# AL3 6LH: area report for a postcode in St Albans

AL3 6LH 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 6LH for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [St Albans](https://openindex.co.uk/st-albans) › [AL3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/al3) › [AL3 6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/al3-6)

## Around this postcode

- **8 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 167% on July. St Albans 007A: 65 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.3291,51.7696,AL36LH
- **St Albans City, 2.1 km**: About 27 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.3291,51.7696,AL36LH
- **3 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 210 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.3291,51.7696,AL36LH
- **No property in AL3 6LH 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=-0.3291,51.7696,AL36LH
- **England’s least deprived 20%**: This neighbourhood, St Albans 007A. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.3291,51.7696,AL36LH
- **£646,781 average price**: For the whole of St Albans, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.3291,51.7696,AL36LH
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.4 km away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.3291,51.7696,AL36LH
- **2 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 460 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.3291,51.7696,AL36LH
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at AL3 6LH**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.3291,51.7696,AL36LH
- **Low road and rail noise at AL3 6LH**: Road 47 dB, rail 45 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.3291,51.7696,AL36LH
- **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=-0.3291,51.7696,AL36LH
- **11.0 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.3291,51.7696,AL36LH

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [St Albans Girls' School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-albans-girls-school-e137339) | Secondary | 210 m (3 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade | Attainment 8 of 60.7 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Bernards Heath Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bernards-heath-junior-school-e117143) | Primary | 550 m (7 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), December 2023 | 78% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Heathlands School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/heathlands-school-e117685) | Special | 660 m (8 minutes on foot) | School remains Outstanding, February 2023 | – |
| [Garden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/garden-fields-junior-mixed-and-infant-school-e148434) | Primary | 820 m (10 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, December 2024 | 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Batchwood School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/batchwood-school-e117674) | Special | 890 m (11 minutes on foot) | Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met | – |
| [Margaret Wix Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/margaret-wix-primary-school-e117188) | Primary | 930 m (12 minutes on foot) | Improved significantly, December 2024 | 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Bernards Heath Infant and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bernards-heath-infant-and-nursery-school-e117135) | Primary | 930 m (12 minutes on foot) | Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met | – |
| [Townsend Church of England School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/townsend-church-of-england-school-e117555) | Secondary | 1.1 km (13 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, January 2024 | Attainment 8 of 43.9 (2025/26, provisional) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| December 2025 | £900,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| March 2025 | £770,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 80 m |
| July 2026 | £700,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 150 m |
| July 2026 | £925,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 180 m |
| April 2026 | £1,360,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 190 m |
| February 2026 | £290,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 200 m |
| October 2025 | £510,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 230 m |
| March 2026 | £650,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 290 m |

## Within 1 km

- Pharmacies: MEERA PHARMACY (480 m)
- Dental practices: HIGH OAKS DENTAL PRACTICE (710 m)
- Supermarkets: Tesco St Albans Beech Rd Express (460 m, Tesco); Morrisons Daily ST Albans New Greens (730 m, Morrisons)

## 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 007A (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 6.7** (2025). St Albans 007A has a deprivation score of 6.7 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 4,734th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £650,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in St Albans 007A was £650,000 in 2025. Joint 2,011th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 2,059** (2021). St Albans 007A had 2,059 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 4,413th 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: 89.2%** (January 2026). In St Albans 007A, 89.2% 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.

## 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: 51.7696, -0.3291

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=-0.3291,51.7696,AL36LH

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