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AL4 8GB

Sandridge & Wheathampstead · St Albans · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Sandridge & Wheathampstead
Local authority
St Albans
Constituency
Harpenden and Berkhamsted
Postcode district
AL4
Postcode sector
AL4 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
AL4 8RG 624 m
AL4 8RH 634 m
AL4 8RQ 810 m
AL4 8RU 812 m
AL4 8RX 860 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL4 8GB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 1996
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL4
Postcode sector
AL4 8
Latitude
51.822863
Longitude
-0.283785
British National Grid easting
518,378
British National Grid northing
215,196

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
St Albans · E07000240
Electoral ward
Sandridge & Wheathampstead · E05013962
Parish or community
E04013289
Westminster constituency
Harpenden and Berkhamsted · E14001268
Output area
E00120594
Lower layer super output area
St Albans 004C · E01023748
Middle layer super output area
St Albans 004 · E02004927

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
23
Primary
17
Secondary
3

  1. St Helen's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.5 km

  2. Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery

    Academy sponsor led

    1.8 km

  3. Kimpton Primary School

    Community school

    3.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
148
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 51
  • Anti social behaviour 34
  • Criminal damage and arson 17
  • Other theft 10
  • Vehicle crime 10

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
4

2 female, 2 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
4.0
AL4 8 residents
6,561

Age bands in AL4 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
20.7%

1,409 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.2%

624 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.1%

1,296 residents

Age 45 to 64
29%

1,967 residents

Age 65 and over
22%

1,497 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider AL4 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

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • ELMS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    5 STEWART ROAD, HARPENDEN, AL5 4QA

    ODS code E82071

    4.7 km

  • BRIDGE COTTAGE SURGERY

    41 HIGH STREET, WELWYN, AL6 9EF

    ODS code E82019

    4.7 km

  • DAVENPORT HOUSE SURGERY

    DAVENPORT HOUSE, BOWERS WAY, HARPENDEN, AL5 4HX

    ODS code E82077

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Lamer Lodge

    BCT · Wheathampstead

    0.3 miles

  • Lamer Lodge

    BCT · Wheathampstead

    0.3 miles

  • Garden Court

    BCT · Wheathampstead

    0.6 miles

  • Lamer Park

    BCT · Gustardwood

    0.6 miles

  • Lamer Park

    BCT · Gustardwood

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for St Albans 004C, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

30,945 of 33,755

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

23 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 3 secondary schools. St Helen's Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.0 miles.

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

Recorded crime

148 published events cover 12 months, averaging 12.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 51 events.

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