AL3
Postcode districtPostcode district covering St Albans, Redbourn and Townsend, in St Albans and Dacorum.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an AL3 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In AL3, 89.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How AL3 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is AL3 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in AL3 at a rate of 74.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 87.3 per 1,000 people across AL.
In August 2026 alone, 170 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in AL3.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (747), anti-social behaviour (479) and other crime (386).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in AL3 was 82.9 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in AL3, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so AL3 has no single figure. Of its 17 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in AL3
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dacorum 001A | 1,264 | 124.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 47.0% |
| Dacorum 001C | 1,664 | 77.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 57.8% |
| Dacorum 001D | 1,512 | 57.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 82.8% |
| St Albans 006A | 1,458 | 105.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 79.4% |
| St Albans 006B | 1,741 | 67.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.0% |
| St Albans 006C | 1,658 | 61.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 88.5% |
| St Albans 006D | 1,544 | 40.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 83.9% |
| St Albans 007A | 2,059 | 64.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 89.2% |
| St Albans 009A | 1,778 | 63.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.4% |
| St Albans 009B | 2,103 | 54.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.2% |
| St Albans 009C | 1,948 | 82.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.3% |
| St Albans 009D | 1,916 | 64.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.9% |
| St Albans 012C | 2,210 | 90.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.1% |
| St Albans 014A | 1,910 | 45.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.3% |
| St Albans 014B | 2,017 | 139.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 83.8% |
| St Albans 014C | 1,565 | 40.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.6% |
| St Albans 014D | 1,800 | 48.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
MPs for AL3
- Daisy CooperLiberal DemocratMP for St Albans56% of AL3’s postcodes
- Victoria CollinsLiberal DemocratMP for Harpenden and Berkhamsted44% of AL3’s postcodes
- Rachel HopkinsLabourMP for Luton South and South Bedfordshire0.1% of AL3’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in AL34
Postcode sectors in AL35
Councils AL3 covers2
Towns in AL31
Postcode districts next to AL37
More in the AL postcode area2
AL3 in brief
AL3 is a postcode district covering St Albans, Redbourn and Townsend, in St Albans and Dacorum.
About 29,549 people lived in AL3 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £634,000 in 2025 across 406 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 74.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in AL3 was £634,000 in 2025.
AL3 had 29,505 usual residents at the census.
In AL3, 89.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In AL3, 2.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.