St Albans Central
Middle areaSouth St Albans. 9,338 people in 1.3 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in St Albans Central live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in St Albans Central
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in St Albans Central at a rate of 179.4 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 | 439 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 349 |
| Other crime | 295 |
| Shoplifting | 264 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 90 |
| Drug offences | 81 |
| Vehicle crime | 75 |
| Burglary | 46 |
| Theft from the person | 27 |
| Robbery | 9 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How St Albans Central compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is St Albans Central safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in St Albans Central at a rate of 179.4 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, 145 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in St Albans Central.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (439), anti-social behaviour (349) and other crime (295).
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 St Albans Central alone. See St Albans
St Albans Central in brief
The median price paid for a home in St Albans Central was £450,000 in 2025.
St Albans Central had 9,051 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in St Albans Central live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In St Albans Central, 90.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.