# AL1 3GW: area report for a postcode in St Albans

AL1 3GW is a postcode in St Albans.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of St Albans. Open the map at AL1 3GW for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [St Albans](https://openindex.co.uk/st-albans) › [AL1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/al1) › [AL1 3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/al1-3)

## Around this postcode

- **48 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 4% on July. St Albans 012E: 63 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.3260,51.7478,AL13GW
- **St Albans City, 310 m**: About 4 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.3260,51.7478,AL13GW
- **4 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 470 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.3260,51.7478,AL13GW
- **No property in AL1 3GW listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-0.3260,51.7478,AL13GW
- **England’s least deprived 20%**: This neighbourhood, St Albans 012E. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.3260,51.7478,AL13GW
- **£646,781 average price**: For the whole of St Albans, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.3260,51.7478,AL13GW
- **2 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 50 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.3260,51.7478,AL13GW
- **5 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 320 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.3260,51.7478,AL13GW
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at AL1 3GW**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.3260,51.7478,AL13GW
- **Low road and rail noise at AL1 3GW**: Road under 40 dB or not modelled, rail 49 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.3260,51.7478,AL13GW
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 3 of 6**: 3% to 5% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-0.3260,51.7478,AL13GW
- **13.4 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.3260,51.7478,AL13GW

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [St Alban & St Stephen Catholic Primary School & Nursery](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-alban-and-st-stephen-catholic-primary-school-and-nursery-e151983) | Primary | 470 m (6 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), November 2023, before the school changed | – |
| [St Albans Independent College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-albans-independent-college-e134087) | Independent | 530 m (7 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Loreto College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/loreto-college-e138106) | Secondary | 610 m (8 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade | Attainment 8 of 56.2 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [St Peter's School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-peters-school-e117140) | Primary | 650 m (8 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, November 2023 | 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Cunningham Hill Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/cunningham-hill-junior-school-e117250) | Primary | 860 m (11 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), April 2024 | 87% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Cunningham Hill Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/cunningham-hill-infant-school-e117279) | Primary | 860 m (11 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), January 2024 | – |
| [Fleetville Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/fleetville-junior-school-e138205) | Primary | 880 m (11 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), November 2023 | 78% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Alban City School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/alban-city-school-e138231) | Primary | 960 m (12 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, June 2023 | 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| July 2026 | £485,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 10 m |
| April 2026 | £210,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 40 m |
| April 2024 | £278,500 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 50 m |
| July 2024 | £295,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 70 m |
| April 2026 | £500,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 80 m |
| December 2025 | £460,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 110 m |
| May 2026 | £490,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 110 m |
| May 2026 | £436,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 110 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: St Albans City (310 m, 4 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: HATFIELD ROAD SURGERY (50 m); MALTINGS SURGERY (940 m)
- Pharmacies: IMED PHARMACY (50 m); MALTINGS JADE PHARMACY (940 m)
- Dental practices: PRIORY PARK DENTALCARE (440 m); VICTORIA STREET (DENTAL SURGERY) (480 m); DENTAL SPECIALISTS (480 m); COLOSSEUM DENTAL (ST ALBANS) (510 m); VICTORIA DENTAL CLINIC (520 m)
- Supermarkets: Sainsburys St Albans Station Approach Local (320 m, Sainsburys); Asda St Albans Express Petro (410 m, Asda); Iceland St Albans (420 m, Iceland); Tesco St Albans Hatfield Rd Express (640 m, Tesco); Co-op St Albans London Road (890 m, The Co-operative Group)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £646,781** (July 2026). St Albans’s average house price was £646,781 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 2.3% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £57,396** (2025). Full-time workers living in St Albans earned a median of £57,396 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). Highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 11.3×** (2025). A home in St Albans costs 11.3 times local full-time pay. Joint 29th least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 8.1** (2025). St Albans has a deprivation score of 8.1 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 7th least deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## St Albans 012E (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 6.6** (2025). St Albans 012E has a deprivation score of 6.6 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 4,620th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £370,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in St Albans 012E was £370,000 in 2025. Joint 10,375th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,316** (2021). St Albans 012E had 1,316 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 15,056th least populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 99.0%** (January 2026). In St Albans 012E, 99.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## AL1 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £520,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in AL1 was £520,000 in 2025. Joint 248th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 39,914** (2021). AL1 had 39,914 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 463rd most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 88%** (2022). About 88% of people in AL1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 92.6%** (January 2026). In AL1, 92.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [St Albans](https://openindex.co.uk/st-albans)
- Centre: 51.7478, -0.3260

Council: [St Albans](https://openindex.co.uk/st-albans) (District, 100%).

## Your MP

- [St Albans](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/st-albans): Daisy Cooper (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-0.3260,51.7478,AL13GW

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Snapshot 2026.10.8. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/al1-3gw