# AL4 0QU: area report for a postcode in St Albans

AL4 0QU 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 AL4 0QU for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [St Albans](https://openindex.co.uk/st-albans) › [AL4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/al4) › [AL4 0](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/al4-0)

## Around this postcode

- **2 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 60% on July. St Albans 021A: 99 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.2750,51.7526,AL40QU
- **St Albans City, 3.6 km**: The nearest station, in a straight line. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.2750,51.7526,AL40QU
- **No schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 950 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.2750,51.7526,AL40QU
- **No property in AL4 0QU 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=-0.2750,51.7526,AL40QU
- **England’s least deprived 20%**: This neighbourhood, St Albans 021A. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.2750,51.7526,AL40QU
- **£646,781 average price**: For the whole of St Albans, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.2750,51.7526,AL40QU
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: None found within 2 km. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.2750,51.7526,AL40QU
- **No supermarkets within 1 km**: None found within 2 km. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.2750,51.7526,AL40QU
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at AL4 0QU**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.2750,51.7526,AL40QU
- **Moderate road and rail noise at AL4 0QU**: Road 59 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.2750,51.7526,AL40QU
- **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=-0.2750,51.7526,AL40QU
- **12.1 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.2750,51.7526,AL40QU

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Oaklands College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/oaklands-college-e130723) | Sixth form and further education | 950 m (12 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Nicholas Breakspear Catholic School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/nicholas-breakspear-catholic-school-e137938) | Secondary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), November 2023 | Attainment 8 of 55.0 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Links Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/links-academy-e139197) | Pupil referral and alternative provision | 1.4 km (17 minutes on foot) | School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, May 2023 | – |
| [Colney Heath Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/colney-heath-primary-school-e152410) | Primary | 1.5 km (19 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), November 2022, before the school changed | – |
| [Beaumont School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/beaumont-school-e138286) | Secondary | 1.7 km (21 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade | Attainment 8 of 63.0 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Oakwood Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/oakwood-primary-school-e117222) | Primary | 1.8 km (22 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), July 2024 | 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| July 2026 | £685,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 470 m |
| October 2024 | £875,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 500 m |
| August 2023 | £1,072,500 | Detached, established, freehold | 580 m |
| March 2024 | £645,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 590 m |
| September 2024 | £795,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 590 m |

## Within 1 km

## 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 021A (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 7.6** (2025). St Albans 021A has a deprivation score of 7.6 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 5,768th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £763,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in St Albans 021A was £763,000 in 2025. 1,147th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,483** (2021). St Albans 021A had 1,483 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 22,307th least 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: 95.9%** (January 2026). In St Albans 021A, 95.9% 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.

## AL4 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £638,750** (2025). The median price paid for a home in AL4 was £638,750 in 2025. 116th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 28,034** (2021). AL4 had 28,034 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,026th 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: 69%** (2022). About 69% of people in AL4 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: 93.0%** (January 2026). In AL4, 93.0% 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: 51.7526, -0.2750

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=-0.2750,51.7526,AL40QU

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