Property market
The five-year median is £605,000 from 2,055 recorded sales in AL3. 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.
AL3
UK postcode district
Part of St Albans
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,309
- Current units
- 955
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 11
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- East of England
- Local authority codes
- 3
- Terminated postcode units
- 354
Postcode sectors in AL3
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
17,052 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 28, Batchwood Drive, St Albans, AL3 5SB | 17 July 2026 | £650,000 |
| 36, Humbers Hoe, Markyate, St Albans, AL3 8QU | 17 July 2026 | £500,000 |
| 13, Oster Street, St Albans, AL3 5JN | 17 July 2026 | £482,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 18
- Primary
- 9
- Secondary
- 2
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 2,098
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 716
- Anti social behaviour 413
- Other theft 188
- Criminal damage and arson 168
- Vehicle crime 147
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- AL3 usual residents
- 29,620
- Age-profile population
- 29,737
Age bands in AL3
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 19.9%
- 5,909 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.7%
- 2,878 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.3%
- 7,224 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.6%
- 8,202 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 18.6%
- 5,524 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 951 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, 832 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 684 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 1 postcode unit 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
GRANGE STREET SURGERY
2 GRANGE STREET, ST. ALBANS, AL3 5NF
ODS code E82059
HARVEY GROUP PRACTICE
13-15 RUSSELL AVENUE, ST. ALBANS, AL3 5HB
ODS code E82084
LODGE,HIGHFIELD & REDBOURN
NORMANDY ROAD, ST. ALBANS, AL3 5NP
ODS code E82014
Evidence in context
Schools
18 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 2 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
2,098 published events cover 12 months, averaging 175 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 716 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.