Verulam Park

St Albans · East of England · population 7,298 · 4 LSOAs

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

99Area Score / 100 ?
  • #73 of 6,856 in England
  • #12 of 746 in East of England
  • #5 of 20 in St Albans
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,298
Median age (est.)46
Density2,014per km²
No qualifications7%
Degree or above63%
No car or van11%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 8%25–44 22%45–64 28%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 46%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 3%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 46%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 3%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 32%Lone parent: 6%Other: 18%
One person 26%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 32%Lone parent 6%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 35% · Managers & directors 26% · Associate professional 16%

All occupation groups
Professional35%
Managers & directors26%
Associate professional16%
Administrative8%
Caring & leisure4%
Sales & customer service4%
Skilled trades3%
Elementary3%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 88%Asian: 5%Black: 1%Mixed: 4%Other: 1%
White 88%Asian 5%Black 1%Mixed 4%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 53% · No religion 35% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 16%

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

Verulam Park is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England — #73 of 6,856 nationally, among the most-advantaged neighbourhoods on the index, and #5 of 20 in St Albans. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (99) but weak on Living environment (42). Typical homes here sold for about £743,000 over the past year, up 22% across five years (from 105 sales), 20% above 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 #6,243 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £61,541 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 62 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 99 · #80
Employment 98 · #108
Education 99 · #39
Health 98 · #108
Crime 84 · #1,067
Housing & access 98 · #108
Living environment 42 · #3,947

House prices ?

£743,000median (12m) · -2.6% yr · n=105
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£743,000105-2.6%+22.3%
Detached£955,00038+3.2%+23.2%
Semi-detached£868,00013-14.3%+12.7%
Terraced£700,00035+12.0%+33.0%
Flat£425,00019-4.8%+10.4%
This area£743,000
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)£61,541±£9,200 · #134 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£49,484
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 ?

9Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

62 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 452 offences
St Albans66
East of England70
England83

Rank #2,993 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences155
Theft95
Burglary44
Vehicle crime50
Criminal damage & arson39
Public order & weapons38
Drugs20
Robbery3
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 144 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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