AL5 4DN

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 4PE 46 m
AL5 4FU 47 m
AL5 4PD 94 m
AL5 4NQ 102 m
AL5 4NB 120 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL5 4DN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 1993
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL5
Postcode sector
AL5 4
Latitude
51.828054
Longitude
-0.348021
British National Grid easting
513,938
British National Grid northing
215,671

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
St Albans · E07000240
Parish or community
E04013284
Output area
E00120321
Lower layer super output area
St Albans 001D · E01023693
Middle layer super output area
St Albans 001 · E02004924

Postcode source versions

Explore AL5

3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
6, Gilbert Court, Harpenden, AL5 4DN 23 March 2016 £160,000
5, Gilbert Court, Harpenden, AL5 4DN 23 March 2016 £160,000
4, Gilbert Court, Harpenden, AL5 4DN 23 March 2016 £160,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
26
Primary
17
Secondary
4
  1. The Lea Primary School and Nursery

    Community school

    404 m
  2. Manland Primary School

    Community school

    497 m
  3. Sir John Lawes School

    Academy converter

    616 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
993
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 226
  • Anti social behaviour 165
  • Shoplifting 157
  • Other theft 116
  • Vehicle crime 98

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
8

4 female, 4 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
2.0
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 0.1% 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

  • ELMS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    5 STEWART ROAD, HARPENDEN, AL5 4QA

    ODS code E82071

    1.1 km

  • DAVENPORT HOUSE SURGERY

    DAVENPORT HOUSE, BOWERS WAY, HARPENDEN, AL5 4HX

    ODS code E82077

    1.4 km

  • VILLAGE SURGERY

    AMENBURY LANE, HARPENDEN, AL5 2BT

    ODS code E82037

    1.7 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Willoughby Road

    BCT · Harpenden

    0.1 miles
  • Hyde View Road

    BCT · Harpenden

    0.1 miles
  • Beeching Close

    BCT · Harpenden

    0.1 miles
  • Beeching Close

    BCT · Harpenden

    0.1 miles
  • Willoughby Road

    BCT · Harpenden

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for St Albans 001D, 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

32,477 of 33,755

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

26 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 4 secondary schools. The Lea Primary School and Nursery is the nearest published school at 404 m.

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

Recorded crime

993 published events cover 12 months, averaging 82.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 226 events.

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