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

AL2 3QW 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 3QW 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

- **7 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 12% on July. St Albans 020D: 77 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.3653,51.7088,AL23QW
- **Bricket Wood, 570 m**: About 7 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.3653,51.7088,AL23QW
- **No schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 880 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.3653,51.7088,AL23QW
- **No property in AL2 3QW 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=-0.3653,51.7088,AL23QW
- **England’s least deprived 40%**: This neighbourhood, St Albans 020D. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.3653,51.7088,AL23QW
- **£646,781 average price**: For the whole of St Albans, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.3653,51.7088,AL23QW
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: None found within 2 km. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.3653,51.7088,AL23QW
- **1 supermarket within 1 km**: Nearest is 720 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.3653,51.7088,AL23QW
- **90.9% can get gigabit broadband at AL2 3QW**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.3653,51.7088,AL23QW
- **Low road and rail noise at AL2 3QW**: Road 48 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.3653,51.7088,AL23QW
- **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=-0.3653,51.7088,AL23QW
- **16.9 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.3653,51.7088,AL23QW

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Seva Education St Albans](https://openindex.co.uk/school/seva-education-st-albans-e152529) | Special | 880 m (11 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [Mount Pleasant Lane Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/mount-pleasant-lane-primary-school-e145969) | Primary | 1 km (13 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, October 2022 | 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Saint Michael's Catholic High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/saint-michaels-catholic-high-school-e137922) | Secondary | 1.8 km (22 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade | Attainment 8 of 48.8 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Parmiter's School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/parmiters-school-e136899) | Secondary | 1.8 km (22 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), July 2024 | Attainment 8 of 65.0 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Coates Way JMI and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/coates-way-jmi-and-nursery-school-e117340) | Primary | 1.8 km (23 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, September 2024: no overall grade | 47% 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 | 1.9 km (23 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), March 2023 | 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Catherine of Siena Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-catherine-of-siena-catholic-primary-school-e138288) | Primary | 2 km (25 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, September 2023 | 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| April 2026 | £585,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| June 2023 | £735,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 50 m |
| November 2025 | £280,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 100 m |
| December 2024 | £565,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 120 m |
| August 2023 | £690,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 120 m |
| November 2024 | £590,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 120 m |
| September 2025 | £651,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 130 m |
| August 2026 | £1,180,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 150 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Bricket Wood (570 m, 7 minutes on foot)
- Pharmacies: BRICKET WOOD PHARMACY (140 m)
- Dental practices: 65 OAKWOOD ROAD (DENTAL PRACTICE) (140 m)
- Supermarkets: Spar Harvest - Hks - Classic (720 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 020D (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 11.9** (2025). St Albans 020D has a deprivation score of 11.9 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 10,989th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £645,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in St Albans 020D was £645,000 in 2025. Joint 2,078th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,614** (2021). St Albans 020D had 1,614 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 17,407th 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: 82.6%** (January 2026). In St Albans 020D, 82.6% 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.

## 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: 51.7088, -0.3653

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=-0.3653,51.7088,AL23QW

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