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AL2 3WF

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 3UZ 0 m
AL2 3UU 43 m
AL2 3UR 56 m
AL2 3FB 104 m
AL2 3XA 104 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL2 3WF
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 December 2001
Terminated
1 August 2004
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL2
Postcode sector
AL2 3
Latitude
51.706008
Longitude
-0.380562
British National Grid easting
511,997
British National Grid northing
202,048

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
E00120518
Lower layer super output area
St Albans 020D · E01023732
Middle layer super output area
St Albans 020 · E02004943

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
44
Primary
31
Secondary
4

  1. Mount Pleasant Lane Primary School

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    104 m

  2. Parmiter's School

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    685 m

  3. Saint Michael's Catholic High School

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    806 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
838
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 375
  • Anti social behaviour 163
  • Vehicle crime 58
  • Public order 54
  • Criminal damage and arson 51

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

    1.7 km

  • SHEEPCOT MEDICAL CENTRE

    6 CUNNINGHAM WAY, WATFORD, WD25 7NL

    ODS code E82096

    2.5 km

  • VINE HOUSE HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code E82046

    2.6 km

  • GARSTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    6A NORTH WESTERN AVENUE, WATFORD, WD25 9GP

    ODS code E82017

    2.7 km

  • MIDWAY SURGERY

    93 WATFORD ROAD, ST. ALBANS, AL2 3JX

    ODS code E82055

    3.6 km

  • KINGS LANGLEY SURGERY

    THE NAP, KINGS LANGLEY, WD4 8ET

    ODS code E82129

    4.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Mount Pleasant Lane School

    BCT · Bricket Wood

    0.1 miles

  • Mount Pleasant Lane School

    BCT · Bricket Wood

    0.2 miles

  • Black Boy PH

    BCT · Bricket Wood

    0.3 miles

  • Black Boy PH

    BCT · Bricket Wood

    0.3 miles

  • West Riding

    BCT · Bricket Wood

    0.5 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

44 open schools are in scope, including 31 primary and 4 secondary schools. Mount Pleasant Lane Primary School is the nearest published school at 104 m.

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

Recorded crime

838 published events cover 12 months, averaging 69.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 375 events.

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