# AL3 4NQ: area report for a postcode in St Albans

AL3 4NQ 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 AL3 4NQ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [St Albans](https://openindex.co.uk/st-albans) › [AL3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/al3) › [AL3 4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/al3-4)

## Around this postcode

- **1 crime within 500 m**: August, the same as July. St Albans 014C: 40 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.3659,51.7425,AL34NQ
- **St Albans Abbey, 1.6 km**: About 20 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.3659,51.7425,AL34NQ
- **1 school within 800 m**: Nearest is 590 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.3659,51.7425,AL34NQ
- **No property in AL3 4NQ 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=-0.3659,51.7425,AL34NQ
- **England’s least deprived 10%**: This neighbourhood, St Albans 014C. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.3659,51.7425,AL34NQ
- **£646,781 average price**: For the whole of St Albans, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.3659,51.7425,AL34NQ
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.2 km away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.3659,51.7425,AL34NQ
- **1 supermarket within 1 km**: Nearest is 580 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.3659,51.7425,AL34NQ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at AL3 4NQ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.3659,51.7425,AL34NQ
- **Low road and rail noise at AL3 4NQ**: Road 51 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.3659,51.7425,AL34NQ
- **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=-0.3659,51.7425,AL34NQ
- **12.5 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.3659,51.7425,AL34NQ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Prae Wood Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/prae-wood-primary-school-e117315) | Primary | 590 m (7 minutes on foot) | Improved significantly, November 2024 | 87% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Columba's College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-columbas-college-e117638) | Independent | 1.1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [The Marlborough Science Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-marlborough-science-academy-e138042) | Secondary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), November 2023 | Attainment 8 of 42.6 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-michaels-church-of-england-voluntary-aided-primary-school-st-albans-e117451) | Primary | 1.4 km (17 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), July 2024 | 81% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Killigrew Primary and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/killigrew-primary-and-nursery-school-e135528) | Primary | 1.5 km (18 minutes on foot) | School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, July 2024 | 78% 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 | 1.6 km (20 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, December 2022 | 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Albans School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-albans-school-e117647) | Independent | 1.7 km (21 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [The Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-abbey-church-of-england-voluntary-aided-primary-school-st-albans-e117449) | Primary | 1.7 km (21 minutes on foot) | Improved significantly, April 2025 | 87% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| January 2025 | £850,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| April 2023 | £705,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 130 m |
| August 2025 | £860,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 140 m |
| September 2025 | £695,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 180 m |
| October 2025 | £830,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 190 m |
| May 2023 | £732,500 | Terraced, established, freehold | 210 m |
| December 2024 | £860,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 230 m |
| August 2023 | £951,750 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 260 m |

## Within 1 km

- Pharmacies: VERULAM PHARMACY (570 m)
- Supermarkets: Waitrose St Albans (580 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 014C (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 1.8** (2025). St Albans 014C has a deprivation score of 1.8 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 253rd least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £850,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in St Albans 014C was £850,000 in 2025. Joint 790th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,565** (2021). St Albans 014C had 1,565 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 19,964th 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: 96.6%** (January 2026). In St Albans 014C, 96.6% 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.

## AL3 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £634,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in AL3 was £634,000 in 2025. 122nd most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 29,505** (2021). AL3 had 29,505 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 948th 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: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in AL3 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: 89.1%** (January 2026). In AL3, 89.1% 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: 51.7425, -0.3659

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=-0.3659,51.7425,AL34NQ

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