AL4 9BH

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 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
AL4 8ET 324 m
AL4 9BQ 345 m
AL4 8EU 592 m
AL4 8ES 607 m
AL4 9BG 664 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL4 9BH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL4
Postcode sector
AL4 9
Latitude
51.794666
Longitude
-0.277779
British National Grid easting
518,866
British National Grid northing
212,070

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
St Albans · E07000240
Parish or community
E04013286
Output area
E00120526
Lower layer super output area
St Albans 007D · E01023736
Middle layer super output area
St Albans 007 · E02004930

Postcode source versions

Explore AL4

4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Tower Lodge, Tower Hill Lane, Sandridge, St Albans, AL4 9BH 10 December 2019 £1,750,000
3, Larann, Darblay Close, Sandridge, St Albans, AL4 9BH 22 September 2017 £15,000
3, Larann, Darblay Close, Sandridge, St Albans, AL4 9BH 22 September 2017 £1,185,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
28
Primary
19
Secondary
5
  1. Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery

    Academy sponsor led

    1.6 km
  2. Sandridge School

    Community school

    2.0 km
  3. St Helen's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    2.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
69
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 38
  • Anti social behaviour 14
  • Other theft 6
  • Criminal damage and arson 3
  • Burglary 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
22

9 female, 13 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
2.8
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

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider AL4 9 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+
0%
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
0%
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

  • WRAFTON HOUSE SURGERY

    9-11 WELLFIELD ROAD, HATFIELD, AL10 0BS

    ODS code E82002

    4.7 km

  • THE GARDEN CITY PRACTICE

    BIRDCROFT ROAD, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, AL8 6EH

    ODS code E82041

    4.7 km

  • LISTER HOUSE SURGERY

    THE COMMON, HATFIELD, AL10 0NL

    ODS code E82018

    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

    0.9 miles
  • Lamer Fields

    BCT · Wheathampstead

    1.0 miles
  • Vale Court

    BCT · Wheathampstead

    1.0 miles
  • Lamer Fields

    BCT · Wheathampstead

    1.0 miles
  • Caesars Road

    BCT · Wheathampstead

    1.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for St Albans 007D, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

22,085 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
5 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
2
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

28 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 5 secondary schools. Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery is the nearest published school at 1.0 miles.

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

Recorded crime

69 published events cover 12 months, averaging 5.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 38 events.

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