AL5 5EX

Harpenden East · 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 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
AL5 5BZ 64 m
AL5 5AD 75 m
AL5 5QX 102 m
AL5 5AF 109 m
AL5 5AB 152 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL5 5EX
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 July 1995
Terminated
1 June 1996
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL5
Postcode sector
AL5 5
Latitude
51.820948
Longitude
-0.335774
British National Grid easting
514,800
British National Grid northing
214,900

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
St Albans · E07000240
Parish or community
E04013284
Output area
E00120286
Lower layer super output area
St Albans 002A · E01023685
Middle layer super output area
St Albans 002 · E02004925

Postcode source versions

Explore AL5

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
24
Primary
16
Secondary
4
  1. Katherine Warington School

    Free schools

    318 m
  2. Crabtree Junior School

    Academy converter

    625 m
  3. Batford Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    626 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
933
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 243
  • Anti social behaviour 162
  • Vehicle crime 111
  • Shoplifting 96
  • Criminal damage and arson 88

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
AL5 5 residents
8,425

Age bands in AL5 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
23.9%

1,961 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.1%

751 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.2%

1,988 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.1%

2,307 residents

Age 65 and over
14.8%

1,213 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

    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

Nearby transport

  • Common Lane

    BCT · Batford

    0.1 miles
  • Common Lane

    BCT · Batford

    0.1 miles
  • Lower Luton Road East

    BCT · Batford

    0.1 miles
  • Lower Luton Road East

    BCT · Batford

    0.1 miles
  • Batford Road

    BCT · Batford

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for St Albans 002A, 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

33,452 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 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
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.

Evidence in context

Schools

24 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 4 secondary schools. Katherine Warington School is the nearest published school at 318 m.

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

Recorded crime

933 published events cover 12 months, averaging 77.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 243 events.

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