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AL2 3UQ

St Stephen · St Albans · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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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 3UN 39 m
AL2 3UW 120 m
AL2 3UP 125 m
AL2 3BX 146 m
AL2 3UT 164 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL2 3UQ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 August 1992
Terminated
1 December 1994
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL2
Postcode sector
AL2 3
Latitude
51.708252
Longitude
-0.378991
British National Grid easting
512,100
British National Grid northing
202,300

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
E00120513
Lower layer super output area
St Albans 020D · E01023732
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
43
Primary
31
Secondary
4

  1. Mount Pleasant Lane Primary School

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    297 m

  2. Parmiter's School

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    911 m

  3. Saint Michael's Catholic High School

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    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
581
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 252
  • Anti social behaviour 119
  • Public order 38
  • Vehicle crime 37
  • Other theft 35

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

    1.9 km

  • SHEEPCOT MEDICAL CENTRE

    6 CUNNINGHAM WAY, WATFORD, WD25 7NL

    ODS code E82096

    2.8 km

  • VINE HOUSE HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code E82046

    2.8 km

  • GARSTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    6A NORTH WESTERN AVENUE, WATFORD, WD25 9GP

    ODS code E82017

    3.0 km

  • MIDWAY SURGERY

    93 WATFORD ROAD, ST. ALBANS, AL2 3JX

    ODS code E82055

    3.3 km

  • KINGS LANGLEY SURGERY

    THE NAP, KINGS LANGLEY, WD4 8ET

    ODS code E82129

    4.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Black Boy PH

    BCT · Bricket Wood

    0.1 miles

  • Black Boy PH

    BCT · Bricket Wood

    0.1 miles

  • Mount Pleasant Lane School

    BCT · Bricket Wood

    0.2 miles

  • Mount Pleasant Lane School

    BCT · Bricket Wood

    0.2 miles

  • Oakwood Road

    BCT · Bricket Wood

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for St Albans 020D, 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

22,708 of 33,755

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

Evidence in context

Schools

43 open schools are in scope, including 31 primary and 4 secondary schools. Mount Pleasant Lane Primary School is the nearest published school at 297 m.

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

Recorded crime

581 published events cover 12 months, averaging 48.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 252 events.

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