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60 recorded sales · median £375,000 · St Albans
St Albans Council · Liberal Democrat-controlled 44/56 seats · 79% · OCD 2026
78/100
Good
AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating
£375k
median price
7
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
£375k
median sold price
15 yrs
of local pay to buy
29 min
London — fastest
6
rail stations
1
grammar school
79
schools total
7
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
76
shops
86.1%
gigabit
29
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
£299,000 in 2005 → £613,563 in 2021
⌄ 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 £375,000. That's about 15× local earnings — around the 16.9× five-year average.
Sold price history
2021 · 4 sales
Median sold price · median of all 60 sales£375,000
Full history since 1995
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%
Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021
Council tax£2,334
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 Driftwood Avenue 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 |
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 Driftwood Avenue — sold prices
Filters
| Address | Type | Beds | EPC | Price | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 Driftwood Avenue | Semi-detached | — | — | £680,000 | Mar 2025 |
| 31 Driftwood Avenue | Semi-detached | — | — | £640,000 | Aug 2024 |
| 22, Driftwood Avenue | Semi-detached | — | — | £500,000 | Jul 2024 |
| 40, Driftwood Avenue | Semi-detached | — | — | £795,000 | Feb 2022 |
| 4 DRIFTWOOD AVENUE | Semi-detached | — | — | £765,000 | Jun 2021 |
| 42 DRIFTWOOD AVENUE CHISWELL GREEN ST ALBANS | Detached | — | — | £580,000 | May 2021 |
| 28, Driftwood Avenue | Terraced | — | — | £525,000 | Feb 2021 |
| 11a, Driftwood Avenue | Semi-detached | — | — | £647,125 | Jan 2021 |
| 44 Driftwood Avenue | Semi-detached | — | — | £590,000 | Dec 2020 |
| 31 Driftwood Avenue | Semi-detached | — | — | £560,000 | Sep 2020 |
24 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
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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killigrew Primary and Nursery School | Primary | — | 0.9 km |
| How Wood Primary and Nursery School | Primary | Good ('23) | 1.0 km |
| Park Street Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | Primary | Good ('21) | 1.2 km |
| Watling View School | Nursery | — | 1.7 km |
| The Marlborough Science Academy | Secondary | Good ('23) | 1.8 km |
| St Adrian Roman Catholic Primary School | Primary | — | 1.8 km |
| Ashbourne Day Nurseries at Bricket Wood | Nursery | Good ('25) | 2.0 km |
| Mandeville Primary School | Primary | — | 2.0 km |
| The Crescent Playgroup | Nursery | Good ('24) | 2.0 km |
| Canopy St. Albans | Nursery | Good ('25) | 2.0 km |
Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted
Health This street
14
nearest GP surgeries · nearest 1.1 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
25
nearest dentists · nearest 1.8 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
25
nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.7 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
12 of 12 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.
Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies
AllGPsDentistsPharmacies
| Name | Type | CQC rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiswell Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 0.7 km |
| How Wood Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 0.7 km |
| Midway Surgery | GP | Good ('18) | 1.1 km |
| 65 Oakwood Road (Dental Practice) | Dentist | — | 1.8 km |
| Bricket Wood Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 1.8 km |
| Family Dental Practice | Dentist | — | 1.9 km |
| Family Dental Practice | Dentist | — | 1.9 km |
| Verulam Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 2.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| How Wood (Herts) Rail Station | 0.7 mi | — | no direct train |
| Park Street Rail Station | 0.8 mi | — | no direct train |
| Bricket Wood Rail Station | 1.3 mi | — | no direct train |
| St Albans Abbey Rail Station | 1.6 mi | — | no direct train |
| St Albans City Rail Station | 2.3 mi | London Blackfriars | 29 min |
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
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
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
% 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