How Wood & Park Street

St Albans · East of England · population 6,491 · 4 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

72Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,911 of 6,856 in England
  • #251 of 746 in East of England
  • #16 of 20 in St Albans
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,432
Median age (est.)45
Density686per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above40%
No car or van11%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 23%45–64 28%65+ 22%

Tenure

Own outright: 41%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 41%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 13%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 31%Lone parent: 10%Other: 17%
One person 28%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 31%Lone parent 10%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Managers & directors 19% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Managers & directors19%
Associate professional15%
Administrative9%
Skilled trades9%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service7%
Elementary6%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 84%Asian: 7%Black: 3%Mixed: 4%Other: 2%
White 84%Asian 7%Black 3%Mixed 4%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 32% · Jewish 5%

Born outside the UK: 14%

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

How Wood & Park Street is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,911 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #16 of 20 in St Albans. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (79) and lowest on Housing & access (47). Typical homes here sold for about £570,000 over the past year, up 8% across five years (from 72 sales), 8% below the wider St Albans median of £620,000. Typical household take-home income is around £46,932 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 101 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 63 · #2,528
Employment 62 · #2,582
Education 74 · #1,774
Health 76 · #1,671
Crime 53 · #3,193
Housing & access 47 · #3,618
Living environment 79 · #1,458

House prices ?

£570,000median (12m) · +1.6% yr · n=72
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£570,00072+1.6%+8.0%
Detached£750,00027-5.1%+7.1%
Semi-detached£592,50014+11.8%+11.5%
Terraced£437,50022+2.3%-2.6%
Flat£285,0009-3.5%+32.4%
This area£570,000
St Albans£620,000
East of England£348,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£46,932±£6,617 · #1,648 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£43,543
Price-to-income ?12.1×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

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 ?

20Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

101 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 653 offences
St Albans66
East of England70
England83

Rank #4,962 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences362
Theft128
Burglary24
Vehicle crime39
Criminal damage & arson56
Public order & weapons26
Drugs10
Robbery3
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 81 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 →

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