# AL2 3HW: area report for a postcode in St Albans

AL2 3HW 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 AL2 3HW for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [St Albans](https://openindex.co.uk/st-albans) › [AL2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/al2) › [AL2 3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/al2-3)

## Around this postcode

- **15 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 25% on July. St Albans 020C: 90 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.3564,51.7279,AL23HW
- **Park Street, 1.1 km**: About 14 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.3564,51.7279,AL23HW
- **1 school within 800 m**: Nearest is 440 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.3564,51.7279,AL23HW
- **No property in AL2 3HW 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=-0.3564,51.7279,AL23HW
- **England’s least deprived 20%**: This neighbourhood, St Albans 020C. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.3564,51.7279,AL23HW
- **£646,781 average price**: For the whole of St Albans, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.3564,51.7279,AL23HW
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 660 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.3564,51.7279,AL23HW
- **2 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 260 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.3564,51.7279,AL23HW
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at AL2 3HW**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.3564,51.7279,AL23HW
- **Low road and rail noise at AL2 3HW**: Road 53 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.3564,51.7279,AL23HW
- **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=-0.3564,51.7279,AL23HW
- **13.9 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.3564,51.7279,AL23HW

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Killigrew Primary and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/killigrew-primary-and-nursery-school-e135528) | Primary | 440 m (5 minutes on foot) | School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, July 2024 | 78% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [How Wood Primary and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/how-wood-primary-and-nursery-school-e117235) | Primary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), March 2023 | 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [The Marlborough Science Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-marlborough-science-academy-e138042) | Secondary | 1.3 km (16 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), November 2023 | Attainment 8 of 42.6 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Watling View School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/watling-view-school-e117683) | Special | 1.3 km (16 minutes on foot) | Improved significantly, April 2025 | – |
| [Park Street Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/park-street-church-of-england-voluntary-aided-primary-school-e117452) | Primary | 1.4 km (17 minutes on foot) | Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met | 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Adrian Roman Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-adrian-roman-catholic-primary-school-e117470) | Primary | 1.4 km (18 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, December 2022 | 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Seva Education St Albans](https://openindex.co.uk/school/seva-education-st-albans-e152529) | Special | 1.5 km (18 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [Mandeville Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/mandeville-primary-school-e139159) | Primary | 1.5 km (19 minutes on foot) | Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met | 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| July 2023 | £795,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| July 2026 | £805,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 60 m |
| October 2024 | £700,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 90 m |
| February 2025 | £1,000,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 150 m |
| August 2026 | £937,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 160 m |
| May 2023 | £1,145,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 190 m |
| October 2025 | £615,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 200 m |
| August 2024 | £830,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 210 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: MIDWAY SURGERY (660 m)
- Pharmacies: CHISWELL PHARMACY (280 m)
- Supermarkets: Co-op Watford Road - Chiswell Green (260 m, The Co-operative Group); Little Waitrose Shell Chiswell (920 m, Waitrose)

## 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 020C (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 6.1** (2025). St Albans 020C has a deprivation score of 6.1 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 4,068th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £700,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in St Albans 020C was £700,000 in 2025. Joint 1,529th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,558** (2021). St Albans 020C had 1,558 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 20,332nd 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: 98.2%** (January 2026). In St Albans 020C, 98.2% 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.

## AL2 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £541,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in AL2 was £541,000 in 2025. 214th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 24,250** (2021). AL2 had 24,250 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,215th 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: 54%** (2022). About 54% of people in AL2 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: 93.9%** (January 2026). In AL2, 93.9% 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: 51.7279, -0.3564

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=-0.3564,51.7279,AL23HW

## How to cite

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