Property market
The five-year median is £770,500 from 2,424 recorded sales in AL5. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for St Albans is £651,448 in June 2026, up 4.3% year on year.
AL5
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,553
- Current units
- 1,058
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 8
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- East of England
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 495
Postcode sectors in AL5
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
18,958 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Stakers Court, 1, Milton Road, Harpenden, AL5 5PA | 16 July 2026 | £275,000 |
| 62, Grove Avenue, Harpenden, AL5 1HA | 16 July 2026 | £882,000 |
| 21, Moreton Avenue, Harpenden, AL5 2EU | 14 July 2026 | £1,837,500 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 21
- Primary
- 13
- Secondary
- 4
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 1,453
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 347
- Anti social behaviour 252
- Shoplifting 173
- Vehicle crime 168
- Other theft 159
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- AL5 usual residents
- 31,674
- Age-profile population
- 31,419
Age bands in AL5
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 22.3%
- 7,009 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.3%
- 2,912 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 21.3%
- 6,699 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 29.4%
- 9,249 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 17.7%
- 5,550 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.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 1,037 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- 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%
In this district, 993 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 883 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
3
in this district
DAVENPORT HOUSE SURGERY
DAVENPORT HOUSE, BOWERS WAY, HARPENDEN, AL5 4HX
ODS code E82077
ELMS MEDICAL PRACTICE
5 STEWART ROAD, HARPENDEN, AL5 4QA
ODS code E82071
VILLAGE SURGERY
AMENBURY LANE, HARPENDEN, AL5 2BT
ODS code E82037
Evidence in context
Schools
21 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 4 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
1,453 published events cover 12 months, averaging 121 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 347 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.