AL5 4UL

Harpenden East · 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 4NL 47 m
AL5 4RW 51 m
AL5 4FE 81 m
AL5 4UX 83 m
AL5 4UJ 90 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL5 4UL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL5
Postcode sector
AL5 4
Latitude
51.822377
Longitude
-0.340176
British National Grid easting
514,493
British National Grid northing
215,052

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
St Albans · E07000240
Parish or community
E04013284
Output area
E00120284
Lower layer super output area
St Albans 002D · E01023688
Middle layer super output area
St Albans 002 · E02004925

Postcode source versions

Explore AL5

52 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
192, Station Road, Harpenden, AL5 4UL 18 May 2026 £505,000
The Dolphin, 182, Station Road, Harpenden, AL5 4UL 21 February 2025 £720,000
208, Station Road, Harpenden, AL5 4UL 22 July 2022 £670,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
25
Primary
16
Secondary
4
  1. Sir John Lawes School

    Academy converter

    399 m
  2. Batford Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    502 m
  3. Katherine Warington School

    Free schools

    543 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,103
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 247
  • Anti social behaviour 179
  • Shoplifting 154
  • Other theft 141
  • Vehicle crime 114

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
36

18 female, 18 male

Postcode households
14
Residents per household
2.6
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 0.5% 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

    901 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

    1.5 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

  • Martham Court

    BCT · Harpenden

    0.0 miles
  • Martham Court

    BCT · Harpenden

    0.1 miles
  • Langdale Avenue

    BCT · Harpenden

    0.1 miles
  • Langdale Avenue

    BCT · Harpenden

    0.1 miles
  • Batford Road

    BCT · Batford

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for St Albans 002D, 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

31,103 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
7 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 £695,000 from 4 recorded sales in AL5 4UL. 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

25 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 4 secondary schools. Sir John Lawes School is the nearest published school at 399 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,103 published events cover 12 months, averaging 91.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 247 events.

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