AL4 8WA

Sandridge & Wheathampstead · St Albans · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
St Albans
Postcode district
AL4
Postcode sector
AL4 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
AL4 8TW 9 m
AL4 8TT 79 m
AL4 8TS 95 m
AL4 8TL 98 m
AL4 8PF 108 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL4 8WA
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 December 2001
Terminated
1 January 2006
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL4
Postcode sector
AL4 8
Latitude
51.806528
Longitude
-0.286509
British National Grid easting
518,233
British National Grid northing
213,375

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
St Albans · E07000240
Parish or community
E04013289
Output area
E00120591
Lower layer super output area
St Albans 004A · E01023746
Middle layer super output area
St Albans 004 · E02004927

Postcode source versions

Explore AL4

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
28
Primary
20
Secondary
5
  1. Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery

    Academy sponsor led

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

    Voluntary aided school

    732 m
  3. Sandridge School

    Community school

    3.0 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
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • ELMS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    5 STEWART ROAD, HARPENDEN, AL5 4QA

    ODS code E82071

    4.7 km

  • DAVENPORT HOUSE SURGERY

    DAVENPORT HOUSE, BOWERS WAY, HARPENDEN, AL5 4HX

    ODS code E82077

    4.8 km

  • VILLAGE SURGERY

    AMENBURY LANE, HARPENDEN, AL5 2BT

    ODS code E82037

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Lamer Fields

    BCT · Wheathampstead

    0.1 miles
  • Lamer Fields

    BCT · Wheathampstead

    0.1 miles
  • Caesars Road

    BCT · Wheathampstead

    0.2 miles
  • Caesars Road

    BCT · Wheathampstead

    0.2 miles
  • Vale Court

    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.

Evidence in context

Schools

28 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 5 secondary schools. Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery is the nearest published school at 234 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.