# AL1 5RZ: area report for a postcode in St Albans

AL1 5RZ 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 5RZ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [St Albans](https://openindex.co.uk/st-albans) › [AL1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/al1) › [AL1 5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/al1-5)

## Around this postcode

- **22 crimes within 500 m**: August, the same as July. St Albans 016C: 174 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.3115,51.7402,AL15RZ
- **St Albans City, 1.6 km**: About 20 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.3115,51.7402,AL15RZ
- **5 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 160 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.3115,51.7402,AL15RZ
- **No property in AL1 5RZ 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=-0.3115,51.7402,AL15RZ
- **England’s least deprived 50%**: This neighbourhood, St Albans 016C. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.3115,51.7402,AL15RZ
- **£646,781 average price**: For the whole of St Albans, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.3115,51.7402,AL15RZ
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.3 km away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.3115,51.7402,AL15RZ
- **3 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 390 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.3115,51.7402,AL15RZ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at AL1 5RZ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.3115,51.7402,AL15RZ
- **Low road and rail noise at AL1 5RZ**: Road 46 dB, rail 46 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.3115,51.7402,AL15RZ
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% 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=-0.3115,51.7402,AL15RZ
- **14.0 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.3115,51.7402,AL15RZ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Samuel Ryder Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/samuel-ryder-academy-e138582) | All-through | 160 m (2 minutes on foot) | Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met | 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Windermere Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/windermere-primary-school-e117217) | Primary | 480 m (6 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade | 48% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Cunningham Hill Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/cunningham-hill-junior-school-e117250) | Primary | 540 m (7 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 | 540 m (7 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), January 2024 | – |
| [Camp Primary and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/camp-primary-and-nursery-school-e117136) | Primary | 740 m (9 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, July 2023 | 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [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 | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), November 2023, before the school changed | – |
| [Fleetville Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/fleetville-junior-school-e138205) | Primary | 1.3 km (16 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), November 2023 | 78% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Fleetville Infant and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/fleetville-infant-and-nursery-school-e138206) | Primary | 1.4 km (18 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), December 2023 | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| August 2026 | £775,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| July 2024 | £800,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 40 m |
| October 2024 | £420,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 100 m |
| March 2025 | £295,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 130 m |
| December 2025 | £447,500 | Terraced, established, freehold | 140 m |
| February 2026 | £467,500 | Terraced, established, freehold | 150 m |
| July 2025 | £980,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 160 m |
| May 2026 | £950,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 160 m |

## Within 1 km

- Pharmacies: ST ALBANS PHARMACY (400 m); HIGHFIELD PHARMACY (840 m)
- Supermarkets: Co-op Cell Barnes (390 m, The Co-operative Group); Morrisons Daily St Albans Cell Barnes Lane (390 m, Morrisons); Spar - St Albans (880 m, Spar)

## 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 016C (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 15.9** (2025). St Albans 016C has a deprivation score of 15.9 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 15,367th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £665,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in St Albans 016C was £665,000 in 2025. Joint 1,879th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,713** (2021). St Albans 016C had 1,713 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 12,969th 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: 99.7%** (January 2026). In St Albans 016C, 99.7% 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: 51.7402, -0.3115

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=-0.3115,51.7402,AL15RZ

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