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6,681 people live in this town in Hertfordshire, East of England.
The everyday basics are strong; the price of a home is the catch. Households here earn well: mean household income £69,395; 1.7% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. Homes are dear (C−): the median home sold for £660,000, 8.3 years of area income. Put together, the subjects come to an A overall, better than 89% of UK towns. It ranks #9 of 50 in Hertfordshire.
Figures: income, ONS · claimants, DWP · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Chiswell Green is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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The 3 things Chiswell Green does most differently from other towns.
Historic England lists 9 buildings inside Chiswell Green’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade II*.
1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chiswell Green.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
1% of homes were built before 1919. Chiswell Green has 13 listed buildings for every 10,000 residents, lower than both Hertfordshire’s towns (57) and England’s towns (39).
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The town has one school, shown below. 72% of pupils at the 21 primary schools within 3 km met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Its one primary school teaches 412 pupils.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killigrew Primary and Nursery SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 412 | A |
Nearly one in ten households are private tenants. Social housing holds 8% of households, below Hertfordshire’s towns (18%) and England’s towns (18%) alike. 212 standard sales inside Chiswell Green’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 put the median at £660,000.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £775,000 | 103 |
| Semi-detached | £622,500 | 70 |
| Terraced | £467,500 | 30 |
| Flat or maisonette | £300,000 | 9 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
86% of Chiswell Green’s residents described their health as good or very good at the census, about level with Hertfordshire’s towns (85%) and above England’s towns (82%). A disability affects 14% of people here. This Hertfordshire town has no GP practice of its own; the nearest is 0.7 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Chiswell Green | Hertfordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 86% | 85% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3.5% | 3.8% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 14% | 14% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Self-reported health favours young towns, since these answers ignore age; the Health Grade leans on age-adjusted measures such as life expectancy and early deaths.
Of all the crimes, 35% were violence and sexual offences. Over the year to August 2026, 246 offences were reported in Chiswell Green, along with 53 incidents of anti-social behaviour. Homes saw 8.4 burglaries and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year, lower than both Hertfordshire’s towns (11.4) and England’s towns (9.4). Among the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, Chiswell Green has less crime per resident than 75% of them.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 42% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
For just over a third of commuters, work was under 5 km away. 83% of commuters drove, higher than both Hertfordshire’s towns (73%) and England’s towns (70%). Home was the main workplace for 42% of workers at the census.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
17% are under 15, about level with England’s towns (18%) and below Hertfordshire’s towns (19%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 9.7% of the town. Chiswell Green has a median age of 47.7. Graduates make up just over two in five adults.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Chiswell Green | Hertfordshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 27% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 25% | 17% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.2% | 4.5% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| Degree level | 42% | 39% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Hertfordshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Chiswell Green. Best known first.
CathedralSt Albans Cathedral2 km outside town, to the north
Historic house · English HeritageOld Gorhambury House3.1 km outside town, to the northwest
Historic houseGorhambury House3.1 km outside town, to the northwest
MuseumThe Hypocaust1.6 km outside town, to the north
MuseumDe Havilland Aircraft Museum5 km outside town, to the east
MuseumVerulamium Museum2 km outside town, to the northPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Town in Hertfordshire, England
Chiswell Green is a built-up area of 6,681 people, in the St Albans council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chiswell Green | 6,681 | — | A | C− | B+ | A− |
| Park Street and Frogmore | 2,256 | 0.6 | — | B | C− | B |
| Bricket Wood | 4,624 | 1.4 | A− | C− | B+ | A− |
| London Colney | 7,932 | 2.3 | B+ | B | C− | B |
| St Albans | 75,544 | 2.4 | A | C | C | A− |
| Radlett | 8,182 | 3.1 | A− | D | B− | A+ |
| Shenley | 3,556 | 3.4 | B− | D | B | C+ |
| Abbots Langley and Kings Langley | 18,203 | 3.7 | B+ | C+ | C+ | A− |
Park Street and Frogmore has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £660,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £300,000, terraced houses £467,500, semi-detached houses £622,500 and detached houses £775,000.
GCSE results beat 76% of towns in England, and primary results beat 93% (Department for Education, Attainment 8 and Key Stage 2). One state school is inside the town; places are handled by Hertfordshire council.
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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