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AL5 1QS

Harpenden West · St Albans · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Harpenden West
Local authority
St Albans
Constituency
Harpenden and Berkhamsted
Postcode district
AL5
Postcode sector
AL5 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
AL5 1QR 89 m
AL5 1PQ 98 m
AL5 1NY 101 m
AL5 1QU 110 m
AL5 1QP 123 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL5 1QS
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1990
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL5
Postcode sector
AL5 1
Latitude
51.808550
Longitude
-0.349286
British National Grid easting
513,900
British National Grid northing
213,500

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
St Albans · E07000240
Electoral ward
Harpenden West · E05013955
Parish or community
E04013284
Westminster constituency
Harpenden and Berkhamsted · E14001268
Output area
E00120362
Lower layer super output area
St Albans 003C · E01023701
Middle layer super output area
St Albans 003 · E02004926

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
33
Primary
21
Secondary
6

  1. St Dominic Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    382 m

  2. The Grove Junior School

    Community school

    803 m

  3. Harpenden Academy

    Free schools

    860 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
927
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 175
  • Shoplifting 151
  • Anti social behaviour 145
  • Other theft 130
  • Vehicle crime 109

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

    838 m

  • DAVENPORT HOUSE SURGERY

    DAVENPORT HOUSE, BOWERS WAY, HARPENDEN, AL5 4HX

    ODS code E82077

    923 m

  • ELMS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    5 STEWART ROAD, HARPENDEN, AL5 4QA

    ODS code E82071

    1.2 km

Nearby transport

  • Crabtree Lane

    BCT · Harpenden

    0.1 miles

  • Crabtree Lane

    BCT · Harpenden

    0.1 miles

  • Queens Road

    BCT · Harpenden

    0.2 miles

  • Queens Road

    BCT · Harpenden

    0.2 miles

  • The Plough and Harrow PH

    BCT · Harpenden

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for St Albans 003C, 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

29,146 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
4 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

33 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 6 secondary schools. St Dominic Catholic Primary School is the nearest published school at 382 m.

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

Recorded crime

927 published events cover 12 months, averaging 77.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 175 events.

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