St Albans

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• Today: 10° / 8° · 24% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:02Sunset 16:27

9h 24m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Brent - Ikea, United Kingdom

• 7.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.6% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

247 reported · August 2026▼ 21% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences66
• Anti-social behaviour65
• Shoplifting36
• Other theft25

22 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

230 reported road collisions (2025)

47 killed or seriously injured · 326 casualties · 15.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

481 food businesses within 2 miles

• 396 rated 4–5 ★ (316 top)
• 8 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: St Albans City (1.5 km)
• 37 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£655,974 average▲ 3.2% YoY

Across St Albans · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,931 average monthly rent▲ 2.9% YoY

• 1 bed £1,271
• 2 bed £1,633
• 3 bed £2,019

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

15.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 15.0 times median annual pay (13.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,801 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 153.9p · Esso (11.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (11.6 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

60 charging locations within ~8 km

• 16 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Hall Place Gardens (0.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Gyms3
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches45
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds18

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

148,165 residents in St Albans · 919/km²

• Under 16: 22%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,315
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK10,391
• Net moves−76

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 288 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,419 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (26% of 63,450)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

80 schools · 34,051 pupils

50 primary · 12 secondary · 18 other

Ofsted: 29 of 29 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

70 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · St Albans

1,176 CQC-registered services

• Care homes257
• GP practices171
• Dentists296
• Homecare agencies330
• Hospitals & hospices34

CQC ratings: 86% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 7 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Hertfordshire

• Not in the Green Belt
• 207 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

299 applications decided

84.3% granted · 252 granted, 47 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Daisy Cooper

Liberal Democrat

St Albans

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Lab 2
• Con 5
• LD 43
• Grn 3
• Oth 3

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools23
• GPs & clinics5
• Pharmacies7
• Parks & greens50
• Restaurants & cafés120

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,205 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1,006 jobs advertised · £41,495 avg

e.g. Delivery Driver - Luton, Ward Manager, Traffic Management Operative - Night Shift

Source: Adzuna

£1,135 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£40,492 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 66,877 certificates

7.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

78% low-carbon electricity

Wind 46% · Gas 21% · Nuclear 20% · Biomass 11%

96 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 82.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Hertfordshire): 65.5 women · 65.4 men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction8.0
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

7 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in AL3

• Lodge,Highfield & Redbourn
• Grange Street Surgery
• Harvey Group Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in St Albans:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks390 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND269 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills187 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after154 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth140 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

• Bernards Heath · 0.3 km

  Bernards Heath is a heathland in St Albans, Hertfordshire, the site of the Second Battle of St Albans in 1461 during the Wars of the Roses.

• Beech Bottom Dyke · 0.7 km

  Beech Bottom Dyke, is a large ditch running for almost a mile at the northern edge of St Albans, Hertfordshire, flanked by banks on both sides. It is up to 30 m (98 ft) wide, and 10 m (33 ft) deep.

• St Albans High School for Girls · 0.7 km

  St Albans High School for Girls is a selective, private day school for girls aged 4 – 18 years located in St Albans and Wheathampstead. There are approximately 328 pupils in the preparatory school with 900 in the seni…

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  St Albans Girls' School · 0.7 km

  St Albans Girls' School, usually referred to as STAGS, is a girls' secondary school in St Albans, Hertfordshire. It was formerly known as "St Albans Girls' Grammar School."

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  St Albans St Peter · 0.9 km

  St Albans St Peter was an ancient parish in Hertfordshire, England that was abolished for civil purposes in 1894. It was also known as St Peter. The parish church was St Peter's Church in St Albans.

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  St Albans City Hospital · 0.9 km

  St Albans City Hospital is an acute District General Hospital in St Albans, Hertfordshire operated by the West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)