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St Albans 021B

Neighbourhood

South east St Albans. 1,220 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.5 square kilometres.

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Deprivation by neighbourhood

English Indices of Deprivation 2025

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In the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, St Albans 021B is in decile 4.

Deprivation score
22.2
Joint 12,962nd most deprived of 33,755
MHCLG · England only
Population
1,279
Joint 14,057th least populated of 46,844
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
86.0%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
4.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How St Albans 021B compares

Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.

St Albans 021BMiddle
Deprivation scoreEngland only88 neighbourhoods, St Albans · 2025
Deprivation score: every neighbourhood in St Albans88 areas from 0.2 to 28.3. The middle area is 6.0. St Albans 021B is 22.2.
22.27th most deprived
Population88 neighbourhoods, St Albans · 2021
Population: every neighbourhood in St Albans88 areas from 1,218 to 2,557. The middle area is 1,648. St Albans 021B is 1,279.
1,2794th least populated
Gigabit broadband coverage88 neighbourhoods, St Albans · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every neighbourhood in St Albans88 areas from 53.1% to 100.0%. The middle area is 98.2%. St Albans 021B is 86.0%.
86.0%14th lowest
Claimant rate87 neighbourhoods, St Albans · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every neighbourhood in St Albans87 areas from 0.4% to 6.0%. The middle area is 1.9%. St Albans 021B is 4.2%.
4.2%12th highest

Is St Albans 021B safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in St Albans 021B at a rate of 172.1 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 106.2 per 1,000 people across Colney Heath & Highfield Park.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 30 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in St Albans 021B.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (81), anti-social behaviour (42) and other crime (23).

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 neighbourhood, so they describe all of St Albans and not St Albans 021B alone. See St Albans

Average house price
£655,974
Up 3.2% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£57,396
Highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
11.4×
Joint 29th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Population estimate
150,757
No change in a year
ONS population estimates · 2025
St Albans 021B in brief

St Albans 021B has a deprivation score of 22.2 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.

St Albans 021B had 1,279 usual residents at the census.

In St Albans 021B, 86.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In St Albans 021B, 4.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.