Is St Michael’s Street in St Albans a nice place to live?

St Michael's Street is classified by the ONS as White Professionals. St Michael's Street is in the lowest 40% of postcodes for crime (see map). The road has some of the lowest levels of deprivation in the country.

Geography

St Michael's Street is located in the Verulam ward of the St Albans district in Hertfordshire.
Coordinates 51.753761, -0.354205
Grid Ref TL137073
Suburb St Stephens
Constituency St Albans

House Prices

We have no record of house sales in St Michael's Street in the last 3 years. Therefore we cannot provide a house price analysis for this road.

Crime in St Michael's Street, Hertfordshire

There were 2 street crime incidents in St Michael's Street in September 2024. These are the latest figures released by Hertfordshire Police Force.
Source: data.police.uk, Statistics date: September 2024
September 2024 Crime Incidents in St Michael's Street
# Category Outcome
1 Public Order Under investigation
2 Shoplifting Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Crime Deprivation

The Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) government statistics have a measure of how likely you are to be a victim of personal crime. We have taken the lower super output area (LSOA) that includes St Michael's Street and compared that to the average for the Verulam ward.

You are more likely to be a victim of personal crime in St Michael's Street, when compared to the average EIMD rank for the Verulam ward

Social economic statistics for St Michael's Street

These statistics are taken from the English Index of Multiple Deprivation's decile figures, with 1 being the worst and 10 being the best. As these are decile figures, a score of 1 for example would mean St Michael's Street is on the top 10% of most deprived LSOAs, conversely a score of 10 would mean St Michael's Street is in the top 10% of least deprived LSOAs in the country.

Income Deprivation

The Income Deprivation Domain measures the proportion of the population in and around St Michael's Street experiencing deprivation relating to low income.
Residents in around St Michael's Street are in the top 10% least income deprived in the country.

Employment Deprivation

The Employment Deprivation Domain measures the proportion of working-age residents in and around St Michael's Street involuntarily excluded from the labour market. This includes the unemployed, those who are sick or disabled, or have caring responsibilities.
Residents in St Michael's Street are in the top 10% least employment deprived in the country

Health & Disability Deprivation

The Health Deprivation and Disability Domain measures the risk of premature death and the impairment of quality of life through poor physical or mental health. This does not include aspects of behaviour or the environment that may be lead to predicted future health and disability problems.
Residents in St Michael's Street are in the top 10% least health & disability deprived in the country

Index of Multiple Deprivation

The Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) is an overall relative measure of deprivation constructed by combining seven measures of deprivation. It encapsulates a broad socio-economic view of St Michael's Street, from outside living quality, housing quality, access to services and crime.
Residents in St Michael's Street are in the top 10% least deprived in the country

2021 Census for St Michael's Street

We chosen some choice data from the 2021 census, that will hopefully give you socio-economic a snapshot of St Michael's Street.

Unemployment in St Michael's Street

The census is now the only reliable source to find the proportion of residents that are unemployed or under-employed as the Department for Work and pensions no longer do so and haven't since the introduction of Universal Credit.
2.24% of St Michael's Street residents were unemployed during the Covid 19 pandemic

Retirees (OAPs) in St Michael's Street

The proportion of retirees in a road should give you an indication of the demographics of St Michael's Street. The proportion of retirees on St Michael's Street is 0.23% higher than the national average of 18.6%.
18.83% of St Michael's Street residents were retired during the last census

Home ownership in St Michael's Street

The proportion of home owners on St Michael's Street is 11.91% higher than the national average of 62%. 25.22% of properties in St Michael's Street are private rented and 0.87% are social rented.
73.91% of residents of St Michael's Street own their home

Country of Birth of St Michael's Street residents

The proportion if St Michael's Street residents born in the UK is 2.8% higher than the England national average of 82.65%. 14.55% of St Michael's Street residents were born outside the UK.
85.45% of St Michael's Street residents were born in the UK

St Michael's Street Summary

St Michael's Street has a higher level of home ownership than the national average. This is an indicator that finding private rented accomodation in St Michael's Street maybe difficult.

St Michael's Street has very low levels of employment deprivation, suggesting that finding work in the local area maybe easier compared to the rest of the country.

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