# AL5 4HQ: area report for a postcode in St Albans

AL5 4HQ 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 AL5 4HQ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [St Albans](https://openindex.co.uk/st-albans) › [AL5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/al5) › [AL5 4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/al5-4)

## Around this postcode

- **9 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 800% on July. St Albans 001D: 64 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.3527,51.8255,AL54HQ
- **Harpenden, 1.2 km**: About 15 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.3527,51.8255,AL54HQ
- **4 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 360 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.3527,51.8255,AL54HQ
- **No property in AL5 4HQ 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=-0.3527,51.8255,AL54HQ
- **England’s least deprived 10%**: This neighbourhood, St Albans 001D. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.3527,51.8255,AL54HQ
- **£646,781 average price**: For the whole of St Albans, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.3527,51.8255,AL54HQ
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 740 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.3527,51.8255,AL54HQ
- **5 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 750 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.3527,51.8255,AL54HQ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at AL5 4HQ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.3527,51.8255,AL54HQ
- **Low road and rail noise at AL5 4HQ**: Road 48 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.3527,51.8255,AL54HQ
- **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=-0.3527,51.8255,AL54HQ
- **11.3 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.3527,51.8255,AL54HQ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [St George's School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-georges-school-e138356) | Secondary | 360 m (4 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade | Attainment 8 of 65.6 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Manland Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/manland-primary-school-e117103) | Primary | 390 m (5 minutes on foot) | School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, June 2024 | 91% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [The Lea Primary School and Nursery](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-lea-primary-school-and-nursery-e117327) | Primary | 430 m (5 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade | 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Sir John Lawes School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sir-john-lawes-school-e137270) | Secondary | 560 m (7 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), March 2023 | Attainment 8 of 63.9 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [The King's School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-kings-school-e117650) | Independent | 900 m (11 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [St Nicholas CofE VA Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-nicholas-cofe-va-primary-school-e117434) | Primary | 1 km (13 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, March 2022 | 91% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Hilda's School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-hildas-school-e117627) | Independent | 1.1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Batford Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/batford-nursery-school-e117068) | Nursery | 1.1 km (13 minutes on foot) | School remains Outstanding, April 2023 | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| June 2026 | £1,750,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| September 2025 | £1,685,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 50 m |
| November 2024 | £1,355,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 50 m |
| May 2024 | £530,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 80 m |
| April 2026 | £265,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 90 m |
| February 2024 | £490,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 100 m |
| September 2025 | £245,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 110 m |
| November 2025 | £1,435,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 130 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: ELMS MEDICAL PRACTICE (740 m)
- Dental practices: SPECIAL CARE DENTAL (720 m); BOWERS WAY DENTAL SURGERY (860 m); WAYSIDE DENTAL PRACTIC (870 m); HARPENDEN ORTHODONTICS LLP (920 m)
- Supermarkets: Co-op Batford (750 m, The Co-operative Group); M&S Townsend BP (800 m, Marks and Spencer); Tesco Harpenden Esso Express (820 m, Tesco); Tesco Harpenden Luton Rd Express (920 m, Tesco); Cook Harpenden (960 m, Cook)

## 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 001D (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 3.3** (2025). St Albans 001D has a deprivation score of 3.3 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 1,242nd least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £585,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in St Albans 001D was £585,000 in 2025. Joint 2,903rd most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,519** (2021). St Albans 001D had 1,519 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 22,509th 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: 98.9%** (January 2026). In St Albans 001D, 98.9% 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.

## AL5 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £800,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in AL5 was £800,000 in 2025. 45th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 31,418** (2021). AL5 had 31,418 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 841st 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 AL5 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: 93.6%** (January 2026). In AL5, 93.6% 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: 51.8255, -0.3527

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=-0.3527,51.8255,AL54HQ

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