St Albans
Typical price
£617,250
+6% on 5 years ago
Sales in the last year
1,744
September 2025 to August 2026 · prices +27% on 10 years ago
Sales take a few months to be recorded, so the latest months are still coming in and this figure will rise.
People
148,167
At the 2021 census
New-build homes sold
112
In 2025, 5% of the homes sold
Find a street in St Albans
Type a street and tap it to see its sales.
No street by that name has had a sale here in the last few years.
Prices over time
The typical sale each year in St Albans.
By type of home
The typical price of each, over the last year.
The towns in St Albans
Each town and neighbourhood with its typical price over the last two years, lowest typical price first.
No town or area by that name in St Albans.
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And 20 more. Type a name above to find one.
Rising fastest
How much the typical price has changed in five years.
Streets
Streets of houses across the whole of St Albans, from the last five years' sales.
The market
How many homes sold in St Albans each year, and how many were new-build homes sold.
Homes sold in 2025
2,323
10% more than 2024. 2% below the ten-year average.
New-build homes sold in 2025
112
5% of the homes sold.
Whole years only: 2025 is the last full year, and nearly every sale in it has now been recorded. This year will show once it is over.
New-build homes sold counts only new homes sold to a buyer. Homes built for the council or a housing association, blocks built to rent out, and most shared ownership homes are not sold this way, so more homes are built each year than this shows.
All homes sold New-build homes sold
Living in St Albans
The best-known places, getting around and the council.
Things to do
Photo: Diliff · CC BY-SA 3.0
CathedralSt Albans Cathedral
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Historic houseChildwickbury Manor
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Historic houseOld Gorhambury House
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AttractionGorhambury Drive
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AbbeyAbbey Gateway
Photo: Dave Skinner · CC BY-SA 2.0
MuseumVerulamium Museum
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Nature reserveHeartwood Forest
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Photo: Stephen Craven · CC BY-SA
MuseumThe Hypocaust
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Getting around
The council
Who lives here
The people and homes of St Albans, at the last census in 2021.
The people
148,167 people
Ages
Aged 16 and over
The homes
58,990 households
How they are held
2.5 people in a typical home. 26% live alone.
13% of households have no car.
Typical pay
£57,396 a year
Before tax, for someone living here working full time.
Full-fibre broadband
92% of homes
can get gigabit broadband.
Crime
81 a year for every 1,000 people
Down 1% on the year before, the twelve months September 2025 to August 2026.
Schools
Rated Outstanding or Good at their latest one-word Ofsted grade, given in the last five years. Ofsted stopped giving one-word grades in September 2024.
Primary
Secondary
Council tax
What each band costs in St Albans, 2026 to 2027.