AL3 4JW

Verulam · St Albans · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
St Albans
Ward
Verulam
Local authority
St Albans
Constituency
St Albans
Postcode district
AL3
Postcode sector
AL3 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
AL3 4JN 65 m
AL3 4JX 84 m
AL3 4JL 103 m
AL3 4NQ 160 m
AL3 4NJ 170 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL3 4JW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL3
Postcode sector
AL3 4
Latitude
51.743846
Longitude
-0.366856
British National Grid easting
512,850
British National Grid northing
206,277

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
St Albans · E07000240
Electoral ward
Verulam · E05013966
Parish or community
E43000290
Westminster constituency
St Albans · E14001507
Output area
E00120574
Lower layer super output area
St Albans 014A · E01023742
Middle layer super output area
St Albans 014 · E02004937

Postcode source versions

Explore AL3

14 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, Samian Gate, St Albans, AL3 4JW 6 March 2020 £730,000
10, Samian Gate, St Albans, AL3 4JW 29 January 2020 £583,000
8, Samian Gate, St Albans, AL3 4JW 21 September 2017 £599,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
47
Primary
30
Secondary
7
  1. Prae Wood Primary School

    Community school

    578 m
  2. St Columba's College

    Other independent school

    1.1 km
  3. St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans

    Voluntary aided school

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
341
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 93
  • Anti social behaviour 57
  • Burglary 39
  • Vehicle crime 34
  • Shoplifting 26

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
36

20 female, 16 male

Postcode households
15
Residents per household
2.4
AL3 4 residents
6,219

Age bands in AL3 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18%

1,159 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.3%

535 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.3%

1,435 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.3%

1,753 residents

Age 65 and over
24%

1,545 residents

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider AL3 4 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+
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%

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

8

within 5 km

  • MIDWAY SURGERY

    93 WATFORD ROAD, ST. ALBANS, AL2 3JX

    ODS code E82055

    1.4 km

  • HARVEY GROUP PRACTICE

    13-15 RUSSELL AVENUE, ST. ALBANS, AL3 5HB

    ODS code E82084

    2.2 km

  • MALTINGS SURGERY

    8-14 VICTORIA STREET, ST ALBANS, AL1 3JB

    ODS code E82031

    2.2 km

  • LODGE,HIGHFIELD & REDBOURN

    NORMANDY ROAD, ST. ALBANS, AL3 5NP

    ODS code E82014

    2.5 km

  • GRANGE STREET SURGERY

    2 GRANGE STREET, ST. ALBANS, AL3 5NF

    ODS code E82059

    2.6 km

  • PARKBURY HOUSE SURGERY

    ST. PETERS STREET, ST ALBANS, AL1 3HD

    ODS code E82060

    2.7 km

  • HATFIELD ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code E82004

    2.8 km

  • VERULAM MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code E82113

    4.9 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Glevum Close

    BCT · Verulam

    0.0 miles
  • Hadrian Close

    BCT · Verulam

    0.1 miles
  • Jerome Drive

    BCT · Verulam

    0.2 miles
  • Augustus Close

    BCT · Verulam

    0.2 miles
  • Antonine Gate

    BCT · Verulam

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for St Albans 014A, 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

33,241 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
9 of 10
Living environment
10 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
0
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

47 open schools are in scope, including 30 primary and 7 secondary schools. Prae Wood Primary School is the nearest published school at 578 m.

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

Recorded crime

341 published events cover 12 months, averaging 28.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 93 events.

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