# AL4 8QJ: area report for a postcode in St Albans

AL4 8QJ 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 8QJ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [St Albans](https://openindex.co.uk/st-albans) › [AL4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/al4) › [AL4 8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/al4-8)

## Around this postcode

- **15 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 15% on July. St Albans 004D: 29 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.2969,51.8081,AL48QJ
- **Harpenden, 3.8 km**: The nearest station, in a straight line. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.2969,51.8081,AL48QJ
- **2 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 340 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.2969,51.8081,AL48QJ
- **No property in AL4 8QJ 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=-0.2969,51.8081,AL48QJ
- **England’s least deprived 10%**: This neighbourhood, St Albans 004D. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.2969,51.8081,AL48QJ
- **£646,781 average price**: For the whole of St Albans, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.2969,51.8081,AL48QJ
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: None found within 2 km. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.2969,51.8081,AL48QJ
- **1 supermarket within 1 km**: Nearest is 590 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.2969,51.8081,AL48QJ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at AL4 8QJ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.2969,51.8081,AL48QJ
- **Low road and rail noise at AL4 8QJ**: Road 48 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.2969,51.8081,AL48QJ
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 2 of 6**: 1% to 3% 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=-0.2969,51.8081,AL48QJ
- **10.4 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.2969,51.8081,AL48QJ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [St Helen's Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-helens-church-of-england-primary-school-e117462) | Primary | 340 m (4 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, June 2024 | 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery](https://openindex.co.uk/school/beech-hyde-primary-school-and-nursery-e145487) | Primary | 500 m (6 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), September 2022 | 50% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| December 2025 | £940,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| September 2024 | £875,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 110 m |
| June 2025 | £715,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 110 m |
| June 2026 | £755,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 120 m |
| March 2025 | £640,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 130 m |
| June 2026 | £700,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 150 m |
| October 2025 | £504,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 180 m |
| June 2026 | £962,500 | Detached, established, freehold | 190 m |

## Within 1 km

- Pharmacies: MANOR PHARMACY (580 m)
- Dental practices: MARFORD ROAD DENTAL SURGERY (510 m); DENTAL SURGERY (580 m)
- Supermarkets: Tesco Wheathampstead Express (590 m, Tesco)

## 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 004D (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 2.6** (2025). St Albans 004D has a deprivation score of 2.6 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 677th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £692,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in St Albans 004D was £692,500 in 2025. Joint 1,614th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,898** (2021). St Albans 004D had 1,898 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 7,276th 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: 95.4%** (January 2026). In St Albans 004D, 95.4% 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.

## 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: 51.8081, -0.2969

Council: [St Albans](https://openindex.co.uk/st-albans) (District, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Harpenden and Berkhamsted](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/harpenden-and-berkhamsted): Victoria Collins (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=-0.2969,51.8081,AL48QJ

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