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Betjeman Close

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23 recorded sales · median £218,500 · St Albans

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St Albans Council · Liberal Democrat-controlled 44/56 seats · 79% · OCD 2026

Overview Valuation Safety Who lives here Schools Health Getting around Environment Amenities & economy

78/100

Good

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£219k

median price

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£219k

median sold price

15 yrs

of local pay to buy

29 min

London — fastest

rail stations

grammar school

schools total

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

316

Violence — most

10.8

NO₂ · WHO 10

1.4%

in a flood zone

167

green spaces

7.4

PM2.5 · WHO 5

348

eat & drink

shops

86.1%

gigabit

gyms & leisure

Tiles show street’s own prices; crime, schools, transport, health & amenities are shown for the wider area — each tab labels its source.

Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities

Sold price trend

£94,950 in 1995 → £334,700 in 2008

⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider St Albans, clearly labelled.

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All figures, sources and dates

Prices2026-07-21

Affordability2025

Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2025 (control)

Crime2026-06

Deprivation2025

Census2021

Schools2026

Health2026/2025

Transport2026

Broadband2024-07

Environment2023–24

Ground checks2022–25

Heritage & planning2026

Amenities2026

Companies2026-07-01

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What does it cost? This street

A typical home here sells for £218,500. That's about 15× local earnings — around the 16.9× five-year average.

Sold price history

2008 · 2 sales

Median sold price · median of all 23 sales£218,500

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay15× · five-year average 16.9×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Home ownership71%

Owned outright

35%

With a mortgage

36%

Private rented

16%

Social rented

12%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,334

Your band:

St Albans City and District Council£195

Hertfordshire County Council (incl. adult social care)£1,858

Police & Crime Commissioner£280

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£1,556

Band B£1,815

Band C£2,074

Band D (baseline)£2,334

Band E£2,852

Band F£3,371

Band G£3,889

Band H£4,667

Full-year charge for every band, derived from Band D at the statutory ratios (A = 6/9 of Band D … H = 18/9). MHCLG 2026/27.

Pick your band — the breakdown recalculates · MHCLG 2026/27 · hand-curated each April

Neighbourhood prices in St Albans how Betjeman Close compares · from St Albans

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: King Harry Park +37.9%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
King Harry Park	£824,000	+37.9%	114
Batford	£600,000	+35.8%	190
Cotlandswick	£445,000	+27.1%	52
Bernards Heath	£642,500	+24.8%	140
Townsend	£707,500	+21.7%	96
The Camp	£600,000	+19.2%	78
Wood End	£995,000	+18%	62
Chiswell Green	£637,000	+17.5%	66
Marshalswick	£535,000	+10.6%	274
London Colney	£380,000	+8.1%	150
Southdown	£727,500	+7.8%	144
Milehouse	£460,000	+7%	82
Roundwood	£950,000	+6.5%	134
St Albans	£460,000	+5.9%	438
Harpenden	£698,624	+5.2%	196
Wheathampstead	£483,250	+5%	68
Redbourn	£500,000	+4.6%	82
Fleetville	£575,000	+2.6%	284
Cottonmill	£535,000	+2.5%	94
How Wood	£640,000	-1.8%	46
St Stephens	£625,000	-23.8%	50

Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months

Homes in Betjeman Close — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
4 Betjeman Close Cowper Road	Terraced	—	—	£451,500	Apr 2026
2, Betjeman Close Cowper Road	Terraced	—	—	£570,000	Oct 2024
6, Betjeman Close Cowper Road	Semi-detached	—	—	£630,000	Aug 2021
2, Betjeman Close Cowper Road	Terraced	—	—	£470,000	Oct 2019
7, Betjeman Close Cowper Road	Terraced	—	—	£442,000	May 2015
2, Betjeman Close Cowper Road	Terraced	—	—	£390,000	Oct 2014
6, Betjeman Close Cowper Road	Semi-detached	—	—	£401,950	Feb 2010
10, Betjeman Close Cowper Road	Semi-detached	—	—	£218,750	Mar 2009
6, Betjeman Close Cowper Road	Semi-detached	—	—	£369,950	Aug 2008
2, Betjeman Close Cowper Road	Semi-detached	—	—	£299,450	Aug 2008
3, Betjeman Close Cowper Road	Terraced	—	—	£325,000	May 2007
3, Betjeman Close Cowper Road	Terraced	—	—	£185,000	May 2001
1 BETJEMAN CLOSE	Semi-detached	—	—	£218,500	Jan 2001
9, Betjeman Close Cowper Road	Terraced	—	—	£162,000	Sep 1999
1 BETJEMAN CLOSE	Semi-detached	—	—	£55,000	Dec 1998
8, Betjeman Close Cowper Road	Terraced	—	—	£133,500	Jan 1998
1 BETJEMAN CLOSE	Semi-detached	—	—	£144,950	Oct 1997
6, Betjeman Close Cowper Road	Semi-detached	—	—	£109,950	Jun 1996
8, Betjeman Close Cowper Road	Terraced	—	—	£92,000	Feb 1996
6, Betjeman Close Cowper Road	Semi-detached	—	—	£105,950	Oct 1995
6, Betjeman Close Cowper Road	Semi-detached	—	—	£99,950	Apr 1995
9, Betjeman Close Cowper Road	Terraced	—	—	£89,950	Mar 1995
3, Betjeman Close Cowper Road	Terraced	—	—	£85,000	Jan 1995

Show all sales ↓

23 recent sales — showing 10 · Search & browse every home →

Type a street, address or postcode to narrow this list; clear to see the latest sales. Click any home → its full report (sale history, EPC, estimate). Beds inferred from floor area · HM Land Registry + EPC

How safe is it? from St Albans

Crime runs at 7 per 1,000 residents a month. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.

Crime rate

Per 1,000 / month7

Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months from St Albans

Violence & sexual offences

316

Anti-social behaviour

226

Other theft

114

Shoplifting

102

Public order

Criminal damage & arson

Recorded crimes by category across the whole St Albans district, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office

Where crime clusters

police.uk publishes anonymised "on or near" points, not named hotspots. The map above shows where they cluster, with the crime layer on.

Clusters of anonymised on-or-near markers, not addresses · police.uk

Who lives here? from St Albans

Population148,167

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood

Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 9/10 · little changed since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 85% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.

Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains

DEPRIVATION

IMD decile 9/10

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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 9/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — less deprived than most (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 85% of neighbourhoods in England are more deprived than this area. The scale runs 1 (most deprived 10%) to 10 (least deprived).

SINCE 2019Was IMD decile 9 in 2019 — little changed since.

The seven things the index measures, each on the same 1–10 scale (higher = better). A low bar shows where the deprivation actually is.

Income

7.9/10

Employment

8.3/10

Education & skills

8.8/10

Health & disability

8.9/10

Crime

7.5/10

Housing & services

8.3/10

Living environment

5.8/10

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025

Figures for the wider St Albans — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Employment rate · residents aged 16+63%

Unemployment · economically active residents3.9%

Degree-level (Level 4+)53%

Good or very good health88%

Own their home71%

Median age41.7

Born outside the UK17%

See the full St Albans report →

ONS Census 2021 · wider district

Schools This street

100% of the 5 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

5 of 5 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 5 nearest inspected schools

GIAS + Ofsted · post-Sept-2024 inspections show "Inspected — see report"

Catchments

Likely-nearest catchment line per school where councils publish polygons; estimated by distance otherwise — always labelled which.

Council catchment polygons + GIAS

Nearest schools 25 nearest schools

AllPrimarySecondaryGrammarNursery

School	Phase	Ofsted	Distance
Crabtree Infants' School	Primary	Outstanding ('24)	0.4 km
Crabtree Junior School	Primary	Outstanding ('23)	0.4 km
Harpenden Academy	Primary	—	0.4 km
Bright Horizons Harpenden Central Day Nursery and Preschool	Nursery	Outstanding ('22)	0.4 km
United Reformed Church Pre-School and Nursery	Nursery	Outstanding ('22)	0.5 km
St Dominic Catholic Primary School	Primary	Outstanding ('23)	0.6 km
Friends Together	Nursery	Outstanding ('24)	0.6 km
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Harpenden Leyton Road	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.7 km
Playschool Nursery Harpenden	Nursery	Good ('22)	0.7 km
Sir John Lawes School	Secondary	Outstanding ('23)	0.7 km
St Nicholas CofE VA Primary School	Primary	—	0.8 km
High Beeches Primary School	Primary	—	0.8 km
St George's School	Secondary	Inspected '25 — see report	0.8 km
Activate Camps@St George's School	Nursery	—	0.8 km
Manland Primary School	Primary	—	0.8 km
Fingertips Woodland Nursery	Nursery	Outstanding ('22)	0.9 km
Artisans Kindergarten	Nursery	Outstanding ('20)	0.9 km
Fingertips Creative Arts Pre-School	Nursery	Outstanding ('22)	1.0 km
Harpenden Day Nursery and Pre School	Nursery	—	1.0 km
The Grove Junior School	Primary	—	1.1 km
The Grove Infant and Nursery School	Primary	Outstanding ('23)	1.1 km
Fusion Pre School Southdown	Nursery	—	1.1 km
Fusion Pre-School Southdown	Nursery	Outstanding ('24)	1.2 km
Cosmos Nursery and Kindergarten	Nursery	—	1.2 km
St Hilda's School	Primary	—	1.2 km

Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted

Health This street

nearest GP surgeries · nearest 0.5 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 0.5 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.5 km
NHS ODS

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Elms Medical Practice	GP	Good ('18)	0.5 km
Topkins Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.5 km
Vaughan Dental Practice	Dentist	—	0.5 km
Davenport House Surgery	GP	—	0.5 km
Davenport House Dental Practice	Dentist	—	0.5 km
Special Care Dental	Dentist	—	0.5 km
Manor Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.5 km
Dental Surgeon	Dentist	—	0.6 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	0.6 km
Springfield Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.6 km
Bowers Way Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	0.6 km
Leyton Road (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	0.6 km
Harpenden Smiles Dental Studio	Dentist	—	0.7 km
Village Surgery	GP	Good ('16)	0.7 km
Harpenden Orthodontics Llp	Dentist	—	0.8 km
Manor Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.0 km
Colosseum Dental (Southdown)	Dentist	—	1.1 km
Wayside Dental Practic	Dentist	—	1.2 km
Harpenden Dental Centre	Dentist	—	1.7 km
Pure Dentistry Limited	Dentist	—	3.0 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.7 km
Manor Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.7 km
Redbourn Dental Practice	Dentist	—	3.8 km
Crown Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.8 km
Marford Road Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.9 km
High Oaks Dental Practice	Dentist	—	5.1 km
Meera Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.7 km
Jersey Farm Dental Practice	Dentist	—	6.2 km
Jersey Farm Chemist	Pharmacy	—	6.2 km
Quadrant Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	6.4 km
Happy Family Dental	Dentist	—	6.5 km

Nearest first · type to search, or filter by type · click a provider → its full page · NHS ODS + CQC · — = not CQC-rated (e.g. pharmacies)

Getting around from St Albans

5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 29 min from St Albans City Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
Harpenden Rail Station	0.2 mi	London Blackfriars	35 min
St Albans City Rail Station	4.6 mi	London Blackfriars	29 min
St Albans Abbey Rail Station	4.9 mi	—	no direct train
Welwyn Garden City Rail Station	6.2 mi	London Blackfriars	45 min
Park Street Rail Station	6.3 mi	—	no direct train

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from St Albans City Rail Station (29 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail

Travel to work

Work from home

53%

Drive

34%

Walk or cycle

Public transport

Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging10 points

Per 10,000 residents0.7

National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion

Environment from St Albans

Air quality

NO₂

10.8

— WHO guide

PM2.5

7.4

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1003.1%

Flood zone1.4% of postcodes

RadonAffected Area (up to 5–10%)

Historic landfill137 sites within ~1 km

EA · UKHSA/BGS · Mining Remediation Authority — indicative, not a property search

Transport noise (Defra)

Road & rail noise bands (≥55 / ≥65 dB Lden) are being added — not yet available for this area. They cover major sources only; "not mapped" ≠ "quiet".

Defra strategic noise mapping

Heritage & green space

Listed buildings835

Conservation areas45

Green belt81.5%

Green spaces167

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from St Albans

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	348	92% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	76	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	29	—
Green spaces & parks	167	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

86.1%

Superfast

96.1%

Ultrafast

87.8%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from St Albans

Figures for the wider St Albans — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Unemployment rate3.9%

In work (employment rate)62.8%

Companies registered here14,820

New incorporations (12m)1,472

Property companies (SPVs)1,626

See the full St Albans report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district