AL3 — house prices & area data
A free, sourced snapshot of AL3, St Albans from Acreright. Every figure shows its source and date; where the data isn’t reliable we say so rather than guess.
AL3 is a postcode district in St Albans. Homes here sold for a median of £619,000 over the last year, up 7.7% over five years. 17,052 sales are on record. It sits among England’s less-deprived areas (69% of its postcodes are in the least-deprived 30%). 49% of homes are rated EPC C or better.
- £315,000 median sold price (all time)
- £619,000 median price, last 12 months
- 17,052 recorded sales
- +7.7% 5-year price change
- 69% of postcodes in England’s least-deprived 30%
- 49% 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 |
|---|
| 18 Church Street | Terraced | £710,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 28 Batchwood Drive | Semi | £650,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 36 Humbers Hoe | Terraced | £500,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 13 Oster Street | Terraced | £482,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 57 Church Street | Terraced | £835,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 17 Ellis Fields | Terraced | £925,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 106 Fishpool Street | Terraced | £713,800 | Jul 2026 |
| 4 Farriday Close | Semi | £700,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 3A Folly Lane | Semi | £815,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 4 Maple Avenue | Detached | £597,000 | Jul 2026 |
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid · Sep 2026
Crime last 12 months
Most common- Violence and sexual offences 731
- Anti-social behaviour 496
- Other theft 203
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 AL3 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 |
|---|
| AL3 4 | £750,000 | 3,606 |
| AL3 5 | £655,000 | 5,422 |
| AL3 6 | £633,900 | 1,860 |
| AL3 7 | £589,000 | 3,164 |
| AL3 8 | £462,500 | 3,000 |
Median sold price — most recent 12 months where available, else all-time. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
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