Colney Heath & Highfield Park
Middle areaSouth east St Albans. 6,177 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 11 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 4% of people in Colney Heath & Highfield Park live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Colney Heath & Highfield Park
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Colney Heath & Highfield Park at a rate of 106.2 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 | 206 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 165 |
| Other crime | 82 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 63 |
| Vehicle crime | 47 |
| Burglary | 36 |
| Shoplifting | 31 |
| Drug offences | 21 |
| Theft from the person | 4 |
| Robbery | 1 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Colney Heath & Highfield Park compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Colney Heath & Highfield Park safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Colney Heath & Highfield Park at a rate of 106.2 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, 67 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Colney Heath & Highfield Park.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (206), anti-social behaviour (165) and other crime (82).
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 Colney Heath & Highfield Park alone. See St Albans
Colney Heath & Highfield Park in brief
The median price paid for a home in Colney Heath & Highfield Park was £637,500 in 2025.
Colney Heath & Highfield Park had 6,266 usual residents at the census.
About 4% of people in Colney Heath & Highfield Park live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Colney Heath & Highfield Park, 95.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.