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AL4 0QH

Colney Heath · St Albans · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Colney Heath
Local authority
St Albans
Constituency
St Albans
Postcode district
AL4
Postcode sector
AL4 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
AL4 0FU 312 m
AL4 0QN 328 m
AL4 0QW 335 m
AL4 0QQ 354 m
AL4 0QL 409 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL4 0QH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL4
Postcode sector
AL4 0
Latitude
51.743491
Longitude
-0.249222
British National Grid easting
520,972
British National Grid northing
206,426

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
St Albans · E07000240
Electoral ward
Colney Heath · E05013950
Parish or community
E04013283
Westminster constituency
St Albans · E14001507
Output area
E00189442
Lower layer super output area
St Albans 021C · E01035581
Middle layer super output area
St Albans 021 · E02007090

Postcode source versions

Explore AL4

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
39
Primary
25
Secondary
6

  1. Colney Heath Primary School

    Academy converter

    960 m

  2. University of Hertfordshire

    Higher education institutions

    1.2 km

  3. De Havilland Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,121
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 458
  • Anti social behaviour 165
  • Other theft 132
  • Criminal damage and arson 77
  • Vehicle crime 69

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
1

1 female, 0 male

Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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% 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.

GP practices

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • BURVILL HOUSE SURGERY

    52-54 DELLFIELD ROAD, HATFIELD, AL10 8HP

    ODS code E82023

    2.5 km

  • LISTER HOUSE SURGERY

    THE COMMON, HATFIELD, AL10 0NL

    ODS code E82018

    2.8 km

  • WRAFTON HOUSE SURGERY

    9-11 WELLFIELD ROAD, HATFIELD, AL10 0BS

    ODS code E82002

    3.0 km

  • POTTERELLS MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code E82058

    3.4 km

  • SUMMERFIELD HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code E82107

    4.2 km

  • VERULAM MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code E82113

    4.2 km

Nearby transport

  • Roestock Lane

    BCT · Bullens Green

    0.2 miles

  • Roestock Lane

    BCT · Bullens Green

    0.2 miles

  • Tudor Close

    BCT · South Hatfield

    0.4 miles

  • Roestock Lane

    BCT · Colney Heath

    0.4 miles

  • Hall Gardens

    BCT · Colney Heath

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for St Albans 021C, 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

19,595 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
6 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 6 secondary schools. Colney Heath Primary School is the nearest published school at 960 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,121 published events cover 12 months, averaging 93.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 458 events.

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