Cottonmill & Sopwell
St Albans · East of England · population 7,721 · 5 LSOAs
Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.
- #2,521 of 6,856 in England
- #342 of 746 in East of England
- #20 of 20 in St Albans
- Less deprived (top 40%)
People living here Census 2021
Age
Tenure
Households
Work (top occupations)
Professional 29% · Managers & directors 17% · Associate professional 15%
All occupation groups
| Professional | 29% |
| Managers & directors | 17% |
| Associate professional | 15% |
| Elementary | 8% |
| Caring & leisure | 7% |
| Administrative | 7% |
| Skilled trades | 7% |
| Sales & customer service | 6% |
| Process & plant | 4% |
Ethnic group
Religion & identity
Christian 40% · No religion 36% · Muslim 13%
Born outside the UK: 22%
Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.
In summary
Cottonmill & Sopwell is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,521 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #20 of 20 in St Albans. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (97) but weak on Income (38). Typical homes here sold for about £542,500 over the past year, down 6% across five years (from 100 sales), 12% below the wider St Albans median of £620,000. Typical household take-home income is around £50,863 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 87 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.
Themed scores ?
Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.
House prices ?
| Type | Median (12m) | Sales | 1yr | 5yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All homes | £542,500 | 100 | -1.4% | -5.7% |
| Detached | Too few sales to report (n=4) | |||
| Semi-detached | £580,000 | 19 | -5.3% | -14.1% |
| Terraced | £595,750 | 46 | -20.6% | +17.2% |
| Flat | £350,000 | 31 | +16.7% | +22.4% |
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Household income
Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →
Affordability-adjusted Score ?
- #5,346 best value of 6,851 priced areas in England
- Combines this area's Area Score with how affordable its homes are nationally (geometric mean). Higher = a less-deprived area for less money.
Recorded crime ?
Rank #4,405 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).
| Category (12 months) | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 198 |
| Theft | 233 |
| Burglary | 44 |
| Vehicle crime | 72 |
| Criminal damage & arson | 55 |
| Public order & weapons | 29 |
| Drugs | 14 |
| Robbery | 11 |
| Other | 15 |
Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 212 incidents.
Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →
Official sources
Nearby areas
The closest neighbourhoods on the map, whichever authority they fall in.
Other areas in St Albans
- Harpenden Common100
- Bernards Heath100
- Harpenden North100
- Harpenden Town100
- Verulam Park99
- Longacres99
- Marshalswick96
- Harpenden East95
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Neighbourhoods with the closest Area Score elsewhere in the country, for comparison.
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