Redbourn

St Albans · East of England · population 6,284 · 4 LSOAs

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

75Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,719 of 6,856 in England
  • #228 of 746 in East of England
  • #14 of 20 in St Albans
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,407
Median age (est.)46
Density129per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above47%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 9%25–44 21%45–64 28%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 41%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 14%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 41%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 14%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 32%Lone parent: 9%Other: 19%
One person 25%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 32%Lone parent 9%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 27% · Managers & directors 23% · Associate professional 16%

All occupation groups
Professional27%
Managers & directors23%
Associate professional16%
Administrative9%
Skilled trades7%
Caring & leisure6%
Elementary5%
Sales & customer service4%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 93%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 56% · No religion 36% · Hindu 1%

Born outside the UK: 9%

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

Redbourn is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,719 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #14 of 20 in St Albans. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (93) but weak on Living environment (38). Typical homes here sold for about £625,000 over the past year, up 11% across five years (from 85 sales), in line with the wider St Albans median of £620,000. It pairs low deprivation with well-above-average prices, so on our affordability-adjusted measure it lands at #5,867 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £54,038 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 52 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 74 · #1,787
Employment 78 · #1,486
Education 75 · #1,691
Health 93 · #471
Crime 64 · #2,432
Housing & access 39 · #4,173
Living environment 38 · #4,282

House prices ?

£625,000median (12m) · +12.1% yr · n=85
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£625,00085+12.1%+11.1%
Detached£908,50024+0.9%+28.0%
Semi-detached£674,75028+20.5%+21.6%
Terraced£450,000210.0%+5.9%
Flat£270,00012-8.5%+13.7%
This area£625,000
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)£54,038±£7,684 · #553 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£43,452
Price-to-income ?11.6×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 ?

14Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

52 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 325 offences
St Albans66
East of England70
England83

Rank #2,243 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences134
Theft45
Burglary14
Vehicle crime31
Criminal damage & arson39
Public order & weapons25
Drugs20
Robbery5
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 132 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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