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AL4 9DE

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 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
AL4 9DF 55 m
AL3 6RA 62 m
AL4 9DJ 64 m
AL4 9DG 109 m
AL4 9UY 124 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL4 9DE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 1994
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL4
Postcode sector
AL4 9
Latitude
51.781540
Longitude
-0.305215
British National Grid easting
517,008
British National Grid northing
210,566

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
E04013286
Westminster constituency
Harpenden and Berkhamsted · E14001268
Output area
E00120536
Lower layer super output area
St Albans 007D · E01023736
Middle layer super output area
St Albans 007 · E02004930

Postcode source versions

Explore AL4

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
51
Primary
33
Secondary
8

  1. Sandridge School

    Community school

    655 m

  2. Sandringham School

    Academy converter

    1.2 km

  3. Wheatfields Infants' and Nursery School

    Academy converter

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
376
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 126
  • Shoplifting 68
  • Anti social behaviour 64
  • Vehicle crime 23
  • Criminal damage and arson 23

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
2

1 female, 1 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
1.0
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% 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+
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

6

within 5 km

  • PARKBURY HOUSE SURGERY

    ST. PETERS STREET, ST ALBANS, AL1 3HD

    ODS code E82060

    3.4 km

  • GRANGE STREET SURGERY

    2 GRANGE STREET, ST. ALBANS, AL3 5NF

    ODS code E82059

    3.4 km

  • LODGE,HIGHFIELD & REDBOURN

    NORMANDY ROAD, ST. ALBANS, AL3 5NP

    ODS code E82014

    3.5 km

  • HARVEY GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code E82084

    3.9 km

  • MALTINGS SURGERY

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

    ODS code E82031

    4.0 km

  • HATFIELD ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code E82004

    4.1 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • St Leonard's Church

    BCT · Sandridge

    0.0 miles

  • St Leonard's Church

    BCT · Sandridge

    0.0 miles

  • Village Hall

    BCT · Sandridge

    0.2 miles

  • Langley Grove

    BCT · Sandridge

    0.2 miles

  • Langley Grove

    BCT · Sandridge

    0.2 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
3
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

51 open schools are in scope, including 33 primary and 8 secondary schools. Sandridge School is the nearest published school at 655 m.

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

Recorded crime

376 published events cover 12 months, averaging 31.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 126 events.

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