AL5 2LN

Harpenden South · St Albans · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Harpenden
Local authority
St Albans
Postcode district
AL5
Postcode sector
AL5 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
AL5 2JP 77 m
AL5 2LA 103 m
AL5 2JR 142 m
AL5 2JZ 144 m
AL5 2JY 187 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL5 2LN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 May 1994
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL5
Postcode sector
AL5 2
Latitude
51.803859
Longitude
-0.355288
British National Grid easting
513,498
British National Grid northing
212,969

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
St Albans · E07000240
Parish or community
E04013284
Output area
E00120338
Lower layer super output area
St Albans 005B · E01023696
Middle layer super output area
St Albans 005 · E02004928

Postcode source versions

Explore AL5

4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
3, Redbourn Lane, Harpenden, AL5 2LN 23 August 2013 £1,305,000
1, Redbourn Lane, Harpenden, AL5 2LN 29 July 2011 £886,000
1, Redbourn Lane, Harpenden, AL5 2LN 25 November 2002 £625,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
36
Primary
22
Secondary
7
  1. St Dominic Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    936 m
  2. The Grove Junior School

    Community school

    1.3 km
  3. Harpenden Academy

    Free schools

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
671
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Shoplifting 147
  • Violence and sexual offences 124
  • Anti social behaviour 104
  • Vehicle crime 79
  • Other theft 51

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
12

7 female, 5 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
4.0
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

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider AL5 2 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

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%

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 Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

4

within 5 km

  • 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

    1.4 km

  • ELMS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    5 STEWART ROAD, HARPENDEN, AL5 4QA

    ODS code E82071

    1.7 km

  • LODGE,HIGHFIELD & REDBOURN

    NORMANDY ROAD, ST. ALBANS, AL3 5NP

    ODS code E82014

    5.0 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • White Horse PH

    BCT · Hatching Green

    0.0 miles
  • White Horse PH

    BCT · Hatching Green

    0.1 miles
  • St Albans Road

    BCT · Hatching Green

    0.1 miles
  • St Albans Road

    BCT · Hatching Green

    0.2 miles
  • Oakfield Road

    BCT · Hatching Green

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for St Albans 005B, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

33,589 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
10 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.

Flood risk

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.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

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.

Evidence in context

Schools

36 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 7 secondary schools. St Dominic Catholic Primary School is the nearest published school at 936 m.

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

Recorded crime

671 published events cover 12 months, averaging 55.917 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.