Redbourn
Middle areaWest St Albans. 6,193 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 50 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Redbourn live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Redbourn
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Redbourn at a rate of 68.1 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 | 124 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 116 |
| Other crime | 69 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 33 |
| Vehicle crime | 31 |
| Drug offences | 21 |
| Shoplifting | 13 |
| Burglary | 12 |
| Robbery | 2 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Redbourn compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Redbourn safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Redbourn at a rate of 68.1 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, 34 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Redbourn.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (124), anti-social behaviour (116) and other crime (69).
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 Redbourn alone. See St Albans
Redbourn in brief
The median price paid for a home in Redbourn was £625,000 in 2025.
Redbourn had 6,403 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Redbourn live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Redbourn, 88.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.