AL2 1AB

London Colney · St Albans · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
St Albans
Constituency
St Albans
Postcode district
AL2
Postcode sector
AL2 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
AL2 1BP 76 m
AL2 1TL 144 m
AL2 1TF 152 m
AL2 1TE 163 m
AL2 1BH 188 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL2 1AB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 2005
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL2
Postcode sector
AL2 1
Latitude
51.716797
Longitude
-0.282939
British National Grid easting
518,714
British National Grid northing
203,402

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
St Albans · E07000240
Parish or community
E04013285
Westminster constituency
St Albans · E14001507
Output area
E00120382
Lower layer super output area
St Albans 018A · E01023704
Middle layer super output area
St Albans 018 · E02004941

Postcode source versions

Explore AL2

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
34
Primary
23
Secondary
3
  1. Saint Bernadette Voluntary Catholic Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    1.2 km
  2. Bowmansgreen Primary School

    Community school

    1.4 km
  3. London Colney Primary & Nursery School

    Community school

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,021
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Other theft 364
  • Violence and sexual offences 201
  • Shoplifting 172
  • Anti social behaviour 87
  • Vehicle crime 45

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
2

0 female, 2 male

Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
AL2 1 residents
9,815

Age bands in AL2 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.8%

1,842 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.1%

1,089 residents

Age 25 to 44
27.2%

2,662 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.7%

2,713 residents

Age 65 and over
15.3%

1,497 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider AL2 1 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+
58.3%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
58.3%
Gigabit-capable
58.3%
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

4

within 5 km

  • SUMMERFIELD HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code E82107

    1.3 km

  • VERULAM MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code E82113

    1.6 km

  • THE RED HOUSE GROUP

    THE RED HOUSE SURGERY, 124 WATLING STREET, RADLETT, WD7 7JQ

    ODS code E82085

    4.5 km

  • HATFIELD ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code E82004

    4.5 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • The Bell Roundabout

    BCT · London Colney

    0.1 miles
  • The Bell Roundabout

    BCT · London Colney

    0.1 miles
  • Colney Fields Retail Park

    BCT · London Colney

    0.1 miles
  • Colney Fields Retail Park

    BCT · London Colney

    0.1 miles
  • Thamesdale

    BCT · London Colney

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for St Albans 018A, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

21,010 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
6 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
7
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

34 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 3 secondary schools. Saint Bernadette Voluntary Catholic Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

1,021 published events cover 12 months, averaging 85.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other theft with 364 events.

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