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AL5 2QY

Harpenden West · St Albans · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Harpenden
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 2RA 42 m
AL5 2DR 78 m
AL5 2QX 79 m
AL5 2RB 83 m
AL5 2QU 101 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL5 2QY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL5
Postcode sector
AL5 2
Latitude
51.815738
Longitude
-0.364300
British National Grid easting
512,847
British National Grid northing
214,276

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
E00120349
Lower layer super output area
St Albans 003B · E01023700
Middle layer super output area
St Albans 003 · E02004926

Postcode source versions

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Property

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2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
1, Longcroft Avenue, Harpenden, AL5 2QY 6 November 2009 £1,450,000
1, Longcroft Avenue, Harpenden, AL5 2QY 16 October 1997 £470,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
25
Primary
15
Secondary
5

  1. St Hilda's School

    Other independent school

    420 m

  2. St Nicholas CofE VA Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    435 m

  3. Roundwood Primary School

    Community school

    683 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
804
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 153
  • Shoplifting 138
  • Anti social behaviour 137
  • Other theft 114
  • Vehicle crime 76

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
5

2 female, 3 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
2.5
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 0.1% 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

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • VILLAGE SURGERY

    AMENBURY LANE, HARPENDEN, AL5 2BT

    ODS code E82037

    510 m

  • DAVENPORT HOUSE SURGERY

    DAVENPORT HOUSE, BOWERS WAY, HARPENDEN, AL5 4HX

    ODS code E82077

    674 m

  • ELMS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    5 STEWART ROAD, HARPENDEN, AL5 4QA

    ODS code E82071

    919 m

Nearby transport

  • Church Green Terminus

    BCT · Harpenden

    0.3 miles

  • Old Cock Inn

    BCT · Harpenden

    0.3 miles

  • Old Cock Inn

    BCT · Harpenden

    0.3 miles

  • Aplins Clopse

    BCT · Harpenden

    0.3 miles

  • Amenbury Lane

    BCT · Harpenden

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for St Albans 003B, 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

33,755 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
10 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

25 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 5 secondary schools. St Hilda's School is the nearest published school at 420 m.

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

Recorded crime

804 published events cover 12 months, averaging 67 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 153 events.

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