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AL1 2PL

Sopwell · St Albans · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Sopwell
Local authority
St Albans
Constituency
St Albans
Postcode district
AL1
Postcode sector
AL1 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
AL1 2DW 25 m
AL1 2JJ 57 m
AL1 2JD 59 m
AL1 2EL 74 m
AL1 2JL 76 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL1 2PL
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 June 2002
Terminated
1 May 2024
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL1
Postcode sector
AL1 2
Latitude
51.739185
Longitude
-0.335261
British National Grid easting
515,043
British National Grid northing
205,808

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
St Albans · E07000240
Electoral ward
Sopwell · E05013963
Parish or community
E43000290
Westminster constituency
St Albans · E14001507
Output area
E00120550
Lower layer super output area
St Albans 017B · E01023738
Middle layer super output area
St Albans 017 · E02004940

Postcode source versions

Explore AL1

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
52
Primary
32
Secondary
8

  1. Mandeville Primary School

    Academy converter

    428 m

  2. St Adrian Roman Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    607 m

  3. Watling View School

    Community special school

    635 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,858
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 772
  • Anti social behaviour 460
  • Shoplifting 371
  • Other theft 292
  • Vehicle crime 218

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
1

0 female, 1 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
1.0
AL1 2 residents
6,942

Age bands in AL1 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
22%

1,503 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.5%

715 residents

Age 25 to 44
28.1%

1,917 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.5%

1,676 residents

Age 65 and over
14.9%

1,018 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider AL1 2 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

GP practices

9

within 5 km straight-line

  • HATFIELD ROAD SURGERY

    2 THE PARADE, ELLIS HOUSE, ST. ALBANS, AL1 3FY

    ODS code E82004

    1.1 km

  • MALTINGS SURGERY

    8-14 VICTORIA STREET, ST ALBANS, AL1 3JB

    ODS code E82031

    1.4 km

  • MIDWAY SURGERY

    93 WATFORD ROAD, ST. ALBANS, AL2 3JX

    ODS code E82055

    1.5 km

  • HARVEY GROUP PRACTICE

    13-15 RUSSELL AVENUE, ST. ALBANS, AL3 5HB

    ODS code E82084

    1.7 km

  • PARKBURY HOUSE SURGERY

    ST. PETERS STREET, ST ALBANS, AL1 3HD

    ODS code E82060

    1.9 km

  • GRANGE STREET SURGERY

    2 GRANGE STREET, ST. ALBANS, AL3 5NF

    ODS code E82059

    2.0 km

  • LODGE,HIGHFIELD & REDBOURN

    NORMANDY ROAD, ST. ALBANS, AL3 5NP

    ODS code E82014

    2.3 km

  • VERULAM MEDICAL GROUP

    COLNEY MEDICAL CENTRE, 45-47 KINGS ROAD, LONDON COLNEY, ST. ALBANS, AL2 1ES

    ODS code E82113

    2.8 km

  • SUMMERFIELD HEALTH CENTRE

    CALEDON ROAD, LONDON COLNEY, ST. ALBANS, AL2 1PU

    ODS code E82107

    3.1 km

Nearby transport

  • Abbots Avenue

    BCT · Cottonmill

    0.1 miles

  • Monks Close

    BCT · Cottonmill

    0.1 miles

  • Trumpington Drive

    BCT · Cottonmill

    0.1 miles

  • Holyrood Crescent

    BCT · St Julians

    0.2 miles

  • Pemberton Close

    BCT · Cottonmill

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for St Albans 017B, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

4 of 10

Overall England rank

11,269 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
9 of 10
Living environment
9 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

52 open schools are in scope, including 32 primary and 8 secondary schools. Mandeville Primary School is the nearest published school at 428 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

2,858 published events cover 12 months, averaging 238.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 772 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.