AL5 postcode district

Property prices and recorded sales

AL5: 18,958 recorded property sales with dates, prices and address history. HM Land Registry records, not current valuations.

Latest recorded sale
16 July 2026
All recorded sales
18,958
Since 4 January 1995
Five-year median
£770,500
Sales in five-year window
2,424

Five-year sales by property type

Detached 770
Semi-detached 632
Terraced 352
Flats 574
Other 96

Annual property market

Bars show recorded Price Paid sales. Lines show median sale prices. Hover or tap a year for exact values, or select a legend item to show or hide a series.

Annual property market data
YearRecorded salesAll property types median sale priceDetached median sale priceSemi-detached median sale priceTerraced median sale priceFlat or maisonette median sale priceOther median sale price
2015608£625,000£980,000£639,000£439,500£300,000£495,000
2016608£567,375£1,000,000£650,000£470,000£325,000£347,500
2017531£650,000£1,015,000£662,500£497,000£340,000£693,125
2018522£695,000£1,050,000£670,000£500,000£325,000£549,500
2019536£703,500£1,000,000£717,500£550,000£327,500£713,500
2020460£729,286£1,100,000£770,000£545,000£335,000£637,250
2021689£700,000£1,275,000£750,000£540,000£335,000£550,000
2022564£755,500£1,300,000£800,000£635,000£360,000£1,000,000
2023476£782,500£1,335,000£805,000£610,000£330,000£800,000
2024492£775,000£1,300,000£775,000£615,000£345,000£350,000
2025532£775,000£1,400,000£835,500£602,500£350,000£1,435,000
2026151£722,500£1,321,250£875,000£595,000£337,500£275,000

Every recorded sale

1-20 of 18,958 · AL5

July 2021 to July 2026

  • 16 July 2026

    £275,000

    Stakers Court, 1, Milton Road, Harpenden, AL5 5PA

    Other, Freehold, existing property

  • 16 July 2026

    £882,000

    62, Grove Avenue, Harpenden, AL5 1HA

    Semi-detached, Freehold, existing property

  • 14 July 2026

    £1,837,500

    21, Moreton Avenue, Harpenden, AL5 2EU

    Semi-detached, Freehold, existing property

  • 14 July 2026

    £860,000

    48, Springfield Crescent, Harpenden, AL5 4LH

    Semi-detached, Freehold, existing property

  • 10 July 2026

    £585,000

    2, Knowle Drive, Harpenden, AL5 1RW

    Terraced, Freehold, existing property

  • 10 July 2026

    £490,000

    4, Sherwoods Rise, Harpenden, AL5 1LU

    Terraced, Freehold, existing property

  • 9 July 2026

    £895,000

    15, Hilltop Walk, Harpenden, AL5 1AU

    Terraced, Freehold, existing property

  • 8 July 2026

    £760,000

    73, Chesterton Avenue, Harpenden, AL5 5SU

    Semi-detached, Freehold, existing property

  • 6 July 2026

    £370,000

    Chepstow, 12, Douglas Road, Harpenden, AL5 2HW

    Flat or maisonette, Leasehold, existing property

  • 3 July 2026

    £320,000

    16, Millstone Way, Harpenden, AL5 5FE

    Flat or maisonette, Leasehold, existing property

  • 3 July 2026

    £800,000

    Maples, 8, Clarence Road, Harpenden, AL5 4AQ

    Flat or maisonette, Leasehold, existing property

  • 3 July 2026

    £900,000

    26, Park Hill, Harpenden, AL5 3AT

    Semi-detached, Freehold, existing property

  • 3 July 2026

    £875,000

    15, The Pleasance, Harpenden, AL5 3NA

    Semi-detached, Freehold, existing property

  • 3 July 2026

    £870,000

    12, Cross Way, Harpenden, AL5 4RA

    Semi-detached, Freehold, existing property

  • 2 July 2026

    £795,000

    74, Park Rise, Harpenden, AL5 3AL

    Detached, Freehold, existing property

  • 2 July 2026

    £585,000

    2, Hawthorn Close, Harpenden, AL5 1HN

    Semi-detached, Freehold, existing property

  • 1 July 2026

    £1,330,000

    145, Crabtree Lane, Harpenden, AL5 5RD

    Detached, Freehold, existing property

  • 1 July 2026

    £1,100,000

    44, Alzey Gardens, Harpenden, AL5 5SX

    Detached, Freehold, existing property

  • 30 June 2026

    £722,500

    61, Coleswood Road, Harpenden, AL5 1EF

    Terraced, Freehold, existing property

  • 30 June 2026

    £3,250,000

    1, Orchard Avenue, Harpenden, AL5 2DW

    Detached, Freehold, existing property

Local property price history

349-360 of 378 monthly records

Average price trend

Latest 12 monthly UK House Price Index records for St Albans.

Average price trend data
PeriodAverage price
July 1996£99,601
August 1996£100,104
September 1996£100,997
October 1996£101,453
November 1996£102,796
December 1996£104,826
January 1997£108,588
February 1997£108,724
March 1997£110,120
April 1997£109,806
May 1997£112,544
June 1997£115,182
Monthly UK House Price Index records
MonthAreaAverage priceIndexMonthly changeAnnual changeSales volume
June 1997St Albans£115,18218.52.3%16.8%321
May 1997St Albans£112,54418.12.5%15.1%280
April 1997St Albans£109,80617.6-0.3%14.8%255
March 1997St Albans£110,12017.71.3%13.8%186
February 1997St Albans£108,72417.50.1%11.3%172
January 1997St Albans£108,58817.43.6%10.0%202
December 1996St Albans£104,82616.82.0%8.1%273
November 1996St Albans£102,79616.51.3%6.4%300
October 1996St Albans£101,45316.30.5%4.1%267
September 1996St Albans£100,99716.20.9%2.0%291
August 1996St Albans£100,10416.10.5%2.7%329
July 1996St Albans£99,60116.01.0%3.8%294

Evidence in context

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £770,500 from 2,424 recorded sales in AL5. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for St Albans is £651,448 in June 2026, up 4.3% year on year.

Local comparison

House prices in nearby postcode districts

Nearby districts are ranked by distance between their postcode centroids within 50 km. Prices are five-year medians from recorded HM Land Registry sales, not asking prices.