AL1
Postcode districtPostcode district covering St Albans, The Camp and Bernards Heath, in St Albans.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an AL1 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In AL1, 92.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How AL1 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is AL1 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in AL1 at a rate of 104.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 87.3 per 1,000 people across AL.
In August 2026 alone, 382 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in AL1.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,098), anti-social behaviour (881) and other crime (707).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in AL1 was 110.2 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.
Deprivation in AL1, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so AL1 has no single figure. Of its 23 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 9 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in AL1
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Albans 010A | 1,441 | 23.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.6% |
| St Albans 010B | 1,786 | 65.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| St Albans 010C | 1,601 | 22.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| St Albans 010D | 2,115 | 40.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.9% |
| St Albans 011A | 1,979 | 83.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 79.1% |
| St Albans 011B | 1,884 | 133.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.5% |
| St Albans 011C | 1,382 | 14.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| St Albans 011D | 2,557 | 135.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 78.2% |
| St Albans 012A | 2,059 | 107.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.2% |
| St Albans 012B | 2,191 | 435.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 80.4% |
| St Albans 012E | 1,316 | 62.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.0% |
| St Albans 012F | 1,275 | 123.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.6% |
| St Albans 013B | 1,762 | 38.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.1% |
| St Albans 013C | 1,462 | 55.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.9% |
| St Albans 016A | 1,578 | 113.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| St Albans 016B | 1,827 | 72.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.0% |
| St Albans 016C | 1,713 | 174.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.7% |
| St Albans 016D | 1,571 | 55.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.2% |
| St Albans 017A | 1,380 | 313.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.7% |
| St Albans 017B | 1,663 | 86.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.0% |
| St Albans 017C | 1,593 | 75.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.9% |
| St Albans 017D | 1,453 | 63.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 80.5% |
| St Albans 017E | 1,621 | 66.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.5% |
Your MP
- Daisy CooperLiberal DemocratMP for St Albans
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in AL16
Postcode sectors in AL16
Council1
Towns in AL11
Postcode districts next to AL13
Nearest rail stations4
More in the AL postcode area2
AL1 in brief
AL1 is a postcode district covering St Albans, The Camp and Bernards Heath, in St Albans.
About 40,481 people lived in AL1 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £520,000 in 2025 across 634 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 104.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in AL1 was £520,000 in 2025.
AL1 had 39,914 usual residents at the census.
In AL1, 92.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In AL1, 3.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.