AL3 8JJ

Watling · Dacorum · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
St Albans
Ward
Watling
Local authority
Dacorum
Postcode district
AL3
Postcode sector
AL3 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
AL3 8JU 34 m
AL3 8NY 48 m
AL3 8JY 61 m
AL3 8JZ 65 m
AL3 8NZ 67 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL3 8JJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL3
Postcode sector
AL3 8
Latitude
51.834572
Longitude
-0.457784
British National Grid easting
506,359
British National Grid northing
216,230

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Dacorum · E07000096
Electoral ward
Watling · E05004714
Parish or community
E04004705
Output area
E00119028
Lower layer super output area
Dacorum 001C · E01023432
Middle layer super output area
Dacorum 001 · E02004856

Postcode source versions

Explore AL3

6 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Longmead, High Street, Markyate, St Albans, AL3 8JJ 11 December 2015 £425,000
Longmead, High Street, Markyate, St. Albans, AL3 8JJ 7 March 2005 £247,000
Erin Villa, High Street, Markyate, St. Albans, AL3 8JJ 16 May 2003 £230,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
17
Primary
13
Secondary
1
  1. Markyate Village School and Nursery

    Community school

    747 m
  2. Flamstead Village School

    Community school

    2.5 km
  3. Slip End Village School

    Community school

    2.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
295
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 143
  • Anti social behaviour 59
  • Criminal damage and arson 29
  • Vehicle crime 17
  • Public order 12

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
7

4 female, 3 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
3.5
AL3 8 residents
4,747

Age bands in AL3 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.1%

920 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.4%

450 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.6%

1,184 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.2%

1,403 residents

Age 65 and over
17.8%

855 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider AL3 8 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

1

within 5 km

  • CADDINGTON SURGERY

    33 MANOR ROAD, CADDINGTON, LUTON, LU1 4EE

    ODS code E81069

    3.3 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

  • Long Meadow

    BCT · Markyate

    0.1 miles
  • Long Meadow

    BCT · Markyate

    0.1 miles
  • Commuter Interchange

    BCT · Markyate

    0.1 miles
  • Commuter Interchange

    BCT · Markyate

    0.1 miles
  • Bypass Southbound

    BCT · Markyate

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dacorum 001C, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

25,946 of 33,755

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

17 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 1 secondary schools. Markyate Village School and Nursery is the nearest published school at 747 m.

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

Recorded crime

295 published events cover 12 months, averaging 24.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 143 events.

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