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 £518,500 over the last year, up 1.7% over five years. 25,124 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.
- £282,000 median sold price (all time)
- £518,500 median price, last 12 months
- 25,124 recorded sales
- +1.7% 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, Jul 2026
Recent sales
| Address | Type | Price | Date |
|---|
| 107 Sopwell Lane | Terraced | £465,000 | May 2026 |
| Aventine Court, 101 Holywell Hill | Flat | £415,000 | May 2026 |
| 37 Tavistock Avenue | Semi | £950,000 | May 2026 |
| 32 Nelson Avenue | Terraced | £535,000 | May 2026 |
| Ziggurat House, 25 Grosvenor Road | Flat | £300,000 | May 2026 |
| 5 Mercers Row | Terraced | £470,000 | May 2026 |
| 4 Woodstock Road South | Terraced | £782,865 | May 2026 |
| 5 Whitecroft | Terraced | £460,000 | May 2026 |
| 25 Hamilton Road | Semi | £1,400,000 | May 2026 |
| 2 Cavendish Road | Terraced | £710,000 | May 2026 |
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid · Jul 2026
Crime last 12 months
Most common- Violence and sexual offences 1,165
- Anti-social behaviour 876
- Shoplifting 637
Source: police.uk street-level crime (Open Government Licence) · Jun 2025 – May 2026. Locations are anonymised "on or near" markers — where crime clusters, not a specific address.
Street-level crime map near here →
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 recorded crimes per 1,000 people (police.uk, Jun 2026)
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Prices by postcode sector
| Sector | Median price | Sales |
|---|
| AL1 1 | £495,000 | 5,259 |
| AL1 2 | £555,000 | 3,271 |
| AL1 3 | £375,000 | 4,928 |
| AL1 4 | £735,000 | 5,557 |
| AL1 5 | £504,000 | 6,109 |
Median sold price — most recent 12 months where available, else all-time. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
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