AL1 5BY

Cunningham · St Albans · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
St Albans
Local authority
St Albans
Constituency
St Albans
Postcode district
AL1
Postcode sector
AL1 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
AL1 5BX 49 m
AL1 5SR 115 m
AL1 5SS 204 m
AL1 5SP 223 m
AL1 1JJ 253 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL1 5BY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL1
Postcode sector
AL1 5
Latitude
51.744496
Longitude
-0.318581
British National Grid easting
516,181
British National Grid northing
206,425

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
St Albans · E07000240
Parish or community
E43000290
Westminster constituency
St Albans · E14001507
Output area
E00120261
Lower layer super output area
St Albans 016B · E01023682
Middle layer super output area
St Albans 016 · E02004939

Postcode source versions

Explore AL1

28 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
28a, Cunningham Hill Road, St Albans, AL1 5BY 30 October 2025 £2,190,000
14, Cunningham Hill Road, St Albans, AL1 5BY 27 September 2024 £2,394,150
28, Cunningham Hill Road, St Albans, AL1 5BY 5 January 2023 £2,200,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
54
Primary
34
Secondary
8
  1. Cunningham Hill Infant School

    Community school

    273 m
  2. Cunningham Hill Junior School

    Community school

    273 m
  3. St Alban & St Stephen Catholic Primary School & Nursery

    Academy converter

    616 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,282
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 923
  • Anti social behaviour 501
  • Shoplifting 485
  • Vehicle crime 308
  • Other theft 250

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
59

30 female, 29 male

Postcode households
24
Residents per household
2.5
AL1 5 residents
10,560

Age bands in AL1 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
21.1%

2,169 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.4%

966 residents

Age 25 to 44
32.3%

3,309 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.5%

2,510 residents

Age 65 and over
12.7%

1,305 residents

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider AL1 5 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+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
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

  • HATFIELD ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code E82004

    639 m

  • MALTINGS SURGERY

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

    ODS code E82031

    1.6 km

  • PARKBURY HOUSE SURGERY

    ST. PETERS STREET, ST ALBANS, AL1 3HD

    ODS code E82060

    1.7 km

  • HARVEY GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code E82084

    1.8 km

  • GRANGE STREET SURGERY

    2 GRANGE STREET, ST. ALBANS, AL3 5NF

    ODS code E82059

    1.9 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

    2.5 km

  • SUMMERFIELD HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code E82107

    2.7 km

  • MIDWAY SURGERY

    93 WATFORD ROAD, ST. ALBANS, AL2 3JX

    ODS code E82055

    2.8 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Wingate Way

    BCT · Cell Barnes

    0.2 miles
  • Park View Close

    BCT · Cell Barnes

    0.2 miles
  • Wingate Way

    BCT · Cell Barnes

    0.2 miles
  • Cunningham Avenue

    BCT · St Albans

    0.2 miles
  • Cunningham Avenue

    BCT · St Albans

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for St Albans 016B, 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

25,404 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
7 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
1
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

Property market

The five-year median is £2,145,000 from 6 recorded sales in AL1 5BY. 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.

Schools

54 open schools are in scope, including 34 primary and 8 secondary schools. Cunningham Hill Infant School is the nearest published school at 273 m.

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

Recorded crime

3,282 published events cover 12 months, averaging 273.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 923 events.

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