AL5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Harpenden, Batford and Hatching Green, in St Albans.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an AL5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In AL5, 93.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How AL5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is AL5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in AL5 at a rate of 47.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 87.3 per 1,000 people across AL.
In August 2026 alone, 120 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in AL5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (350), anti-social behaviour (323) and other crime (296).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in AL5 was 49.1 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in AL5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so AL5 has no single figure. Of its 19 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 15 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in AL5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Albans 001A | 1,740 | 25.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.9% |
| St Albans 001B | 1,475 | 14.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.9% |
| St Albans 001C | 1,252 | 46.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 87.5% |
| St Albans 001D | 1,519 | 64.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.9% |
| St Albans 001E | 1,742 | 15.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.3% |
| St Albans 002A | 1,733 | 20.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.6% |
| St Albans 002B | 1,593 | 23.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.3% |
| St Albans 002C | 1,517 | 97.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.6% |
| St Albans 002D | 1,541 | 54.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.2% |
| St Albans 002E | 1,494 | 43.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.1% |
| St Albans 003A | 1,622 | 70.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.2% |
| St Albans 003B | 1,375 | 26.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| St Albans 003C | 1,932 | 198.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 87.0% |
| St Albans 003D | 1,656 | 33.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.5% |
| St Albans 003E | 1,516 | 33.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| St Albans 005A | 1,660 | 17.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| St Albans 005B | 1,805 | 20.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 53.1% |
| St Albans 005C | 1,883 | 44.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.9% |
| St Albans 005D | 1,524 | 26.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.4% |
MPs for AL5
- Victoria CollinsLiberal DemocratMP for Harpenden and Berkhamsted99% of AL5’s postcodes
- Daisy CooperLiberal DemocratMP for St Albans1.1% of AL5’s postcodes
- Rachel HopkinsLabourMP for Luton South and South Bedfordshire0.3% of AL5’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in AL54
Postcode sectors in AL56
Council1
Towns in AL51
Postcode districts next to AL53
Nearest rail stations1
More in the AL postcode area2
AL5 in brief
AL5 is a postcode district covering Harpenden, Batford and Hatching Green, in St Albans.
About 31,765 people lived in AL5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £800,000 in 2025 across 499 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 47.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in AL5 was £800,000 in 2025.
AL5 had 31,418 usual residents at the census.
In AL5, 93.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In AL5, 1.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.