AL
Postcode areaPostcode area named after St Albans, with 10 districts.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: the outline joins its districts’ outlines, each made of the census output areas that hold most of the district’s postcodes.
Gigabit coverage by postcode area
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In AL, 90.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How AL compares
Each dot is a postcode area. The black line marks the middle one.
Every postcode area ranked: median sale price, population, gigabit broadband coverage and claimant rate.
Is AL safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in AL at a rate of 87.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 2,160 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in AL.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (7,344), anti-social behaviour (5,016) and other crime (4,156).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in AL was 88.4 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Postcode districts in AL
| Name | People (census) | Median sale price | Recorded crime per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AL1St Albans, The Camp | 39,914 | £520,000 | 104.7 per 1,000 |
| AL2London Colney, How Wood | 24,250 | £541,000 | 89.8 per 1,000 |
| AL3St Albans, Redbourn | 29,505 | £634,000 | 74.3 per 1,000 |
| AL4St Albans, Wheathampstead | 28,034 | £638,750 | 60.6 per 1,000 |
| AL5Harpenden, Batford | 31,418 | £800,000 | 47.8 per 1,000 |
| AL6Welwyn, Oaklands | 12,428 | £740,000 | 46.1 per 1,000 |
| AL7Welwyn Garden City, Panshanger | 36,844 | £385,000 | 85.5 per 1,000 |
| AL8Welwyn Garden City, Handside | 13,830 | £495,000 | 140.0 per 1,000 |
| AL9Welham Green, Old Hatfield | 11,849 | £595,241 | 70.4 per 1,000 |
| AL10Hatfield, Roe Green | 38,699 | £370,000 | 129.5 per 1,000 |
AL in brief
The AL postcode area, named after St Albans, has 10 postcode districts.
The median price paid for a home in AL was £535,000 in 2025.
AL had 266,771 usual residents at the census.
In AL, 90.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In AL, 2.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.