AL4 8TR

Sandridge & Wheathampstead · 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
AL4
Postcode sector
AL4 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
AL4 8TN 60 m
AL4 8TJ 98 m
AL4 8TS 100 m
AL4 8TL 110 m
AL4 8TW 152 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL4 8TR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL4
Postcode sector
AL4 8
Latitude
51.805954
Longitude
-0.288503
British National Grid easting
518,097
British National Grid northing
213,308

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
St Albans · E07000240
Parish or community
E04013289
Output area
E00120592
Lower layer super output area
St Albans 004A · E01023746
Middle layer super output area
St Albans 004 · E02004927

Postcode source versions

Explore AL4

5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
55, Hilldyke Road, Wheathampstead, St Albans, AL4 8TR 10 March 2017 £366,000
61, Hilldyke Road, Wheathampstead, St. Albans, AL4 8TR 31 October 2008 £175,000
61, Hilldyke Road, Wheathampstead, St. Albans, AL4 8TR 23 October 2003 £158,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
27
Primary
19
Secondary
5
  1. Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery

    Academy sponsor led

    152 m
  2. St Helen's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    683 m
  3. Sandridge School

    Community school

    2.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
281
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 115
  • Anti social behaviour 61
  • Criminal damage and arson 28
  • Other theft 20
  • Vehicle crime 15

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
26

13 female, 13 male

Postcode households
9
Residents per household
2.9
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 0.4% 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+
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

3

within 5 km

  • ELMS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    5 STEWART ROAD, HARPENDEN, AL5 4QA

    ODS code E82071

    4.6 km

  • DAVENPORT HOUSE SURGERY

    DAVENPORT HOUSE, BOWERS WAY, HARPENDEN, AL5 4HX

    ODS code E82077

    4.7 km

  • VILLAGE SURGERY

    AMENBURY LANE, HARPENDEN, AL5 2BT

    ODS code E82037

    4.8 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

  • Vale Court

    BCT · Wheathampstead

    0.1 miles
  • Lamer Fields

    BCT · Wheathampstead

    0.1 miles
  • Lamer Fields

    BCT · Wheathampstead

    0.1 miles
  • Vale Court

    BCT · Wheathampstead

    0.1 miles
  • Caesars Road

    BCT · Wheathampstead

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for St Albans 004A, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

15,490 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
8 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

27 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 5 secondary schools. Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery is the nearest published school at 152 m.

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

Recorded crime

281 published events cover 12 months, averaging 23.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 115 events.

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