AL4 — house prices & area data
A free, sourced snapshot of AL4, St Albans from Acreright. Every figure shows its source and date; where the data isn’t reliable we say so rather than guess.
AL4 is a postcode district in St Albans. Homes here sold for a median of £607,000 over the last year, up 10.9% over five years. 15,407 sales are on record. It sits among England’s less-deprived areas (75% of its postcodes are in the least-deprived 30%). 55% of homes are rated EPC C or better.
- £284,995 median sold price (all time)
- £607,000 median price, last 12 months
- 15,407 recorded sales
- +10.9% 5-year price change
- 75% 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 |
|---|
| 26 Oaklands Lane | Semi | £822,138 | May 2026 |
| 21 Puddingstone Drive | Detached | £615,000 | May 2026 |
| 17 Deans Gardens | Semi | £735,000 | May 2026 |
| 66 High Street | Terraced | £500,000 | May 2026 |
| 3 Meads Lane | Other | £462,500 | May 2026 |
| 38 Dale Avenue | Detached | £1,200,000 | Apr 2026 |
| 43 Necton Road | Detached | £1,100,000 | Apr 2026 |
| 40 Wilstone Drive | Terraced | £468,000 | Apr 2026 |
| 3 Old Rectory Gardens | Detached | £1,100,000 | Apr 2026 |
| 27 Cranbrook Drive | Flat | £330,000 | Apr 2026 |
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid · Jul 2026
Crime last 12 months
Most common- Violence and sexual offences 582
- Anti-social behaviour 367
- Criminal damage and arson 140
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.
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Across the wider St Albans district
The figures below cover St Albans — the council district AL4 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 |
|---|
| AL4 0 | £690,000 | 5,496 |
| AL4 8 | £715,000 | 3,358 |
| AL4 9 | £485,000 | 6,553 |
Median sold price — most recent 12 months where available, else all-time. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
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