Is London Colney in St Albans a nice place to live?
So you are thinking of moving to London Colney in St Albans? You've found some estate agents and they have told you what you wanted to hear. You've read some speil by a local councillor who says that London Colney is on the up and up? Now it's time for a bit of reality. Cold hard statistics culled from the Police, the Indices of Deprivation and the latest census. Is London Colney the land of milk and honey or a hell hole? Time to find out!
Nothing gives an accurate snapshop of an area quite like the Indices of Multiple Deprivation. These statistics are published every two years by the government and really give you an insight into what London Colney is really like. We use the traffic light system, so you can see at a glace how bad (or good) London Colney is. The decile scores we publish range from 1 to 10, where 1 is the worst and 10 the best. They represent the average of all the Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA) in London Colney.
| Deprivation Domain | |
|---|---|
| Income | 7 |
| Employment | 7 |
| Education, Skills & Training | 7 |
| Health & Disability | 10 |
| Crime | 5 |
| Outdoor Environment | 6 |
Crime in London Colney
If you are moving to London Colney you'll want to know if the area if a crime infested hell hole compared to the other wards in St Albans. We have you covered. No need to stake the place out at night to see if it turns into an anti-social nightmware at night!
We have taken the 'best fit' Policing area that includes London Colney and grabbed the crime incidents from data.police.uk The data is for incidents reported to the Police. In by far the majority of incidents, no further action is taken. The data is typically 3 months in arrears.
There were a total of 86 street level crime incidents in London Colney in February 2021. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour. Below are these incidents broken down by category.
Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in London Colney, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary| Crime Category | Incidents |
|---|---|
| Violent Crime | 20 |
| Anti Social Behaviour | 20 |
| Other Theft | 19 |
| Shoplifting | 11 |
| Criminal Damage Arson | 4 |
| Public Order | 4 |
| Burglary | 3 |
| Possession Of Weapons | 1 |
| Vehicle Crime | 1 |
| Robbery | 1 |
| Drugs | 1 |
| Bicycle Theft | 1 |
| All Crime | 86 |
That's all very well, but you want to know if those crime incidents are happening in the road you are thinking of moving to, right? Here they are plotted on a map. You can see where the clusters are. To protect people's privacy, each road is broken down in to one or two clusters. So that could mean the incidents occur throughout the road or multiple incidents at one address,
The Indices of Multiple Deprivation has a breakdown of crime in the London Colney area down to Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA) level. This is equivelent to a few roads. These statistics are a measure of how likley you are to be victim of 'personal or material crime', lovely! So in laymen's terms, how likely you are to be mugged or burgled. According to these statistics, here are the roads with the least crime and the most crime:
Roads with the most crime in London Colney
Birch Way, Bluett Road, Caledon Road, Collyer Road, Fieldfares, Hadleigh Close, Hardwicke Place, Harper Lane, Haseldine Road, High Street, M25, Richardson Close, Shenley Lane, St Anne's Road, St. Anne's Road, Summerfield Close, Telford Road, Walsingham Way, Watery LaneRoads with the least Crime in London Colney
Alsop Close, Armstrong Close, Barnet Road, Colnbrook Close, Colne Gardens, Halsey Park, Hardwicke Place, High Street, Lakeside Place, Lowbell Lane, Mount View, Reed Close, Ribbledale, Richardson Close, Ridgeview, Riverside, Robins Close, Thamesdale, Waterside, Watersplash Court, WillowsideUniversal Credit (UC) Statistics in and around London Colney, St Albans
Although Universal Credit (UC) is a in and out of work benefit, it is a good indicator of the levels of unemployment and crucially as we move to a 'gig economy', under employment in London Colney. The Department for Work & Pensions typically publish UC count figures 6 months in arrears.Wages Statistics: How much can you expect to earn in London Colney?
Every year the Office of National Statitics (ONS) publishes its labour market survery. Amongst these statitics is how much gross weekly pay you can earn on average in any local district council area. St Albans is ranked 4/314 local district councils in England, from the highest down to the lowest average weekly gross pay.Your Wellbeing in London Colney
Each year the Office for National Statitics (ONS) conducts a wellbeing survey at the local district level. We've grabbed the results for St Albans so you can see what to expect in London Colney. Is it a soul destroying hellhole or quite the salubrious desireable place to live?Your Health in London Colney
If you are thinking of moving to London Colney, you'll want to know if the place is likely to put you on a downward spiral of ill health. We've taken the healh question from the latest census to find out how St Albans compares to its neighbouring local authorities. People were asked to rate their current health from very bad to very good;
