# AL1 4SJ: area report for a postcode in St Albans

AL1 4SJ 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 4SJ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [St Albans](https://openindex.co.uk/st-albans) › [AL1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/al1) › [AL1 4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/al1-4)

## Around this postcode

- **2 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 33% on July. St Albans 010B: 66 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.3168,51.7638,AL14SJ
- **St Albans City, 1.7 km**: About 21 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.3168,51.7638,AL14SJ
- **2 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 730 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.3168,51.7638,AL14SJ
- **No property in AL1 4SJ 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=-0.3168,51.7638,AL14SJ
- **England’s least deprived 10%**: This neighbourhood, St Albans 010B. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.3168,51.7638,AL14SJ
- **£646,781 average price**: For the whole of St Albans, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.3168,51.7638,AL14SJ
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.4 km away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.3168,51.7638,AL14SJ
- **6 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 600 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.3168,51.7638,AL14SJ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at AL1 4SJ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.3168,51.7638,AL14SJ
- **Low road and rail noise at AL1 4SJ**: Road 48 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.3168,51.7638,AL14SJ
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 2 of 6**: 1% to 3% 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=-0.3168,51.7638,AL14SJ
- **11.4 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.3168,51.7638,AL14SJ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Bernards Heath Infant and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bernards-heath-infant-and-nursery-school-e117135) | Primary | 730 m (9 minutes on foot) | Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met | – |
| [Bernards Heath Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bernards-heath-junior-school-e117143) | Primary | 800 m (10 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), December 2023 | 78% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Wheatfields Junior Mixed School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/wheatfields-junior-mixed-school-e146878) | Primary | 860 m (11 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, July 2023 | 87% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Wheatfields Infants' and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/wheatfields-infants-and-nursery-school-e146893) | Primary | 860 m (11 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade | – |
| [St John Fisher Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-john-fisher-catholic-primary-school-a-voluntary-academy-e148990) | Primary | 930 m (12 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, November 2024 | 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Verulam School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/verulam-school-e137038) | Secondary | 930 m (12 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, May 2024 | Attainment 8 of 54.4 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Sandringham School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sandringham-school-e136609) | Secondary | 990 m (12 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), February 2024 | Attainment 8 of 65.7 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Skyswood Primary & Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/skyswood-primary-and-nursery-school-e148875) | Primary | 1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade | 87% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| March 2024 | £375,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 10 m |
| December 2024 | £405,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 50 m |
| June 2026 | £300,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 120 m |
| February 2025 | £1,250,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 160 m |
| February 2024 | £1,200,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 180 m |
| October 2025 | £1,400,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 180 m |
| August 2024 | £1,020,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 220 m |
| November 2024 | £2,425,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 230 m |

## Within 1 km

- Pharmacies: MEERA PHARMACY (580 m); QUADRANT PHARMACY (680 m)
- Dental practices: HAPPY FAMILY DENTAL (760 m)
- Supermarkets: Tesco St Albans Beech Rd Express (600 m, Tesco); Sainsburys Marshalswick Local (650 m, Sainsburys); Cook St Albans (660 m, Cook); Morrisons Daily Marshalswick The Quadrant (670 m, Morrisons); Budgens Marshalswick St Albans (680 m, Budgens)

## 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 010B (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 1.2** (2025). St Albans 010B has a deprivation score of 1.2 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 67th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £1,375,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in St Albans 010B was £1,375,000 in 2025. Joint 155th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,786** (2021). St Albans 010B had 1,786 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 10,320th most 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: 100.0%** (January 2026). In St Albans 010B, 100.0% 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: 51.7638, -0.3168

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=-0.3168,51.7638,AL14SJ

## How to cite

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