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AL1 3GG

Bernards Heath · St Albans · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Bernards Heath
Local authority
St Albans
Constituency
St Albans
Postcode district
AL1
Postcode sector
AL1 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
AL1 3GL 36 m
AL1 3NR 40 m
AL1 3YT 43 m
AL1 3GT 44 m
AL1 3GH 56 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL1 3GG
Status
Current
Introduced
1 September 2010
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL1
Postcode sector
AL1 3
Latitude
51.753711
Longitude
-0.327917
British National Grid easting
515,513
British National Grid northing
207,435

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
St Albans · E07000240
Electoral ward
Bernards Heath · E05013948
Parish or community
E43000290
Westminster constituency
St Albans · E14001507
Output area
E00189403
Lower layer super output area
St Albans 011D · E01023676
Middle layer super output area
St Albans 011 · E02004934

Postcode source versions

Explore AL1

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
52
Primary
33
Secondary
8

  1. Loreto College

    Academy converter

    142 m

  2. Maple Primary School

    Community school

    378 m

  3. Alban City School

    Free schools

    465 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
4,062
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,113
  • Anti social behaviour 607
  • Shoplifting 573
  • Vehicle crime 336
  • Other theft 332

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
30

14 female, 16 male

Postcode households
16
Residents per household
1.9
AL1 3 residents
5,821

Age bands in AL1 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.4%

1,029 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.8%

524 residents

Age 25 to 44
47.6%

3,186 residents

Age 45 to 64
20.1%

1,344 residents

Age 65 and over
9.1%

608 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider AL1 3 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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
6.3%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

9

within 5 km straight-line

  • PARKBURY HOUSE SURGERY

    ST. PETERS STREET, ST ALBANS, AL1 3HD

    ODS code E82060

    537 m

  • GRANGE STREET SURGERY

    2 GRANGE STREET, ST. ALBANS, AL3 5NF

    ODS code E82059

    678 m

  • HATFIELD ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code E82004

    701 m

  • MALTINGS SURGERY

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

    ODS code E82031

    719 m

  • HARVEY GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code E82084

    845 m

  • LODGE,HIGHFIELD & REDBOURN

    NORMANDY ROAD, ST. ALBANS, AL3 5NP

    ODS code E82014

    1.2 km

  • MIDWAY SURGERY

    93 WATFORD ROAD, ST. ALBANS, AL2 3JX

    ODS code E82055

    2.9 km

  • VERULAM MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code E82113

    3.7 km

  • SUMMERFIELD HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code E82107

    4.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Hatfield Road

    BCT · St Albans

    0.0 miles

  • Manor Road

    BCT · St Albans

    0.1 miles

  • SS Alban & Stephen Catholic Church

    BCT · St Albans

    0.2 miles

  • Loreto College

    BCT · St Albans

    0.2 miles

  • St Albans City Railway Station

    BCT · St Albans

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for St Albans 011D, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

25,813 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
4 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 33 primary and 8 secondary schools. Loreto College is the nearest published school at 142 m.

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

Recorded crime

4,062 published events cover 12 months, averaging 338.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,113 events.

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