St Albans Central
St Albans · East of England · population 9,009 · 5 LSOAs
Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.
- #1,314 of 6,856 in England
- #175 of 746 in East of England
- #13 of 20 in St Albans
- Least deprived 10-20%
People living here Census 2021
Age
Tenure
Households
Work (top occupations)
Professional 36% · Managers & directors 20% · Associate professional 18%
All occupation groups
| Professional | 36% |
| Managers & directors | 20% |
| Associate professional | 18% |
| Administrative | 7% |
| Elementary | 4% |
| Skilled trades | 4% |
| Caring & leisure | 4% |
| Sales & customer service | 4% |
| Process & plant | 2% |
Ethnic group
Religion & identity
No religion 44% · Christian 41% · Muslim 4%
Born outside the UK: 27%
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
St Albans Central is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,314 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #13 of 20 in St Albans. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (100) but weak on Living environment (17). Typical homes here sold for about £463,000 over the past year, down 6% across five years (from 193 sales), 25% below the wider St Albans median of £620,000. Typical household take-home income is around £53,160 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 161 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above 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 | £463,000 | 193 | -9.7% | -6.0% |
| Detached | £1,500,000 | 5 | +60.9% | +64.8% |
| Semi-detached | £1,045,000 | 25 | +29.0% | +27.8% |
| Terraced | £700,000 | 61 | +7.7% | +22.4% |
| Flat | £348,750 | 102 | -5.7% | +0.5% |
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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 ?
- #3,924 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 #5,986 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).
| Category (12 months) | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 459 |
| Theft | 499 |
| Burglary | 61 |
| Vehicle crime | 82 |
| Criminal damage & arson | 112 |
| Public order & weapons | 95 |
| Drugs | 85 |
| Robbery | 13 |
| Other | 42 |
Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 314 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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- Ashover & New TuptonNorth East Derbyshire81£280,000
- Guisborough WestRedcar and Cleveland81£233,500
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