AL1 — house prices & area data
A free, sourced snapshot of AL1, St Albans from Acreright. Every figure shows its source and date; where the data isn’t reliable we say so rather than guess.
AL1 is a postcode district in St Albans. Homes here sold for a median of £530,000 over the last year, up 2.5% over five years. 25,269 sales are on record. It sits among England’s less-deprived areas (68% of its postcodes are in the least-deprived 30%). 55% of homes are rated EPC C or better.
- £283,500 median sold price (all time)
- £530,000 median price, last 12 months
- 25,269 recorded sales
- +2.5% 5-year price change
- 68% of postcodes in England’s least-deprived 30%
- 55% of homes rated EPC C or better
- Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid & English Indices of Deprivation, Sep 2026
Recent sales
| Address | Type | Price | Date |
|---|
| 71 Cell Barnes Lane | Terraced | £440,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 54 Milliners Court | Flat | £390,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 38B Beaconsfield Road | Flat | £272,200 | Jul 2026 |
| 9 Beechwood Avenue | Semi | £1,300,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 30A Upper Culver Road | Terraced | £826,500 | Jul 2026 |
| 211 Camp Road | Terraced | £660,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 72 Ramsbury Road | Terraced | £835,000 | Jul 2026 |
| Chaucer House, 4 - 6 Upper Marlborough Road | Flat | £393,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 18 Breakspear Avenue | Semi | £1,075,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 7 Sefton Close | Semi | £610,000 | Jul 2026 |
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid · Sep 2026
Crime last 12 months
Most common- Violence and sexual offences 1,167
- Anti-social behaviour 860
- Shoplifting 600
Source: police.uk street-level crime (Open Government Licence) · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Locations are anonymised "on or near" markers — where crime clusters, not a specific address.
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Across the wider St Albans district
The figures below cover St Albans — the council district AL1 sits within, the finest grain we publish for schools, health, transport, amenities and who lives here.
- £600,000 median home price (HM Land Registry Price Paid, May 2026)
- 148,169 residents (ONS Census 2021 (Nomis), 2021)
- 100% of inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding (Get Information About Schools (GIAS) + Ofsted inspections MI, 2026)
- ≈29 min fastest train to London (OpenStreetMap + National Rail timetable (ATOC/RDG, GTFS), 2026)
- 86% of premises can get gigabit broadband (Ofcom Connected Nations 2024, Jul 2024)
- 7.5 recorded crimes per 1,000 people (police.uk, Jul 2026)
- 82.8 · 85.5 yrs life expectancy (men · women) (OSM (NHS facilities) + IoD2025 health domain + OHID Fingertips (outcomes), 2026/2025)
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Prices by postcode sector
| Sector | Median price | Sales |
|---|
| AL1 1 | £525,000 | 5,282 |
| AL1 2 | £560,000 | 3,283 |
| AL1 3 | £365,000 | 4,961 |
| AL1 4 | £772,500 | 5,587 |
| AL1 5 | £504,000 | 6,156 |
Median sold price — most recent 12 months where available, else all-time. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
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