AL4 0HQ

Colney Heath · St Albans · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
St Albans
Local authority
St Albans
Constituency
St Albans
Postcode district
AL4
Postcode sector
AL4 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
AL4 0JF 54 m
AL4 0HH 61 m
AL4 0HJ 105 m
AL4 0HB 171 m
AL4 0HD 311 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL4 0HQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL4
Postcode sector
AL4 0
Latitude
51.752138
Longitude
-0.264128
British National Grid easting
519,920
British National Grid northing
207,363

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
St Albans · E07000240
Parish or community
E04013283
Westminster constituency
St Albans · E14001507
Output area
E00120253
Lower layer super output area
St Albans 021A · E01023680
Middle layer super output area
St Albans 021 · E02007090

Postcode source versions

Explore AL4

5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
8, Wilkins Green Terrace, Smallford, St Albans, AL4 0HQ 28 April 2021 £464,000
5, Wilkins Green Terrace, Smallford, St Albans, AL4 0HQ 3 March 2020 £556,500
3, Wilkins Green Terrace, Smallford, St Albans, AL4 0HQ 14 August 2017 £450,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
49
Primary
32
Secondary
7
  1. Colney Heath Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.2 km
  2. University of Hertfordshire

    Higher education institutions

    1.5 km
  3. Oaklands College

    Further education

    1.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
441
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 148
  • Anti social behaviour 60
  • Other theft 47
  • Vehicle crime 40
  • Bicycle theft 26

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
20

10 female, 10 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
2.9
AL4 0 residents
10,462

Age bands in AL4 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
21.8%

2,193 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.5%

1,159 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.9%

2,300 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.9%

3,009 residents

Age 65 and over
13.8%

1,386 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider AL4 0 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 straight-line

  • BURVILL HOUSE SURGERY

    52-54 DELLFIELD ROAD, HATFIELD, AL10 8HP

    ODS code E82023

    2.7 km

  • LISTER HOUSE SURGERY

    THE COMMON, HATFIELD, AL10 0NL

    ODS code E82018

    2.9 km

  • WRAFTON HOUSE SURGERY

    9-11 WELLFIELD ROAD, HATFIELD, AL10 0BS

    ODS code E82002

    3.0 km

  • VERULAM MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code E82113

    4.0 km

  • SUMMERFIELD HEALTH CENTRE

    CALEDON ROAD, LONDON COLNEY, ST. ALBANS, AL2 1PU

    ODS code E82107

    4.1 km

  • HATFIELD ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code E82004

    4.3 km

  • POTTERELLS MEDICAL CENTRE

    STATION ROAD, WELHAM GREEN, NORTH MYMMS, HATFIELD, AL9 7SN

    ODS code E82058

    4.8 km

  • PARKBURY HOUSE SURGERY

    ST. PETERS STREET, ST ALBANS, AL1 3HD

    ODS code E82060

    4.9 km

  • GRANGE STREET SURGERY

    2 GRANGE STREET, ST. ALBANS, AL3 5NF

    ODS code E82059

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Wilkin's Green Lane

    BCT · Smallford

    0.1 miles
  • Wilkin's Green Lane

    BCT · Smallford

    0.1 miles
  • Smallford Roundabout

    BCT · Smallford

    0.2 miles
  • Three Horseshoes PH

    BCT · Smallford

    0.3 miles
  • Three Horseshoes PH

    BCT · Smallford

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for St Albans 021A, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

27,969 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
6 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

49 open schools are in scope, including 32 primary and 7 secondary schools. Colney Heath Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

441 published events cover 12 months, averaging 36.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 148 events.

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