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AL5 2BD

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 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
AL5 2GX 35 m
AL5 2GT 43 m
AL5 2JT 76 m
AL5 2FT 129 m
AL5 2JY 129 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL5 2BD
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 July 1997
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL5
Postcode sector
AL5 2
Latitude
51.803300
Longitude
-0.359630
British National Grid easting
513,200
British National Grid northing
212,900

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
E00120360
Lower layer super output area
St Albans 003C · E01023701
Middle layer super output area
St Albans 003 · E02004926

Postcode source versions

Explore AL5

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
34
Primary
21
Secondary
6

  1. St Dominic Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.1 km

  2. Harpenden Academy

    Free schools

    1.5 km

  3. St Nicholas CofE VA Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
601
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Shoplifting 147
  • Violence and sexual offences 109
  • Anti social behaviour 92
  • Vehicle crime 61
  • Other theft 46

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
AL5 2 residents
4,668

Age bands in AL5 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.6%

856 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.6%

468 residents

Age 25 to 44
16.8%

815 residents

Age 45 to 64
32.5%

1,576 residents

Age 65 and over
23.4%

1,135 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

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • VILLAGE SURGERY

    AMENBURY LANE, HARPENDEN, AL5 2BT

    ODS code E82037

    1.2 km

  • DAVENPORT HOUSE SURGERY

    DAVENPORT HOUSE, BOWERS WAY, HARPENDEN, AL5 4HX

    ODS code E82077

    1.5 km

  • ELMS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    5 STEWART ROAD, HARPENDEN, AL5 4QA

    ODS code E82071

    1.8 km

  • LODGE,HIGHFIELD & REDBOURN

    NORMANDY ROAD, ST. ALBANS, AL3 5NP

    ODS code E82014

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Oakfield Road

    BCT · Hatching Green

    0.1 miles

  • White Horse PH

    BCT · Hatching Green

    0.1 miles

  • Oakfield Road

    BCT · Hatching Green

    0.1 miles

  • White Horse PH

    BCT · Hatching Green

    0.2 miles

  • Golf Club

    BCT · Hatching Green

    0.3 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

34 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 6 secondary schools. St Dominic Catholic Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

601 published events cover 12 months, averaging 50.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Shoplifting with 147 events.

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