# AL5 5NZ: area report for a postcode in St Albans

AL5 5NZ 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 5NZ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [St Albans](https://openindex.co.uk/st-albans) › [AL5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/al5) › [AL5 5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/al5-5)

## Around this postcode

- **26 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 19% on July. St Albans 003D: 34 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.3489,51.8139,AL55NZ
- **Harpenden, 200 m**: About 2 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.3489,51.8139,AL55NZ
- **5 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 270 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.3489,51.8139,AL55NZ
- **No property in AL5 5NZ 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=-0.3489,51.8139,AL55NZ
- **England’s least deprived 10%**: This neighbourhood, St Albans 003D. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.3489,51.8139,AL55NZ
- **£646,781 average price**: For the whole of St Albans, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.3489,51.8139,AL55NZ
- **3 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 460 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.3489,51.8139,AL55NZ
- **6 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 550 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.3489,51.8139,AL55NZ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at AL5 5NZ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.3489,51.8139,AL55NZ
- **Low road and rail noise at AL5 5NZ**: Road 45 dB, rail 50 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.3489,51.8139,AL55NZ
- **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=-0.3489,51.8139,AL55NZ
- **11.9 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.3489,51.8139,AL55NZ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [St Dominic Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-dominic-catholic-primary-school-e151499) | Primary | 270 m (3 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), November 2023, before the school changed | – |
| [Harpenden Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/harpenden-academy-e143648) | Primary | 380 m (5 minutes on foot) | Improved significantly, February 2025 | 81% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Crabtree Infants' School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/crabtree-infants-school-e140707) | Primary | 580 m (7 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), February 2024 | – |
| [Crabtree Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/crabtree-junior-school-e140708) | Primary | 630 m (8 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), November 2023 | 86% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Nicholas CofE VA Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-nicholas-cofe-va-primary-school-e117434) | Primary | 740 m (9 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, March 2022 | 91% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [High Beeches Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/high-beeches-primary-school-e117342) | Primary | 840 m (11 minutes on foot) | School remains Outstanding, June 2023 | 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [The Grove Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-grove-junior-school-e117258) | Primary | 990 m (12 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, December 2022 | 82% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Sir John Lawes School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sir-john-lawes-school-e137270) | Secondary | 1 km (12 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), March 2023 | Attainment 8 of 63.9 (2025/26, provisional) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| April 2026 | £475,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 10 m |
| December 2025 | £555,000 | Terraced, established, leasehold | 30 m |
| April 2025 | £255,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 40 m |
| November 2024 | £635,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 60 m |
| April 2026 | £270,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 70 m |
| March 2025 | £311,500 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 90 m |
| August 2024 | £310,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 100 m |
| April 2026 | £685,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 110 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Harpenden (200 m, 2 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: DAVENPORT HOUSE SURGERY (460 m); VILLAGE SURGERY (580 m); ELMS MEDICAL PRACTICE (600 m)
- Pharmacies: TOPKINS PHARMACY (350 m); MANOR PHARMACY (420 m); BOOTS (500 m); SPRINGFIELD PHARMACY (500 m); MANOR PHARMACY (850 m)
- Dental practices: VAUGHAN DENTAL PRACTICE (410 m); DAVENPORT HOUSE DENTAL PRACTICE (460 m); DENTAL SURGEON (500 m); LEYTON ROAD (DENTAL SURGERY) (510 m); BOWERS WAY DENTAL SURGERY (600 m)
- Supermarkets: Sainsburys Harpenden (550 m, Sainsburys); Morrisons Daily Harpenden High Street (580 m, Morrisons); Waitrose Harpenden (590 m, Waitrose); M&S Harpenden SF (640 m, Marks and Spencer); Cook Harpenden (660 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 003D (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 2.3** (2025). St Albans 003D has a deprivation score of 2.3 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 488th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £627,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in St Albans 003D was £627,000 in 2025. 2,303rd most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,656** (2021). St Albans 003D had 1,656 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 15,403rd 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: 94.5%** (January 2026). In St Albans 003D, 94.5% 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: 51.8139, -0.3489

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=-0.3489,51.8139,AL55NZ

## How to cite

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