AL4 9AY

Marshalswick West · St Albans · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
St Albans
Constituency
St Albans
Postcode district
AL4
Postcode sector
AL4 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
AL4 9AW 11 m
AL4 9AP 74 m
AL4 9ND 81 m
AL4 9AR 100 m
AL4 9NB 101 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL4 9AY
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 May 1994
Terminated
1 December 1995
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL4
Postcode sector
AL4 9
Latitude
51.769411
Longitude
-0.315930
British National Grid easting
516,300
British National Grid northing
209,200

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
St Albans · E07000240
Parish or community
E04013286
Westminster constituency
St Albans · E14001507
Output area
E00120399
Lower layer super output area
St Albans 008A · E01023709
Middle layer super output area
St Albans 008 · E02004931

Postcode source versions

Explore AL4

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
54
Primary
34
Secondary
8
  1. Wheatfields Infants' and Nursery School

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    337 m
  2. Wheatfields Junior Mixed School

    Academy converter

    337 m
  3. Sandringham School

    Academy converter

    581 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
994
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 280
  • Anti social behaviour 142
  • Other theft 135
  • Shoplifting 110
  • Vehicle crime 99

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
AL4 9 residents
11,409

Age bands in AL4 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.8%

2,292 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.9%

1,144 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.1%

2,566 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.1%

3,371 residents

Age 65 and over
19.2%

2,228 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

7

within 5 km straight-line

  • PARKBURY HOUSE SURGERY

    ST. PETERS STREET, ST ALBANS, AL1 3HD

    ODS code E82060

    1.9 km

  • GRANGE STREET SURGERY

    2 GRANGE STREET, ST. ALBANS, AL3 5NF

    ODS code E82059

    1.9 km

  • LODGE,HIGHFIELD & REDBOURN

    NORMANDY ROAD, ST. ALBANS, AL3 5NP

    ODS code E82014

    2.1 km

  • HARVEY GROUP PRACTICE

    13-15 RUSSELL AVENUE, ST. ALBANS, AL3 5HB

    ODS code E82084

    2.4 km

  • MALTINGS SURGERY

    8-14 VICTORIA STREET, ST ALBANS, AL1 3JB

    ODS code E82031

    2.5 km

  • HATFIELD ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code E82004

    2.5 km

  • MIDWAY SURGERY

    93 WATFORD ROAD, ST. ALBANS, AL2 3JX

    ODS code E82055

    4.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Sandridge Gate Business Centre

    BCT · St Albans

    0.1 miles
  • Sandridge Gate Business Centre

    BCT · St Albans

    0.1 miles
  • Marshalswick Lane

    BCT · Marshalswick

    0.2 miles
  • Marshalswick Lane

    BCT · Marshalswick

    0.2 miles
  • Sandringham Crescent

    BCT · St Albans

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for St Albans 008A, 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

27,978 of 33,755

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

54 open schools are in scope, including 34 primary and 8 secondary schools. Wheatfields Infants' and Nursery School is the nearest published school at 337 m.

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

Recorded crime

994 published events cover 12 months, averaging 82.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 280 events.

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