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London Colney

Town

Town in St Albans, East of England.

London Colney is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for London Colney add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

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Radon Affected Area by town

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in London Colney live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£445,000
Joint 127th most expensive of 1,092
Worked out by Open Index
Population
7,932
Joint 51st least populated of 1,209
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
97.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How London Colney compares

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

London ColneyMiddle
Median sale price130 towns, East of England · 2025
Median sale price: every town in East of England130 areas from £146,000 to £1,082,500. The middle area is £346,125. London Colney is £445,000.
£445,00023rd most expensive
Population130 towns, East of England · 2021
Population: every town in East of England130 areas from 7,522 to 233,524. The middle area is 19,408. London Colney is 7,932.
7,9329th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares130 towns, East of England · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every town in East of England130 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. London Colney is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage130 towns, East of England · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every town in East of England130 areas from 45.6% to 98.3%. The middle area is 92.4%. London Colney is 97.1%.
97.1%joint 11th highest

Is London Colney safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in London Colney at a rate of 151.9 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 80.2 per 1,000 people across East of England.

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

In August 2026 alone, 133 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in London Colney.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were other crime (458), violence and sexual offences (289) and shoplifting (198).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in London Colney was 122.4 per 1,000 people.

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.

Deprivation in London Colney, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so London Colney has no single figure. Of its 5 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in London Colney

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
St Albans 018A1,552485.8 per 1,000797.2%
St Albans 018B1,79190.0 per 1,000499.3%
St Albans 018C1,66498.4 per 1,000893.3%
St Albans 018E1,58072.0 per 1,000798.2%
St Albans 018F1,52736.9 per 1,0007100.0%

Your MP

As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

Council1

Postcode districts covering London Colney1

Middle areas in London Colney1

Towns near London Colney6

London Colney in brief

London Colney is a town in St Albans, East of England.

About 8,195 people lived in London Colney in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £445,000 in 2025 across 123 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 151.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in London Colney was £445,000 in 2025.

London Colney had 7,932 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in London Colney live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In London Colney, 97.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.