AL5 1HY

Harpenden South · St Albans · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
St Albans
Postcode district
AL5
Postcode sector
AL5 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
AL5 1EJ 14 m
AL5 1EH 38 m
AL5 1AY 46 m
AL5 1RW 66 m
AL5 1EW 73 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL5 1HY
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 December 1995
Terminated
1 June 1999
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL5
Postcode sector
AL5 1
Latitude
51.805548
Longitude
-0.338517
British National Grid easting
514,650
British National Grid northing
213,183

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
St Albans · E07000240
Parish or community
E04013284
Output area
E00120334
Lower layer super output area
St Albans 005C · E01023697
Middle layer super output area
St Albans 005 · E02004928

Postcode source versions

Explore AL5

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
38
Primary
24
Secondary
7
  1. The Grove Infant and Nursery School

    Community school

    304 m
  2. The Grove Junior School

    Community school

    317 m
  3. Aldwickbury School

    Other independent school

    852 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
514
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 131
  • Vehicle crime 82
  • Anti social behaviour 81
  • Other theft 46
  • Burglary 40

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
AL5 1 residents
6,414

Age bands in AL5 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
21.3%

1,300 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.3%

509 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.2%

1,355 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.7%

1,756 residents

Age 65 and over
19.5%

1,195 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

  • VILLAGE SURGERY

    AMENBURY LANE, HARPENDEN, AL5 2BT

    ODS code E82037

    1.6 km

  • DAVENPORT HOUSE SURGERY

    DAVENPORT HOUSE, BOWERS WAY, HARPENDEN, AL5 4HX

    ODS code E82077

    1.6 km

  • ELMS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    5 STEWART ROAD, HARPENDEN, AL5 4QA

    ODS code E82071

    1.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Grove Road

    BCT · Harpenden

    0.1 miles
  • Broadstone Road

    BCT · Harpenden

    0.1 miles
  • Barons Row

    BCT · Harpenden

    0.1 miles
  • Longfield Road

    BCT · Harpenden

    0.1 miles
  • Longfield Road

    BCT · Harpenden

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for St Albans 005C, 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

30,066 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
10 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

38 open schools are in scope, including 24 primary and 7 secondary schools. The Grove Infant and Nursery School is the nearest published school at 304 m.

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

Recorded crime

514 published events cover 12 months, averaging 42.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 131 events.

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