St Albans: local statistics
St Albans is a district council area in the East of England, home to an estimated 150,757 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over St Albans, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
HM Land Registry puts the average price of a home in St Albans at £646,781 for July 2026, up 2.3% on July 2025. It ranks as the highest in the East of England (regional average £337,518). This July figure is the highest in the series, 18% up on July 2016. The average price is 11.3 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in St Albans. That ratio is the 4th highest ratio of 45 in the East of England.
Median weekly pay for full-time employees who live in St Albans was £1,134.60 in April 2025, or £57,396 over a year. It is the highest of all 45 council areas in the East of England, and 41.0% more than across the East of England. For full-time jobs located in St Albans the median is £815.90 a week (−£318.70 on the residents' figure). In 2015 the residents' median was £700.50, so it has risen 62% before inflation.
150,757 people lived in St Albans in mid-2025, according to the ONS, a change of +0.0% in a year. The ten-year change since mid-2015 is +2.6%, against +8.5% for the East of England as a whole. That is 41st of 45 in the East of England, counting from the fastest growth. The mid-2025 estimate is the highest in the series.
A girl born in St Albans in 2022 to 2024 could expect to live 85.2 years and a boy 82.3 years, on the ONS's period measure (England: 83.3 and 79.5). Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by +0.2 years for women and -0.2 for men. It is the 8th highest for women of 45 in the East of England.
The claimant count for St Albans stood at 2,235 in August 2026, or 2.4% of residents aged 16 to 64, compared with 3.3% in the East of England. That compares with 2.3% a year before. Since August 2021 the rate has ranged between 1.9% (June 2023) and 3.0% (August 2021).
The ONS counted 9,205 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses in St Albans in March 2026, 4% fewer than in 2016. There are 61 per 1,000 residents, the 6th highest of all 45 council areas in the East of England.
A Band D home in St Albans pays an average of £2,419.22 in council tax in 2026-27, up £113.27 on 2025-26. It is close to the middle of all 45 council areas in the East of England (21st highest). Ten years earlier, in 2016-17, it was £1,541.65.
The police recorded 64.3 crimes per 1,000 residents in St Albans in the year to March 2026 (9,700 offences in all), close to the middle of all 42 council areas in the East of England (22nd highest rate). The rate was 61.5 in the year to March 2025. In the year to March 2016 it was 45.7 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
An estimated 77.9% of people aged 16 to 64 living in St Albans were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey (give or take 5.6 points), against 78.3% across the East of England. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 71.9% to 87.1%.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 146,894 |
| 2016 | 147,823 |
| 2017 | 147,596 |
| 2018 | 147,552 |
| 2019 | 148,058 |
| 2020 | 148,555 |
| 2021 | 148,624 |
| 2022 | 148,652 |
| 2023 | 149,694 |
| 2024 | 150,722 |
| 2025 | 150,757 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £549,006 |
| July 2017 | £555,920 |
| July 2018 | £557,628 |
| July 2019 | £539,795 |
| July 2020 | £541,614 |
| July 2021 | £580,438 |
| July 2022 | £616,177 |
| July 2023 | £606,214 |
| July 2024 | £609,258 |
| July 2025 | £632,028 |
| July 2026 | £646,781 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £700.50 a week |
| 2016 | £767.30 a week |
| 2017 | £761.90 a week |
| 2018 | £811.60 a week |
| 2019 | £766.60 a week |
| 2020 | £840.80 a week |
| 2021 | £862.40 a week |
| 2022 | £852.00 a week |
| 2023 | £900.10 a week |
| 2024 | £1,034.20 a week |
| 2025 | £1,134.60 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,541.65 |
| 2017-18 | £1,609.85 |
| 2018-19 | £1,700.26 |
| 2019-20 | £1,768.65 |
| 2020-21 | £1,839.97 |
| 2021-22 | £1,918.32 |
| 2022-23 | £1,994.06 |
| 2023-24 | £2,093.99 |
| 2024-25 | £2,198.55 |
| 2025-26 | £2,305.95 |
| 2026-27 | £2,419.22 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 45.7 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 56.2 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 65.8 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 64.7 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 60.7 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 52.6 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 54.9 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 57.7 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 54.2 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 61.5 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 64.3 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 79.6% |
| 2016/17 | 71.9% |
| 2017/18 | 78.0% |
| 2018/19 | 76.6% |
| 2019/20 | 76.3% |
| 2020/21 | 81.7% |
| 2021/22 | 81.4% |
| 2022/23 | 87.1% |
| 2023/24 | 84.1% |
| 2024/25 | 82.2% |
| 2025/26 | 77.9% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 85.0 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 84.5 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 84.8 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 84.7 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 85.2 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 85.4 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 85.3 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 85.3 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 85.2 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 85.3 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 85.2 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 9,595 |
| 2017 | 10,355 |
| 2018 | 9,895 |
| 2019 | 10,010 |
| 2020 | 10,315 |
| 2021 | 9,880 |
| 2022 | 9,660 |
| 2023 | 9,325 |
| 2024 | 9,230 |
| 2025 | 9,145 |
| 2026 | 9,205 |
Questions about St Albans
What is the average house price in St Albans?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £646,781.
What is the average salary in St Albans?
Median pay for full-time employees living in St Albans was £1,134.60 a week in April 2025 (£57,396 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
What is the population of St Albans?
150,757 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
What is life expectancy in St Albans?
85.2 years for women and 82.3 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in St Albans?
The ONS claimant count was 2,235 in August 2026, 2.4% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
How much is Band D council tax in St Albans?
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,419.22 for 2026-27.
What is the crime rate in St Albans?
64.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to March 2026, excluding fraud (Home Office).
Who has power over St Albans
Every body that makes decisions for St Albans, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- St Albans council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- St Albans in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted: Victoria Collins (Liberal Democrat) MP
- St Albans: Daisy Cooper (Liberal Democrat) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the East of England
- UK figures: UK average house price · UK average weekly earnings growth · UK population
- Other council areas in the East of England: Breckland · Cambridge · East Hertfordshire · King's Lynn and West Norfolk · Norwich · South Norfolk
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