AL5 4DG

Harpenden North & Rural · 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 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
AL5 4FB 73 m
AL5 4AQ 79 m
AL5 4AH 87 m
AL5 4DQ 103 m
AL5 4BU 119 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL5 4DG
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL5
Postcode sector
AL5 4
Latitude
51.824770
Longitude
-0.360708
British National Grid easting
513,072
British National Grid northing
215,286

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
St Albans · E07000240
Parish or community
E04013284
Output area
E00120305
Lower layer super output area
St Albans 001C · E01023692
Middle layer super output area
St Albans 001 · E02004924

Postcode source versions

Explore AL5

5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
33, Ambrose Lane, Harpenden, AL5 4DG 13 October 2023 £1,160,000
31, Ambrose Lane, Harpenden, AL5 4DG 4 May 2018 £1,180,000
27, Ambrose Lane, Harpenden, AL5 4DG 17 March 2017 £1,037,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
24
Primary
15
Secondary
4
  1. St George's School

    Academy converter

    556 m
  2. The King's School

    Other independent school

    561 m
  3. St Hilda's School

    Other independent school

    647 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,074
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 236
  • Anti social behaviour 195
  • Shoplifting 157
  • Other theft 128
  • Vehicle crime 105

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
16

8 female, 8 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
4.0
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

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider AL5 4 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

  • ELMS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    5 STEWART ROAD, HARPENDEN, AL5 4QA

    ODS code E82071

    888 m

  • DAVENPORT HOUSE SURGERY

    DAVENPORT HOUSE, BOWERS WAY, HARPENDEN, AL5 4HX

    ODS code E82077

    1.0 km

  • VILLAGE SURGERY

    AMENBURY LANE, HARPENDEN, AL5 2BT

    ODS code E82037

    1.2 km

Nearby transport

  • Bramble Close

    BCT · Harpenden

    0.1 miles
  • Bramble Close

    BCT · Harpenden

    0.1 miles
  • Wordsworth Road

    BCT · Harpenden

    0.2 miles
  • Clarence Road

    BCT · Harpenden

    0.2 miles
  • Park Mount

    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.

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

Property market

The five-year median is £1,160,000 from 1 recorded sale in AL5 4DG. 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.

Schools

24 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 4 secondary schools. St George's School is the nearest published school at 556 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,074 published events cover 12 months, averaging 89.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 236 events.

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