AL5 4BX

Harpenden North & Rural · St Albans · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
St Albans
Postcode district
AL5
Postcode sector
AL5 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
AL5 4FB 199 m
AL5 4AX 216 m
AL5 4HR 228 m
AL5 4GA 235 m
AL5 4DG 247 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL5 4BX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL5
Postcode sector
AL5 4
Latitude
51.826289
Longitude
-0.358098
British National Grid easting
513,248
British National Grid northing
215,459

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
St Albans · E07000240
Parish or community
E04013284
Output area
E00120314
Lower layer super output area
St Albans 001C · E01023692
Middle layer super output area
St Albans 001 · E02004924

Postcode source versions

Explore AL5

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
24
Primary
15
Secondary
4
  1. The Lea Primary School and Nursery

    Community school

    464 m
  2. St George's School

    Academy converter

    534 m
  3. The King's School

    Other independent school

    539 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,088
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 246
  • Anti social behaviour 193
  • Shoplifting 157
  • Other theft 130
  • Vehicle crime 107

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
AL5 4 residents
7,137

Age bands in AL5 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
23%

1,656 residents

Age 15 to 24
10%

717 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.9%

1,578 residents

Age 45 to 64
29%

2,092 residents

Age 65 and over
16.1%

1,163 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

  • ELMS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    5 STEWART ROAD, HARPENDEN, AL5 4QA

    ODS code E82071

    924 m

  • DAVENPORT HOUSE SURGERY

    DAVENPORT HOUSE, BOWERS WAY, HARPENDEN, AL5 4HX

    ODS code E82077

    1.2 km

  • VILLAGE SURGERY

    AMENBURY LANE, HARPENDEN, AL5 2BT

    ODS code E82037

    1.3 km

Nearby transport

  • Dell Close

    BCT · Harpenden

    0.2 miles
  • Dell Close

    BCT · Harpenden

    0.2 miles
  • Ox Lane West

    BCT · Harpenden

    0.2 miles
  • Ox Lane

    BCT · Harpenden

    0.2 miles
  • Ox Lane

    BCT · Harpenden

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for St Albans 001C, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

24,904 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
8 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

24 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 4 secondary schools. The Lea Primary School and Nursery is the nearest published school at 464 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,088 published events cover 12 months, averaging 90.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 246 events.

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