AL2 — house prices & area data
A free, sourced snapshot of AL2, St Albans from Acreright. Every figure shows its source and date; where the data isn’t reliable we say so rather than guess.
AL2 is a postcode district in St Albans. Homes here sold for a median of £540,000 over the last year, up 3.8% over five years. 13,050 sales are on record. It sits among England’s less-deprived areas (56% of its postcodes are in the least-deprived 30%). 54% of homes are rated EPC C or better.
- £273,000 median sold price (all time)
- £540,000 median price, last 12 months
- 13,050 recorded sales
- +3.8% 5-year price change
- 56% of postcodes in England’s least-deprived 30%
- 54% 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 |
|---|
| 52 Tippendell Lane | Detached | £805,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 12 Willowside | Detached | £710,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 19 Ribbledale | Flat | £225,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 51 High Street | Terraced | £315,000 | Jul 2026 |
| Logan Court Beningfield Drive | Flat | £600,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 67 Long Fallow | Detached | £840,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 6 Stanmount Road | Semi | £700,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 57 Hardwicke Place | Terraced | £407,000 | Jun 2026 |
| 8 Napier Close | Terraced | £387,500 | Jun 2026 |
| Green Oak House Shenley Lane | Flat | £292,000 | Jun 2026 |
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid · Sep 2026
Crime last 12 months
Most common- Violence and sexual offences 815
- Other theft 523
- Anti-social behaviour 357
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 AL2 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 |
|---|
| AL2 1 | £423,250 | 5,595 |
| AL2 2 | £605,000 | 3,144 |
| AL2 3 | £665,000 | 4,311 |
Median sold price — most recent 12 months where available, else all-time. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
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