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AL3 5PN

Batchwood · St Albans · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Batchwood
Local authority
St Albans
Constituency
St Albans
Postcode district
AL3
Postcode sector
AL3 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
AL3 5LG 88 m
AL3 5LF 106 m
AL3 5QX 123 m
AL3 5FG 143 m
AL3 5LH 143 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL3 5PN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL3
Postcode sector
AL3 5
Latitude
51.760080
Longitude
-0.343940
British National Grid easting
514,391
British National Grid northing
208,118

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
St Albans · E07000240
Electoral ward
Batchwood · E05013947
Parish or community
E43000290
Westminster constituency
St Albans · E14001507
Output area
E00120208
Lower layer super output area
St Albans 009A · E01023669
Middle layer super output area
St Albans 009 · E02004932

Postcode source versions

Explore AL3

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
49
Primary
30
Secondary
8

  1. Muriel Green Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    554 m

  2. Batchwood School

    Community special school

    648 m

  3. Garden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant School

    Academy converter

    654 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,821
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 909
  • Anti social behaviour 447
  • Shoplifting 305
  • Criminal damage and arson 198
  • Other theft 195

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
AL3 5 residents
8,729

Age bands in AL3 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
21.8%

1,774 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.8%

797 residents

Age 25 to 44
28.2%

2,297 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.2%

2,216 residents

Age 65 and over
13%

1,058 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

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

  • LODGE,HIGHFIELD & REDBOURN

    NORMANDY ROAD, ST. ALBANS, AL3 5NP

    ODS code E82014

    168 m

  • GRANGE STREET SURGERY

    2 GRANGE STREET, ST. ALBANS, AL3 5NF

    ODS code E82059

    638 m

  • HARVEY GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code E82084

    710 m

  • PARKBURY HOUSE SURGERY

    ST. PETERS STREET, ST ALBANS, AL1 3HD

    ODS code E82060

    779 m

  • MALTINGS SURGERY

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

    ODS code E82031

    1.0 km

  • HATFIELD ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code E82004

    1.8 km

  • MIDWAY SURGERY

    93 WATFORD ROAD, ST. ALBANS, AL2 3JX

    ODS code E82055

    3.0 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

  • City Hospital

    BCT · Townsend

    0.0 miles

  • Hospital

    BCT · St Albans

    0.1 miles

  • Goldsmith Way

    BCT · St Albans

    0.1 miles

  • Hospital

    BCT · St Albans

    0.1 miles

  • Goldsmith Way

    BCT · St Albans

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for St Albans 009A, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

10,964 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
10 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.

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

49 open schools are in scope, including 30 primary and 8 secondary schools. Muriel Green Nursery School is the nearest published school at 554 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,821 published events cover 12 months, averaging 235.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 909 events.

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