Bricket Wood & Chiswell Green
Middle areaSouth west St Albans. 8,647 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 14 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 93% of people in Bricket Wood & Chiswell Green live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Bricket Wood & Chiswell Green
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bricket Wood & Chiswell Green at a rate of 54.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 79.2 per 1,000 people across St Albans.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 148 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 123 |
| Other crime | 65 |
| Vehicle crime | 32 |
| Shoplifting | 31 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 30 |
| Burglary | 27 |
| Drug offences | 11 |
| Theft from the person | 4 |
| Robbery | 3 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Bricket Wood & Chiswell Green compares
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Is Bricket Wood & Chiswell Green safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bricket Wood & Chiswell Green at a rate of 54.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 79.2 per 1,000 people across St Albans.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 48 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Bricket Wood & Chiswell Green.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (148), anti-social behaviour (123) and other crime (65).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of St Albans
These figures are published for the whole of St Albans, not for each middle area, so they describe all of St Albans and not Bricket Wood & Chiswell Green alone. See St Albans
Bricket Wood & Chiswell Green in brief
The median price paid for a home in Bricket Wood & Chiswell Green was £633,500 in 2025.
Bricket Wood & Chiswell Green had 8,220 usual residents at the census.
About 93% of people in Bricket Wood & Chiswell Green live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Bricket Wood & Chiswell Green, 90.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.