// CITY_ASSESSMENT
How smart is St Albans?
St Albans, United Kingdom, scores 33.6% against the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #74 of 75 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.
Smart score
33.6%
Rank
#74 / 75
Criteria present
24 / 86
Evidence coverage
40.7%
St Albans's smart city score by area
2 present · 3 partial · 4 absent · 6 not assessed
3 present · 1 partial · 5 absent · 3 not assessed
1 present · 2 partial · 2 absent · 8 not assessed
7 present · 0 partial · 3 absent · 1 not assessed
8 present · 1 partial · 3 absent · 1 not assessed
3 present · 3 partial · 2 absent
0 present · 1 partial · 5 absent · 8 not assessed
Where St Albans is strong
- ▸Water & Sanitation
- ▸Culture, Tourism & Recreation
- ▸Housing & Urban Planning
- ▸Health & Digital Health
- ▸Education & Digital Skills
Where the gaps are
- ▸Open Data & Transparency
- ▸Urban Data Platform & Digital Twin
- ▸Smart Traffic & Electric Vehicles
- ▸Critical Infrastructure Resilience
- ▸Climate Adaptation & Heat
Evidence highlights
Digital Government Services · Unified online services portal
St Albans provides an online self-service portal for residents, accessible via stalbans-self.achieveservice.com and stalbans.my.site.com/myservices/s/login/.
https://stalbans-self.achieveservice.com/Connectivity & ICT Infrastructure · City IoT / sensor network
St Albans has a community for The Things Network, which is an open, crowd-sourced data network for the Internet of Things (IoT) using LoRaWAN technology.
https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/st-albans/Public Transport & Real-Time Information · Public transport network
St Albans is served by a public transport network including Thameslink train services and Arriva bus services, coordinated through the Intalink partnership for Hertfordshire.
https://www.intalink.org.uk/Climate Action & Emissions · Climate action plan
St Albans has a published sustainability and climate crisis strategy.
https://www.stalbans.gov.uk/sustainability-and-climate-crisis-strategyAbout this assessment
St Albans was assessed against the 86 criteria of the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework on 2026-06-30 by AI agents gathering evidence from official public sources. Each criterion is marked present, partial or absent, and every finding links to where it was found — see how smart cities are measured. Scores refresh continuously as cities publish new evidence.