Property market
The five-year median is £545,000 from 1,743 recorded sales in AL2. 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.
AL2
UK postcode district
Part of St Albans
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 987
- Current units
- 737
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 9
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- East of England
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 250
Postcode sectors in AL2
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
13,050 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 12, Willowside, London Colney, St Albans, AL2 1DP | 17 July 2026 | £710,000 |
| 19, Ribbledale, London Colney, St Albans, AL2 1TD | 17 July 2026 | £225,000 |
| 52, Tippendell Lane, St Albans, AL2 3HL | 17 July 2026 | £805,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 7
- Primary
- 7
- Secondary
- 0
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 2,427
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 815
- Other theft 511
- Anti social behaviour 289
- Shoplifting 228
- Criminal damage and arson 135
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- AL2 usual residents
- 24,211
- Age-profile population
- 24,252
Age bands in AL2
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 17.9%
- 4,329 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.1%
- 2,440 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 23.6%
- 5,716 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.1%
- 6,825 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 20.4%
- 4,942 residents
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
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 721 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- 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%
In this district, 682 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 602 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
3
in this district
MIDWAY SURGERY
93 WATFORD ROAD, ST. ALBANS, AL2 3JX
ODS code E82055
SUMMERFIELD HEALTH CENTRE
CALEDON ROAD, LONDON COLNEY, ST. ALBANS, AL2 1PU
ODS code E82107
VERULAM MEDICAL GROUP
COLNEY MEDICAL CENTRE, 45-47 KINGS ROAD, LONDON COLNEY, ST. ALBANS, AL2 1ES
ODS code E82113
Evidence in context
Schools
7 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 0 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
2,427 published events cover 12 months, averaging 202 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 815 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.