Park Street and Frogmore

21°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 22° / 17° · 77% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 15° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:23

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

46US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Brent - Ikea, United Kingdom

58 reported · July 2026▼ 17% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences19
• Other theft13
• Anti-social behaviour12
• Burglary3

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: London Colney, St Stephens and St Albans East · Hertfordshire

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

200 reported road collisions (2024)

39 killed or seriously injured · 287 casualties · 13.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

199 food businesses within 2 miles

• 164 rated 4–5 ★ (137 top)
• 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Park Street (0.5 km)
• 22 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£651,448 average▲ 4.3% YoY

Across St Albans · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,931 average monthly rent▲ 3% YoY

• 1 bed £1,271
• 2 bed £1,632
• 3 bed £2,018

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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

• Cheapest petrol: 153.9p · Esso (7.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (5.8 km)

23 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

67 charging locations within ~8 km

• 17 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Boston Ltd (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools8
• Sports pitches17
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds7

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)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 306 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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

79 schools · 34,051 pupils

50 primary · 12 secondary · 17 other

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

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

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

1,172 CQC-registered services

• Care homes257
• GP practices170
• Dentists295
• Homecare agencies329
• Hospitals & hospices34

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

Source: Care Quality Commission · Hertfordshire

• In a conservation area (Park Street and Frogmore)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 26 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

333 applications decided

85.9% granted · 286 granted, 47 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

• Schools5
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens12
• Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,145 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

60% low-carbon electricity

Gas 37% · Nuclear 26% · Solar 18% · Wind 10%

153 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 82.4 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in St Albans:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s464 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership372 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership305 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test277 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office253 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Park Street, Hertfordshire · 0.1 km

  Park Street is a small village in Hertfordshire, England. It is on the southern outskirts of St Albans, around 2 miles (3.2 km) south of the city centre, and is separated from the rest of the city's contiguous built-u…

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  Park Street railway station (England) · 0.4 km

  Park Street railway station serves the village of Park Street, Hertfordshire, England. It is the penultimate station on the Abbey Line. The station and all trains serving it are operated by London Northwestern Railway.

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  How Wood railway station · 0.7 km

  How Wood railway station is in the village of How Wood, Hertfordshire, England. It is the fourth station on the Abbey Line, 4+1⁄2 miles (7.2 km) from Watford Junction. Like all the other stations on the branch, it is…

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  Frogmore, Hertfordshire · 0.8 km

  Frogmore is a village 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Radlett in Hertfordshire, and 2 miles (3.2 km) south of St Albans city centre. It is located in St Stephen civil parish, within the City and District of St Albans, and t…

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  How Wood · 0.9 km

  How Wood is a residential village, south of Park Street village between the centres of Watford and St Albans in St Stephen civil parish, Hertfordshire, England.

• Radlett strategic rail freight interchange · 1.0 km

  Radlett strategic rail freight interchange is future road/rail interchange north of the town of Radlett, in Hertfordshire, England. The site largely occupies land formerly used as Radlett Aerodrome, with the purchase…

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