# AL3 5EG: area report for a postcode in St Albans

AL3 5EG 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 5EG for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [St Albans](https://openindex.co.uk/st-albans) › [AL3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/al3) › [AL3 5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/al3-5)

## Around this postcode

- **113 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 12% on July. St Albans 012B: 435 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.3401,51.7531,AL35EG
- **St Albans City, 910 m**: About 11 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.3401,51.7531,AL35EG
- **9 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 240 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.3401,51.7531,AL35EG
- **No property in AL3 5EG 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=-0.3401,51.7531,AL35EG
- **England’s least deprived 50%**: This neighbourhood, St Albans 012B. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.3401,51.7531,AL35EG
- **£646,781 average price**: For the whole of St Albans, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.3401,51.7531,AL35EG
- **5 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 120 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.3401,51.7531,AL35EG
- **7 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 100 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.3401,51.7531,AL35EG
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at AL3 5EG**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.3401,51.7531,AL35EG
- **Low road and rail noise at AL3 5EG**: Road 51 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.3401,51.7531,AL35EG
- **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=-0.3401,51.7531,AL35EG
- **13.0 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.3401,51.7531,AL35EG

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Aboyne Lodge Junior Mixed and Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/aboyne-lodge-junior-mixed-and-infant-school-e117141) | Primary | 240 m (3 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, October 2023 | 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Muriel Green Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/muriel-green-nursery-school-e133975) | Nursery | 330 m (4 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, April 2024 | – |
| [Alban City School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/alban-city-school-e138231) | Primary | 420 m (5 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, June 2023 | 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Albans School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-albans-school-e117647) | Independent | 440 m (5 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 | 630 m (8 minutes on foot) | Improved significantly, April 2025 | 87% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Maple Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/maple-primary-school-e117298) | Primary | 630 m (8 minutes on foot) | Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met | 93% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Albans Independent College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-albans-independent-college-e134087) | Independent | 650 m (8 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [St Albans High School for Girls](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-albans-high-school-for-girls-e117617) | Independent | 680 m (8 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| September 2024 | £700,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 10 m |
| September 2025 | £1,150,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 60 m |
| January 2026 | £660,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 70 m |
| February 2026 | £815,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 100 m |
| September 2025 | £569,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 130 m |
| October 2025 | £1,250,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 140 m |
| September 2024 | £1,700,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, freehold | 140 m |
| May 2026 | £345,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 140 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: St Albans City (910 m, 11 minutes on foot); St Albans Abbey (950 m, 12 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: HARVEY GROUP PRACTICE (120 m); MALTINGS SURGERY (200 m); GRANGE STREET SURGERY (550 m); PARKBURY HOUSE SURGERY (560 m); LODGE,HIGHFIELD & REDBOURN (750 m)
- Pharmacies: BOOTS (90 m); MALTINGS JADE PHARMACY (200 m); JADE PHARMACY (ST. ALBANS) (460 m); JADE PHARMACY (PARKBURY HOUSE) (560 m); NORMANDY CHEMIST (790 m)
- Dental practices: RUSSELL AVENUE (DENTAL SURGERY) (100 m); DENTAL SURGERY (100 m); MALTINGS DENTIST SURGERY (230 m); ST PETER'S LODGE DENTAL PRACTICE (290 m); ST ALBANS ORTHODONTIC CENTRE (300 m)
- Supermarkets: M&S St Albans (100 m, Marks and Spencer); Tesco St Albans Express (130 m, Tesco); Co-op St Albans London Road (330 m, The Co-operative Group); M&S St Albans BP (660 m, Marks and Spencer); Iceland St Albans (730 m, Iceland)

## 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 012B (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 14.8** (2025). St Albans 012B has a deprivation score of 14.8 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 14,155th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £365,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in St Albans 012B was £365,000 in 2025. Joint 10,681st most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 2,191** (2021). St Albans 012B had 2,191 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 2,930th 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: 80.4%** (January 2026). In St Albans 012B, 80.4% 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: 51.7531, -0.3401

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=-0.3401,51.7531,AL35EG

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