Sopwell
WardSouth St Albans. About 7,838 people in 3.0 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Sopwell live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Sopwell compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Sopwell safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Sopwell at a rate of 115.7 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, 91 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Sopwell.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (236), violence and sexual offences (195) and other crime (163).
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 ward, so they describe all of St Albans and not Sopwell alone. See St Albans
Sopwell in brief
Sopwell had 7,713 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Sopwell live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Sopwell, 94.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Sopwell, 4.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.