Harpenden West · St Albans · England
Updated September 2026
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At this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Mystole, Hatching Green, Harpenden, AL5 2JP | 23 January 2026 | £718,000 |
| 2, Redbourn Lane, Hatching Green, Harpenden, AL5 2JP | 27 March 2025 | £370,000 |
| Arden Lea, Hatching Green, Harpenden, AL5 2JP | 29 November 2024 | £1,675,000 |
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
St Dominic Catholic Primary School
Academy converter
Harpenden Academy
Free schools
The Grove Junior School
Community school
Within 1 mile of this postcode
Census 2021
11 female, 12 male
856 residents
468 residents
815 residents
1,576 residents
1,135 residents
This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider AL5 2 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
NHS ODS
3
within 5 km
AMENBURY LANE, HARPENDEN, AL5 2BT
ODS code E82037
1.1 km
DAVENPORT HOUSE, BOWERS WAY, HARPENDEN, AL5 4HX
ODS code E82077
1.3 km
5 STEWART ROAD, HARPENDEN, AL5 4QA
ODS code E82071
1.7 km
Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
White Horse PH
BCT · Hatching Green
White Horse PH
BCT · Hatching Green
St Albans Road
BCT · Hatching Green
St Albans Road
BCT · Hatching Green
Oakfield Road
BCT · Hatching Green
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
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.
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.
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.
A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.
Recorded sales
The five-year median is £718,000 from 5 recorded sales in AL5 2JP. 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.
Published establishments
36 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 7 secondary schools. St Dominic Catholic Primary School is the nearest published school at 935 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Published police records
669 published events cover 12 months, averaging 55.75 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.