is the sum of each count times its weight over the sum of each count times its weight's size, from −1 to +1: leans upmarket from +0.30, leans budget from −0.30, with at least 5 places weighed. Takeaways lean budget only where they outnumber restaurants and cafés, and then only the extra ones. It describes the shops, never the people who run or use them, and is never used in the verdict, What matters, questions, the area's direction or any score.

Delis, galleries and specialist shops

  • Art galleries weight +2

    A typical St Albans home has 0.5 within 800 m (19.3% of homes there have at least one); England 0.5.

    OpenStreetMap, as mapped by volunteers, extract of 6 October 2026. Shops mapped as art shops or galleries (shop=art, tourism=gallery).

    None mapped
  • Delis and cheese shops weight +2

    A typical St Albans home has 0.1 within 800 m (12.6% of homes there have at least one); England 0.3.

    OpenStreetMap, as mapped by volunteers, extract of 6 October 2026. Shops mapped as delis or cheese shops.

    None mapped
  • Wine shops weight +2

    A typical St Albans home has under 0.1 within 800 m (2.8% of homes there have at least one); England 0.1.

    OpenStreetMap, as mapped by volunteers, extract of 6 October 2026. Shops mapped as wine shops (off-licences mapped as alcohol shops are not counted).

    None mapped
  • Boutiques weight +2

    A typical St Albans home has under 0.1 within 800 m (under 0.1% of homes there have one); England under 0.1.

    OpenStreetMap, as mapped by volunteers, extract of 6 October 2026. Shops mapped as boutiques.

    None mapped
  • Florists weight +1

    A typical St Albans home has 0.3 within 800 m (24.7% of homes there have at least one); England 0.4.

    OpenStreetMap, as mapped by volunteers, extract of 6 October 2026. Shops mapped as florists.

    1
  • Butchers weight +1

    A typical St Albans home has 0.1 within 800 m (10% of homes there have at least one); England 0.5.

    OpenStreetMap, as mapped by volunteers, extract of 6 October 2026. Shops mapped as butchers. Fishmongers are not counted: ports' fish merchants and wholesalers are mapped the same way.

    1
  • Bookshops weight +1

    A typical St Albans home has 0.7 within 800 m (16.9% of homes there have at least one); England 0.3.

    OpenStreetMap, as mapped by volunteers, extract of 6 October 2026. Shops mapped as bookshops.

    None mapped

Cafés, restaurants and pubs

  • Restaurants and cafés weight 0

    A typical St Albans home has 17.8 within 800 m (86.9% of homes there have at least one); England 18.6.

    FSA food hygiene register, extracts to 20 October 2026. FSA type Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen (it includes workplace and school canteens registered as such).

    6
  • Pubs and bars weight 0

    A typical St Albans home has 6.3 within 800 m (91.8% of homes there have at least one); England 5.

    FSA food hygiene register, extracts to 20 October 2026. FSA type Pub/bar/nightclub.

    1

Takeaways

  • Takeaways and sandwich shops weight −1

    A typical St Albans home has 4.2 within 800 m (84.2% of homes there have at least one); England 8.6.

    FSA food hygiene register, extracts to 20 October 2026. FSA type Takeaway/sandwich shop: chip shops, sandwich bars and delivery kitchens alike, as each council registers them.

    1

Betting shops, arcades, vape and tobacco shops, pawnbrokers, money lenders and phone repairs

  • Betting shops weight −2

    A typical St Albans home has 0.4 within 800 m (24.6% of homes there have at least one); England 1.1.

    Gambling Commission register of gambling premises (applications included), snapshot of 6 October 2026, each placed at its postcode's centre. Premises licensed (or applied for) as a betting shop.

    None on the register
  • Arcades (adult gaming centres and family entertainment centres) weight −2

    A typical St Albans home has under 0.1 within 800 m (under 0.1% of homes there have one); England 0.2.

    Gambling Commission register of gambling premises (applications included), snapshot of 6 October 2026, each placed at its postcode's centre. Premises licensed (or applied for) as an adult gaming centre or a licensed family entertainment centre.

    None on the register
  • Vape and tobacco shops weight −2

    A typical St Albans home has 0.2 within 800 m (11.8% of homes there have at least one); England 0.4.

    OpenStreetMap, as mapped by volunteers, extract of 6 October 2026. Shops mapped as vape (e-cigarette) or tobacco shops. No register of vape shops exists in England, Wales or Northern Ireland.

    None mapped
  • Pawnbrokers and money lenders weight −2

    A typical St Albans home has under 0.1 within 800 m (under 0.1% of homes there have one); England 0.2.

    OpenStreetMap, as mapped by volunteers, extract of 6 October 2026. Shops mapped as pawnbrokers or money lenders.

    None mapped
  • Independent phone shops and repairers weight −2

    A typical St Albans home has 0.6 within 800 m (22.9% of homes there have at least one); England 0.5.

    OpenStreetMap, as mapped by volunteers, extract of 6 October 2026. Phone shops mapped without a brand, and electronics repairers; the networks' own shops are left out by name.

    None mapped

Everyday shops

  • Supermarkets and convenience shops weight 0

    A typical St Albans home has 3.7 within 800 m (88.3% of homes there have at least one); England 6.4.

    OpenStreetMap, as mapped by volunteers, extract of 6 October 2026. Shops mapped as supermarkets or convenience shops, the everyday places the report already uses.

    1
  • Empty shop units

    No open source counts them. The VOA's rating list, which has empty units, may not be reused for this, and the Local Data Company's survey is paid. Volunteers have mapped 0 within 800 m as vacant or as a former shop (OpenStreetMap, as mapped by volunteers, extract of 6 October 2026), far from a full count.

    Not measured

Gyms, massage and spas

  • Budget gym chains weight 0

    A typical St Albans home has 0.1 within 800 m (6.6% of homes there have at least one); England 0.1.

    OpenStreetMap, as mapped by volunteers, extract of 6 October 2026. Mapped PureGym and The Gym Group clubs, whose operators describe low-cost memberships. Brand positioning only; membership prices and facilities vary by club. No price comparison is implied.

    None mapped
  • Premium gym chains weight 0

    A typical St Albans home has under 0.1 within 800 m (under 0.1% of homes there have one); England under 0.1.

    OpenStreetMap, as mapped by volunteers, extract of 6 October 2026. Mapped David Lloyd, Third Space and Equinox clubs, whose operators describe premium or luxury facilities. Brand positioning only; membership prices and facilities vary by club. No price comparison is implied.

    None mapped
  • Other gyms (price unknown) weight 0

    A typical St Albans home has 0.4 within 800 m (32.8% of homes there have at least one); England 0.7.

    OpenStreetMap, as mapped by volunteers, extract of 6 October 2026. Other mapped fitness centres, including unnamed gyms. We do not hold their membership prices. Brand positioning only; membership prices and facilities vary by club. No price comparison is implied.

    None mapped
  • Thai massage weight 0

    OpenStreetMap, as mapped by volunteers, extract of 6 October 2026. Massage shops explicitly tagged as Thai massage, or with Thai as a whole word in their mapped name. A service description; no inference about the people providing it. Not available yet: these places are kept from the next monthly OpenStreetMap import. This is not evidence that there are none.

    Not available
  • Health spas weight 0

    OpenStreetMap, as mapped by volunteers, extract of 6 October 2026. Explicitly mapped day spas, spa resorts and spa facilities. General beauty salons, pools and gyms without spa tags are not included. Public access and treatments need checking with the premises. Not available yet: these places are kept from the next monthly OpenStreetMap import. This is not evidence that there are none.

    Not available

Food hygiene ratings nearby

8 restaurants, cafés, pubs, bars and takeaways within 800 m, nearest first. Each rating is the published inspection outcome.

See premises and published ratings (8)
  • Marley's

    Restaurants and cafés · 732 m · AL4 8BU. Rating date 2024-11-23. FSA extract 2026-10-20.

    5/5 (FHRS)
  • The Willow Trees

    Restaurants and cafés · 738 m · AL4 8HP. Rating date 2026-05-09. FSA extract 2026-10-20.

    4/5 (FHRS)
  • Brewhouse

    Restaurants and cafés · 755 m · AL4 8AN. Rating date 2025-05-23. FSA extract 2026-10-20.

    5/5 (FHRS)
  • Loafing

    Restaurants and cafés · 766 m · AL4 8AA. Rating date 2025-08-12. FSA extract 2026-10-20.

    5/5 (FHRS)
  • Le Moulin

    Restaurants and cafés · 768 m · AL4 8DT. Rating date 2025-08-14. FSA extract 2026-10-20.

    4/5 (FHRS)
  • Wheathampstead Fryer

    Takeaways · 772 m · AL4 8AA. Rating date 2025-09-23. FSA extract 2026-10-20.

    4/5 (FHRS)
  • Miller & Carter - Wheathampstead

    Pubs and bars · 798 m · AL4 8BS. Rating date 2026-01-24. FSA extract 2026-10-20.

    5/5 (FHRS)
  • The Reading Rooms

    Restaurants and cafés · 799 m · AL4 8AA. Rating date 2024-06-06. FSA extract 2026-10-20.

    5/5 (FHRS)

Source: Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland, Open Government Licence v3.0. FHRS uses 0–5 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland; Scotland uses separate FHIS outcomes, which are not equivalent to that scale. Awaiting inspection, awaiting publication and exempt are not numeric ratings. Rating dates are distinct from the extract date; businesses can change between inspections. Follow a premises link to check its latest published record.

Food hygiene register: Food Standards Agency, Open Government Licence v3.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). OpenStreetMap rows are as mapped by volunteers: a count is what has been mapped, not a census, and mapping varies from street to street. No trend is drawn from them. Gambling premises: Gambling Commission, register of gambling premises (premises activity, licensing authority and postcode only). The register includes applications as well as granted licences (it has no status column), and the Commission cannot provide any assurances on its completeness and accuracy. 139 of its 8,863 premises have a retired or mistyped postcode that we cannot place, and are not counted anywhere. Typical home: our own average over Census 2021 output areas, weighted by households (ONS, Open Government Licence v3.0). Reviewed rows in data/reference/high-street.json.

Source date: 2026-09-23

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Around here in photos

Openly licensed photos taken within 1 km, closest and newest first. They show the area, not this home; each shows the year it was taken.

Close up, Elizabeth II postbox on Lower Luton Road, The Folly
Close up, Elizabeth II postbox on Lower Luton Road, The Folly354 m away · 2017Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Geograph
Houses on Lower Luton Road, The Folly
Houses on Lower Luton Road, The Folly354 m away · 2017Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Geograph
Folly Fields, Wheathampstead
Folly Fields, Wheathampstead341 m away · 2015Photo: Geographer, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Geograph
Folly Fields sign
Folly Fields sign345 m away · 2015Photo: Geographer, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Geograph
GOC Wheathampstead Xmas 2013 004 River Lea (11382861473)
GOC Wheathampstead Xmas 2013 004 River Lea (11382861473)265 m away · 2013Photo: Peter O'Connor aka anemoneprojectors, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
GOC Wheathampstead Xmas 2013 005 River Lea (11382738606)
GOC Wheathampstead Xmas 2013 005 River Lea (11382738606)267 m away · 2013Photo: Peter O'Connor aka anemoneprojectors, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Footbridge over the River Lee
Footbridge over the River Lee293 m away · 2009Photo: Gary Fellows, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Geograph
River Lee
River Lee248 m away · 2009Photo: Gary Fellows, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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What this report can't tell you
  • Asking prices, price cuts and time on the market: not open data. The agent has the listing history; compare it with the sold prices here.
  • Subsidence: the ground under the home is not checked, because the British Geological Survey's detailed maps are paid for. Its free national overview is used only to move the subsidence questions up. BGS GeoSure 5 km hex grid (shrink–swell, version 8), Open Government Licence. Contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI 2019. Contains OS data © Crown copyright 2020.
  • Japanese knotweed: there is no open national map.
  • Road adoption, parking permits, the real broadband speed on this line, neighbour disputes, exact boundaries and covenants: these come from the local search, the seller's forms (TA6, TA10 and, for a leasehold, TA7), the title and your own checks.
  • The condition of the home: only a survey can tell you.

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Notes and sources by section

Price and value

No supported sales evidence has been loaded for this location. Council tax: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax stock of properties 2025; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels 2026 to 2027; Open Government Licence v3.0. UK House Price Index: HM Land Registry, Registers of Scotland, Land & Property Services Northern Ireland and the Office for National Statistics. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Averages are mix-adjusted for the whole council area and revised for 12 months after publication; the latest months are provisional. Source: Office for National Statistics, Price Index of Private Rents, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Company-owned titles: HM Land Registry, UK companies and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales. Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Counts of registered titles by postcode; addresses and owners' names are not used. Lists as of UK companies September 2026, overseas companies September 2026. Owner companies: each UK owner's company number looked up in the Companies House Free Company Data Product (Companies House). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Numbers and names are not shown. Council finances: a reviewed list of official decisions from GOV.UK (MHCLG exceptional financial support, council tax referendum principles and statutory interventions; contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0), UK Parliament statements (Open Parliament Licence v3.0) and the councils' own section 114 reports. Possession claims: Ministry of Justice, Mortgage and landlord possession statistics (local authority data), Open Government Licence v3.0; the rates per household are our own, over Census 2021 households (Office for National Statistics, TS054). Individual insolvencies: The Insolvency Service, Individual insolvencies by location, England and Wales (Official Statistics), Open Government Licence v3.0.

Getting to work

Airports: DfT NaPTAN airport locations, Translink's bus stop list (OpenDataNI) for Northern Ireland's airports, and DfT aviation statistics (tables AVI0102 and AVI0109, from Civil Aviation Authority data). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Transport connectivity: Department for Transport, Transport connectivity metric (experimental statistics); the comparisons with the council's small areas are our own. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Buses: Bus Open Data Service timetables (Department for Transport), as registered by the operators; the counts are our own. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Trains: Network Rail timetable (SCHEDULE feed), the counts our own. Contains information of Network Rail Infrastructure Limited licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Travel minutes: J. Rafael Verduzco Torres and David McArthur, Great Britain Accessibility Indicators 2023 (AI23), Urban Big Data Centre, University of Glasgow (Zenodo, doi:10.5281/zenodo.14778265), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Travel minutes are shown for context and never counted as a sign of change or scored.

Environmental checks

Unavailable checks remain unanswered. A live “Normal” label is never evidence that a property is safe, and current warnings do not determine long-term buying suitability. Flood Zones 2 and 3 show undefended river and sea extents for planning: they exclude surface water, groundwater, sewer and reservoir flooding, and take no account of flood defences. Surface water: Environment Agency Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025, Open Government Licence v3.0. Rivers and sea: Environment Agency Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea, © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025, Open Government Licence v3.0. 2050s band and risk reduced by defences: Environment Agency Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea — Climate Change, and Reduction in Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea due to Defences, © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025, Open Government Licence v3.0. Rivers and sea for the property and its postcode: Environment Agency Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea, Properties and Postcodes in Areas at Risk, Open Government Licence v3.0. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved. Some of the data in the database has been produced using data licensed from the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, © NERC. © Crown Copyright and Database Rights 2025 OS AC0000807064. Rivers and canals: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Main rivers: Environment Agency Statutory Main River Map, Open Government Licence v3.0. Noise: Defra strategic noise mapping Round 4 (2022), Open Government Licence v3.0. Aircraft noise: Defra strategic noise mapping Round 4, airports (2021 flights), © Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs copyright and/or database right 2024, Open Government Licence v3.0. Air quality: Defra UK-AIR Pollution Climate Mapping, © Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0. Late-night venues: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); FSA food hygiene register (Open Government Licence v3.0). Storm overflows: Environment Agency Event Duration Monitoring annual returns (12/24-hour spill counting), Open Government Licence v3.0. Overflows affect the receiving river or sea, not a property's own drains. Sewage works, waste sites and intensive farms: Environment Agency public registers (Environmental Permitting Regulations: waste operations, installations), Environment Agency Conditional Licence. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2021. All rights reserved. Power lines, pylons and substations: Lines on pylons: Ordnance Survey OS OpenMap – Local, Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right. UK Power Networks, 132kV Overhead Lines, https://ukpowernetworks.opendatasoft.com/explore/dataset/ukpn-132kv-overhead-lines/, last updated 2026-09-22. CC BY 4.0. UK Power Networks, 33kV Overhead Lines, https://ukpowernetworks.opendatasoft.com/explore/dataset/ukpn-33kv-overhead-lines/, last updated 2026-09-22. CC BY 4.0. UK Power Networks, Grid and Primary Sites, https://ukpowernetworks.opendatasoft.com/explore/dataset/grid-and-primary-sites/, last updated 2026-09-10. CC BY 4.0. Network operator areas: Supported by National Energy SO Open Data (GIS Boundaries for GB DNO Licence Areas, NESO Open Data Licence v1.0); the boundaries are approximate. Coal mining: Mining Remediation Authority (formerly the Coal Authority) development risk areas, Open Government Licence v3.0; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Radon: UKHSA and BGS Indicative Atlas of Radon for Great Britain, version 3 (2022), 1 km squares, Open Government Licence. Contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI 2022. Radon Potential classification UK Health Security Agency © Crown copyright 2022. Fire incidents: MHCLG fire statistics incident level datasets (low level geography); contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Households: Census 2021 (ONS).

Recorded crime

The map shows up to 50 returned anonymised locations and the list shows the top 8 categories. Counts are not population-adjusted, anti-social behaviour is not a crime total, and coordinates cannot attribute an event to a home. Crime detail: Police.uk street-level archive (Open Government Licence v3.0); outcomes are the latest recorded for each crime and change as cases conclude. Crime rates in context: every area counts the same 12 months, crimes excluding anti-social behaviour and the same police forces (British Transport Police, Dyfed-Powys Police, Gloucestershire Constabulary and Northumbria Police are left out everywhere because their Police.uk data is incomplete in the months compared, so the areas they police are not in the regional or national rates), over Census 2021 residents. Regions: ONS Local Authority District to Region (April 2025) lookup; source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. CCTV cameras: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0), as mapped by volunteers. Councils publish few camera positions and the police none, so more cameras exist than are mapped.

Schools

GIAS establishment status at the source date. Approximate school coordinates converted from British National Grid. This is not a catchment, admissions or capacity assessment. Ofsted outcomes from Ofsted's monthly management information; report-card grades (from November 2025) and previous-framework grades are shown as published and never converted into one another. Fee-paying schools: open independent schools in Get Information about Schools within 10 km in a straight line (independent special schools counted apart; city technology colleges, which are state-funded, left out). The DfE does not publish fees. Ofsted inspects non-association independent schools: outcomes from Ofsted's non-association independent schools management information as at 31 July 2026, with whether the school met the independent school standards. Schools in an association are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, whose reports are copyright and not open data, so they are named but not graded. Applications and offers: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school-level figures, entry in September 2024 to 2026): the position on national offer day (16 April for reception, 1 March for year 7), before late applications, waiting lists and appeals. Places offered are the offers made that day, not the school's admission number (children with an education, health and care plan are placed separately), and naming a school does not mean an applicant met its admission criteria. How far away the last child offered a place lived (the "last distance offered") is set by each admission authority and not published nationally, so it is not shown or estimated here: see the council's or school's admissions pages. Source: Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Exam results: Department for Education school performance data from Explore Education Statistics (key stage 2 and GCSEs, up to the three latest published years); England figures are the national averages for state-funded schools. Nothing was published by school for 2019/20 and 2020/21, when exams were cancelled. Results at small schools swing from year to year; special and independent schools are not charted against the England average. Source: Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Schools getting better (owner's approval, 27 September 2026): Ofsted state-funded schools inspections and outcomes, monthly management information, kept as a history of graded inspections from the file as at 31 October 2025 on (Open Government Licence v3.0); exam results from the Department for Education's Explore Education Statistics (Source: Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0); pupils on roll and council districts from Get Information about Schools. The pupil-weighted changes and the council comparison are our own figures. Report-card grades (from November 2025) are never compared with earlier grades. Contains Department for Education and Ofsted data under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Childcare: Ofsted early years register (management information), Open Government Licence v3.0.

Area context

Aggregate area statistics, not facts about this household or the selected building. Residents in households counts people, not households. Population density source: https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/output/census/2021/census2021-ts006.zip. Census disclosure controls can cause small inconsistencies between counts. England and Wales census vintage only. Contains ONS data under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Ethnic group, religion, country of birth, year of arrival, English, passports, national identity, main language, cars, travel to work, health, type of home and bedrooms: Census 2021 and, where the question matches, Census 2011, from the Office for National Statistics via Nomis, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The neighbourhood is the 2021 middle layer super output area; 2011 figures are shown only where its boundary did not change. A census counts residents on census day, so comparing two shows how the mix changed, not who moved in or out. These figures describe the area as a whole, say nothing about any household, and are not used in any judgement, score or summary in this report. Residents by age each year: Office for National Statistics, mid-year population estimates for small areas (2021-based), from Nomis. Estimates that roll the census forward with births, deaths and moves, not counts; the shares are our own. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Pupils at nearby schools: Department for Education, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, school level file (school census). The sums over the schools near the home and over the council's schools are our own. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Homes by type and bedrooms: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, table CTSOP3.1. The VOA rounds counts to the nearest 10 and withholds a count under 5; the shares are our own. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Cars: Department for Transport and DVLA vehicle licensing statistics, data file VEH0125 (privately kept licensed cars by 2021 small area, summed by us to neighbourhoods and councils), Open Government Licence v3.0. Company and lease cars are registered at the company's address and are not counted. People moving in and out: Office for National Statistics, mid-year population estimates, components of change (release MYE25). Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Pupils: Department for Education, Schools, pupils and their characteristics 2025/26 (school census). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Asylum support: Home Office, people receiving support by local authority (Asy_D11, support-local-authority-datasets-jun-2026). Source: Home Office, Immigration system statistics. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. ONS publishes no yearly estimate of ethnic groups for all residents of a borough, so the school census is shown instead, for pupils only. These borough figures describe the area as a whole, say nothing about any household, and are not used in any judgement, score or summary in this report.

Work and benefits

Universal Credit: DWP, People on Universal Credit and its Move to UC indicator (Stat-Xplore, May 2013 to May 2026). National Insurance registrations: DWP, NINo registrations to adult overseas nationals entering the UK (Stat-Xplore, 2016/17 to 2025/26). Children in low-income families: DWP and HMRC, relative low income before housing costs (Stat-Xplore, 2021/22 to 2024/25). Pension Credit: DWP (Stat-Xplore, February 2019 to March 2026). Help with rent: DWP, Housing Benefit (from April 2018) and Households on Universal Credit, housing entitlement by tenure (Stat-Xplore, March 2019 to March 2026). Claimant Count: ONS via Nomis (January 2013 to September 2026; neighbourhoods on 2021 areas from January 2026, on 2011 areas before, joined only where the ONS exact-fit lookup gives the same ground). ONS rounds claimant counts to the nearest 5. PIP: DWP, PIP Cases with Entitlement to 2019 and from 2019, people aged 16 to 64 (Stat-Xplore, April 2013 to July 2026). Council Tax Support: MHCLG, Local Council Tax Support claimants, councils in England (December 2015 to June 2026). Source: Department for Work and Pensions, Stat-Xplore. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Office for National Statistics (Claimant Count, from Nomis) licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local Council Tax Support claimants live table. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Shares and rates use Census 2021 residents and households (Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0) and mid-year population estimates (ONS, or NRS for Scotland). DWP rounds and suppresses small numbers. These figures describe the area as a whole and say nothing about any household. National Insurance registrations are not used in any judgement, score or summary in this report. Universal Credit, children in low-income families, help with rent and Pension Credit are also set against the borough as signals in How the area is changing, and Council Tax Support (MHCLG) the borough against England (owner's decision, 26 September 2026: income trends count towards the gentrification reading); here they are only shown, and they never feed a score. People receiving PIP are shown separately: PIP is disability support, not unemployment or evidence of wealth, and it does not contribute to the gentrification reading (method revised 13 October 2026). Benefit changes can reflect eligibility, take-up and policy changes as well as economic conditions. The Claimant Count (ONS) is only shown: it is not among those signals. None of these feeds a score.

Traffic and road safety

Road safety data (STATS19) records personal-injury collisions reported to the police; damage-only collisions are not included and locations are approximate. Counts are not rates: a busy road will have more collisions simply because more people use it. Traffic flows are annual averages at DfT count points; minor-road values are often estimated. Contains Department for Transport data, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Local road maintenance ratings: Department for Transport, local road maintenance ratings (GOV.UK), with each authority's ONS code from DfT's ratings map; contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Road condition: Department for Transport, road condition statistics tables RDC0120, RDC0121, RDC0130 and RDC0131; contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Roadworks: Department for Transport, Street Manager open data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Planning and local change

Designations: Article 4, tree preservation and listed building outline coverage depends on what each local planning authority has published, so an empty result means nothing is recorded here, not that nothing applies. Confirm with the local planning authority before relying on it. Conservation areas and listed buildings: © Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 21 October 2026. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk. Article 4 directions and tree preservation zones: © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Green belt: contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Via planning.data.gov.uk; contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning applications outside London: recorded by UK PlanIt (planit.org.uk, built by Andrew Speakman), which gathers them from council planning registers; used with thanks. PlanIt's copy can lag behind a council's register or miss applications, and councils record outcomes differently: check the council's planning register before relying on any application. Read from FloodRadar's nightly copy of PlanIt, so it can be a day or two behind PlanIt as well. Brownfield sites: © Crown copyright and database right 2026; councils' brownfield land registers via planning.data.gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0; registers are updated at least yearly and some councils publish late. Major infrastructure: the Planning Inspectorate's register of nationally significant infrastructure projects (England and Wales; distances to the application boundary where one is published), and the Renewable Energy Planning Database (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, quarterly: renewable and storage schemes of 10 MW or more and every energy-from-waste plant, planned or under way, with a step in the last five years). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Public investment: development corporation areas from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG), the Pride in Place Programme, Town Deals and the Future High Streets Fund, the Levelling Up Fund from GOV.UK (MHCLG), and Freeport and Investment Zone tax sites from HMRC (GOV.UK) and legislation.gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0. New homes: MHCLG live tables on housing supply (Table 122, net additional dwellings by local authority district; Table 118, by region) and dwelling stock (Table 125), and the Housing Delivery Test, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government; Welsh Government new dwellings completed and dwelling stock estimates (StatsWales). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New homes and the Housing Delivery Test are shown for context and never counted as a signal of change. Protected countryside: planning.data.gov.uk (Natural England: © Natural England copyright; National Parks: Office for National Statistics), Open Government Licence v3.0; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Heritage at Risk: © Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 26 September 2026. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk. Via planning.data.gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0.

How the area is changing

Experimental. The direction dial lists separate signals, and the gentrification indication weighs them (1 to 5, from our reviewed list, by how directly each tracks rising incomes and values) and always gives the plain count beside the weighted balance; one signal compares the borough itself with its region, and in England's most income-deprived small areas a clear or strong reading needs prices and incomes both rising; it is not a gentrification score: rising prices, new cafés and falling crime can each have other causes, and none says who is moving in or out. Prices are HM Land Registry resales (standard sales, excluding new builds), pooled into 3-year windows and compared with the whole borough so city-wide growth is not mistaken for local change. Census 2011 and 2021 shares compare the same measures (qualifications of residents aged 16+, household tenure); occupation class is left out because its age range changed between the censuses. Neighbourhoods whose boundaries changed in ways that cannot be matched exactly are not compared. Crime is Police.uk street-level data (Open Government Licence v3.0) with anti-social behaviour excluded; locations are anonymised to nearby points and forces with missing months are left out. Food premises are from the FSA food hygiene register (ratings are not used); likely chains are names on a reviewed list of chain and multi-site operators found at 15 or more premises across 12 or more council areas, so a small local chain counts as independent and an unusual branch name can be missed. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Food hygiene data: Food Standards Agency, Open Government Licence v3.0; the register changes as businesses are inspected. Premium and budget brands come from a reviewed list; positioning describes the brand, not the premises or its customers. Deprivation: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 and 2019, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Open Government Licence v3.0. Companies: Companies House Free Company Data Product, Open Government Licence v3.0. Local businesses: Companies House Free Company Data Product (live companies, their registered offices, business codes and incorporation dates). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Company names are not shown. Energy ratings: domestic EPC register (England and Wales), Open Government Licence v3.0; a better rating can also come from a more careful assessment rather than work done. Private rents (official statistics in development): Source: Office for National Statistics, Price Index of Private Rents, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Household income: ONS Income estimates for small areas, England and Wales, financial years ending 2012 to 2023 (model-based estimates with 95% confidence intervals; the borough median is our own figure from them). Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Income deprivation: the income domain and the Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index of the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 and 2019, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Open Government Licence v3.0. Homes against local pay: ONS House price to residence-based earnings ratio (median price paid in the year to September from HM Land Registry, against the median gross annual pay of full-time employees living in the area from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings). Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. DWP income signals (owner's decision, 26 September 2026: income trends count): DWP Stat-Xplore People on Universal Credit (leaving out people moved across from older benefits by Move to UC), Children in Low Income Families (DWP and HMRC), Housing Benefit with Universal Credit housing entitlement, and Pension Credit, each the neighbourhood's change over 3 years against the borough's; shares have a fixed Census 2021 base. National Insurance registrations, ethnicity, religion, country of birth, languages, passports, identity and asylum are never counted. Source: Department for Work and Pensions, Stat-Xplore. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Council Tax Support (MHCLG, English councils only; brief of 6 October 2026, under the same decision): the change in the number on the borough's Local Council Tax Support over 3 years against England's, the same for every neighbourhood of the council, counted with the DWP measures as one signal, "Benefit claims (DWP)"; each council sets its own scheme for working-age people, so a change can follow a change to the scheme. Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local Council Tax Support claimants live table. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Life expectancy: ONS Health state life expectancy estimates for Middle layer Super Output Areas, England and Wales, 2019 to 2023, and ONS Life expectancy for local areas of the UK, 2001 to 2003 to 2022 to 2024. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Life expectancy is shown for context and never counted as a signal of change. Personal well-being: ONS Annual personal well-being estimates by local authority (Annual Population Survey), April 2011 to March 2012 to April 2022 to March 2023, with 95% confidence intervals and ONS's quality markings. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Well-being is shown for context and never counted as a signal of change. New homes: MHCLG live tables on housing supply (Table 122, net additional dwellings by local authority district; Table 118, by region) and dwelling stock (Table 125), and the Housing Delivery Test, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government; Welsh Government new dwellings completed and dwelling stock estimates (StatsWales). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New homes and the Housing Delivery Test are shown for context and never counted as a signal of change. Plug-in cars: Department for Transport and DVLA vehicle licensing statistics, data files VEH0125 and VEH0145 (licensed vehicles and licensed plug-in vehicles at the end of each quarter by keepership and 2021 small area); the sums to neighbourhoods, councils, regions and nations are our own. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Borough against the region: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry, Registers of Scotland, Land & Property Services Northern Ireland and the Office for National Statistics; Open Government Licence v3.0; mix-adjusted averages, the latest months provisional), with ONS small-area income estimates, the English Indices of Deprivation and Census 2011 and 2021 as above; the council and region figures for those three are our own medians, averages and sums of their neighbourhoods and small areas. Region from the ONS local authority district to region lookup (Open Government Licence v3.0). Schools getting better (owner's approval, 27 September 2026): Ofsted state-funded schools inspections and outcomes, monthly management information, kept as a history of graded inspections from the file as at 31 October 2025 on (Open Government Licence v3.0); exam results from the Department for Education's Explore Education Statistics (Source: Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0); pupils on roll and council districts from Get Information about Schools. The pupil-weighted changes and the council comparison are our own figures. Report-card grades (from November 2025) are never compared with earlier grades. Anti-social behaviour: Police.uk street-level archive (Open Government Licence v3.0), the same months and forces as recorded crime. Air quality over time: Defra UK-AIR Pollution Climate Mapping, modelled background annual mean NO₂ and PM2.5 on a 1 km grid, © Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0; the averages for neighbourhoods, councils, regions and nations over the 1 km squares of their postcodes are our own. Long-term empty homes: MHCLG live table 615 (vacant dwellings by local authority district, from the council tax base) and Table 125 (dwelling stock), Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Fly-tipping: Defra, Fly-tipping incidents and actions reported by local authorities in England (WasteDataFlow), with Defra's rates per 1,000 people from ONS mid-year population estimates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Premium home works and larger schemes approved: planning applications read with a reviewed list of words (data/reference/premium-home-works.json), from UK PlanIt outside London and the Planning London Datahub in London. Cars tested: DVSA anonymised MOT tests and results (MOT testing data results extracts), Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency; the counts, shares and averages by postcode area are our own. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Solar panels, heat pumps and new homes: domestic energy performance certificates (MHCLG, Get energy performance of buildings data, England and Wales), Open Government Licence v3.0 for the certificate data; each certificate is placed in its neighbourhood by its postcode, never its address, and the sums to neighbourhoods, councils and nations are our own. Households: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0. Lifestyle businesses: Companies House Free Company Data Product (live companies, their registered offices, business codes and incorporation dates), grouped by a reviewed list of business codes and name words (data/reference/lifestyle-businesses.json); company names are read to sort companies, never kept or shown. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Affluence today is our own reading (weights and bands in data/reference/affluence-today.json): ONS household income after housing costs (Income estimates for small areas, 2022/23) and HM Land Registry resale medians, each ranked by us against every neighbourhood in the country, with the income and overall deciles of the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government); all Open Government Licence v3.0. Prices indexed: the region's line is the UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry, Registers of Scotland, Land & Property Services Northern Ireland and the Office for National Statistics). Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Its averages are mix-adjusted for the whole region and revised for 12 months after publication. Jobs: ONS Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES), open access, from Nomis: employees and working owners at their workplace on a day in mid-September each year from 2015, in every industry except agriculture, forestry and fishing (small areas leave out farm jobs, so every figure here does); the latest year is provisional. ONS rounds these figures to protect businesses, so small areas move in steps and a change within the rounding is shown as no clear change. Totals within 5 km and every percentage are our own sums of the published figures, joined across the 2021 neighbourhood boundaries only where the ONS exact-fit lookup matches them. Shown, not counted in the gentrification indication. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Amenities and green space

Distances are straight-line from the selected point to a site's nearest mapped entrance, or its centre when none is mapped; walking routes are longer. Cemeteries, religious grounds and golf courses are not counted as usable green space. Shops, GP surgeries and transport stops are not yet included. OS Open Greenspace 2026-04. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Shops, services, hotels, restaurants and places of worship: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extract of 2026-10-06. Mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies; opening hours and whether a GP is taking new patients are not checked. Hotel stars are as tagged by volunteers, not an official rating; brand positioning is the weight in a reviewed list (data/reference/brand-positioning.json). Prisons and immigration removal centres: contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (GOV.UK, Scottish Prison Service, Department of Justice Northern Ireland); each site is placed at its postcode (contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right; postcodes.io). Plaques: Open Plaques (openplaques.org), whose data is in the public domain (Public Domain Dedication and License 1.0); thanks to its volunteer curators. Positions come from photographs and volunteers' geocoding and are usually within a few metres, some less exactly. Broadband: © Ofcom copyright, Connected Nations 2025 (fixed broadband coverage by postcode, July 2025 data). Tree cover: Forest Research National Trees Outside Woodland map v1, © Forestry Commission copyright and/or database right 2025; contains, or is based on, information supplied by the Forestry Commission, © Crown copyright and database right 2024 Ordnance Survey AC0000814847. National Forest Inventory woodland 2022, © Forestry Commission copyright, contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2022. Council boundaries: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0, contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Ground height: OS Terrain 50, Ordnance Survey. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Homes: Census 2021 households at output area population-weighted centres (Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0) and, in Scotland, occupied homes by 2022 data zone (National Records of Scotland, Small Area Statistics on Households and Dwellings 2025, Open Government Licence v3.0); the ladders of homes by height are our own. Lifestyle places: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extract of 2026-10-06; reviewed kinds in data/reference/lifestyle-businesses.json. Montessori and forest-school nurseries: Ofsted early years register (management information), Open Government Licence v3.0, by name. Typical home: our own average over Census 2021 output areas (ONS, Open Government Licence v3.0). Transport: DfT NaPTAN stops and ORR estimates of station usage, Open Government Licence v3.0 (Source: Office of Rail and Road). GP surgeries: NHS England Organisation Data Service; ratings: contains CQC information (Care Quality Commission); registered patients: NHS England Quality and Outcomes Framework list sizes via OHID Fingertips; Open Government Licence v3.0. Hospitals. England: Contains CQC information (Care Quality Commission care directory, overall ratings); NHS England Emergency Care Data Set statistics (experimental) for A&E sites and NHS England Organisation Data Service site postcodes. Wales: NHS Wales Organisation Data Service sites and StatsWales emergency department data (Welsh Government). Scotland: Public Health Scotland hospital codes and A&E sites. All Open Government Licence v3.0. Sites placed by postcode use OS Code-Point Open (Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right).

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