AL3 6RW

Redbourn · St Albans · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
St Albans
Local authority
St Albans
Postcode district
AL3
Postcode sector
AL3 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
AL3 6RN 543 m
AL3 6RL 652 m
AL3 7AA 738 m
AL3 7AB 917 m
AL3 7AE 954 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL3 6RW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL3
Postcode sector
AL3 6
Latitude
51.783014
Longitude
-0.394827
British National Grid easting
510,823
British National Grid northing
210,590

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
St Albans · E07000240
Electoral ward
Redbourn · E05013961
Parish or community
E04004806
Output area
E00120458
Lower layer super output area
St Albans 006A · E01023722
Middle layer super output area
St Albans 006 · E02004929

Postcode source versions

Explore AL3

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
White Cottage Dane End Farm, Redbourn Road, St Albans, AL3 6RW 15 October 2010 £420,000
White Cottage Dane End Farm, Redbourn Road, St. Albans, AL3 6RW 12 January 2005 £310,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
39
Primary
25
Secondary
5
  1. Redbourn Primary School

    Community school

    2.1 km
  2. St Luke's School

    Foundation special school

    2.4 km
  3. Brockswood Primary School

    Community school

    2.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
82
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Anti social behaviour 23
  • Violence and sexual offences 18
  • Vehicle crime 14
  • Criminal damage and arson 8
  • Drugs 5

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
6

3 female, 3 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
2.0
AL3 6 residents
4,579

Age bands in AL3 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
20.9%

1,027 residents

Age 15 to 24
12.5%

614 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.3%

1,194 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.4%

1,346 residents

Age 65 and over
14.7%

723 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider AL3 6 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

9

within 5 km

  • WOODHALL FARM MEDICAL CTR

    VALLEY GREEN, SHENLEY ROAD, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, HP2 7RJ

    ODS code E82070

    3.0 km

  • VILLAGE SURGERY

    AMENBURY LANE, HARPENDEN, AL5 2BT

    ODS code E82037

    4.3 km

  • GROVE HILL MEDICAL CENTRE

    KILBRIDE COURT, GROVEHILL, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, HP2 6AD

    ODS code E82050

    4.5 km

  • LODGE,HIGHFIELD & REDBOURN

    NORMANDY ROAD, ST. ALBANS, AL3 5NP

    ODS code E82014

    4.5 km

  • DAVENPORT HOUSE SURGERY

    DAVENPORT HOUSE, BOWERS WAY, HARPENDEN, AL5 4HX

    ODS code E82077

    4.6 km

  • EVEREST HOUSE SURGERY

    EVEREST HOUSE, EVEREST WAY, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, HP2 4HY

    ODS code E82051

    4.8 km

  • HARVEY GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code E82084

    5.0 km

  • ELMS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    5 STEWART ROAD, HARPENDEN, AL5 4QA

    ODS code E82071

    5.0 km

  • GRANGE STREET SURGERY

    2 GRANGE STREET, ST. ALBANS, AL3 5NF

    ODS code E82059

    5.0 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

  • Beaumont Hall Lane

    BCT · Redbourn

    0.4 miles
  • Beaumont Hall Lane

    BCT · Redbourn

    0.5 miles
  • Redbournbury Lane

    BCT · Redbournbury

    0.5 miles
  • Redbournbury Lane

    BCT · Redbournbury

    0.5 miles
  • The Chequers PH

    BCT · Redbourn

    0.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for St Albans 006A, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

18,674 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
1 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

39 open schools are in scope, including 25 primary and 5 secondary schools. Redbourn Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.3 miles.

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

Recorded crime

82 published events cover 12 months, averaging 6.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 23 events.

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