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AL2 3ER

St Stephen · St Albans · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
St Stephen
Local authority
St Albans
Constituency
St Albans
Postcode district
AL2
Postcode sector
AL2 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
AL2 3XJ 6 m
AL2 3EL 35 m
AL2 3XL 64 m
AL2 3RP 108 m
AL2 3YT 145 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL2 3ER
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 July 1995
Terminated
1 December 1995
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL2
Postcode sector
AL2 3
Latitude
51.703638
Longitude
-0.370473
British National Grid easting
512,700
British National Grid northing
201,800

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
St Albans · E07000240
Electoral ward
St Stephen · E05013965
Parish or community
E04013288
Westminster constituency
St Albans · E14001507
Output area
E00189344
Lower layer super output area
St Albans 020E · E01023733
Middle layer super output area
St Albans 020 · E02004943

Postcode source versions

Explore AL2

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
47
Primary
32
Secondary
4

  1. Mount Pleasant Lane Primary School

    Academy converter

    642 m

  2. Saint Michael's Catholic High School

    Academy converter

    1.2 km

  3. Coates Way JMI and Nursery School

    Community school

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
501
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 179
  • Anti social behaviour 114
  • Public order 35
  • Vehicle crime 33
  • Criminal damage and arson 33

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
AL2 3 residents
8,274

Age bands in AL2 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.6%

1,407 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.2%

775 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.9%

1,768 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.8%

2,435 residents

Age 65 and over
24.6%

2,082 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.

GP practices

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • ABBOTSWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE

    12 KATHERINE PLACE, COLLEGE ROAD, ABBOTS LANGLEY, WD5 0BT

    ODS code E82105

    2.3 km

  • GARSTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    6A NORTH WESTERN AVENUE, WATFORD, WD25 9GP

    ODS code E82017

    2.8 km

  • SHEEPCOT MEDICAL CENTRE

    6 CUNNINGHAM WAY, WATFORD, WD25 7NL

    ODS code E82096

    3.1 km

  • VINE HOUSE HEALTH CENTRE

    87-89 HIGH STREET, ABBOTS LANGLEY, WD5 0AL

    ODS code E82046

    3.3 km

  • MIDWAY SURGERY

    93 WATFORD ROAD, ST. ALBANS, AL2 3JX

    ODS code E82055

    3.5 km

  • THE RED HOUSE GROUP

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

    ODS code E82085

    4.4 km

Nearby transport

  • West Riding

    BCT · Bricket Wood

    0.2 miles

  • West Riding

    BCT · Bricket Wood

    0.2 miles

  • United Reformed Church

    BCT · Bricket Wood

    0.2 miles

  • United Reformed Church

    BCT · Bricket Wood

    0.2 miles

  • Mount Pleasant Lane School

    BCT · Bricket Wood

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for St Albans 020E, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

31,187 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
8 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

47 open schools are in scope, including 32 primary and 4 secondary schools. Mount Pleasant Lane Primary School is the nearest published school at 642 m.

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

Recorded crime

501 published events cover 12 months, averaging 41.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 179 events.

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