AL5 — house prices & area data
A free, sourced snapshot of AL5, Harpenden and Berkhamsted from Acreright. Every figure shows its source and date; where the data isn’t reliable we say so rather than guess.
AL5 is a postcode district in Harpenden and Berkhamsted. Homes here sold for a median of £765,137 over the last year, up 7% over five years. 18,871 sales are on record. It sits among England’s less-deprived areas (95% of its postcodes are in the least-deprived 30%). 50% of homes are rated EPC C or better.
- £377,000 median sold price (all time)
- £765,137 median price, last 12 months
- 18,871 recorded sales
- +7% 5-year price change
- 95% of postcodes in England’s least-deprived 30%
- 50% 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 |
|---|
| 46 Crabtree Lane | Detached | £2,250,000 | May 2026 |
| 33 Park Mount | Semi | £725,000 | May 2026 |
| St Nicholas Court Bloomfield Road | Flat | £335,000 | May 2026 |
| Walkers Court, 101 Southdown Road | Flat | £200,000 | May 2026 |
| 1 Townsend Lane | Detached | £950,000 | May 2026 |
| 58 Lower Luton Road | Detached | £620,000 | May 2026 |
| 4 Lyndhurst Drive | Other | £2,070,000 | May 2026 |
| 34 Long Buftlers | Detached | £1,750,000 | May 2026 |
| 75 Ox Lane | Semi | £1,085,000 | May 2026 |
| Balfour Court Station Road | Flat | £247,000 | Apr 2026 |
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid · Jul 2026
Crime last 12 months
Most common- Violence and sexual offences 352
- Anti-social behaviour 297
- Shoplifting 179
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 AL5 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)
Open the full St Albans district report →
Prices by postcode sector
| Sector | Median price | Sales |
|---|
| AL5 1 | £730,000 | 3,915 |
| AL5 2 | £1,425,000 | 2,728 |
| AL5 3 | £920,000 | 2,902 |
| AL5 4 | £649,000 | 4,495 |
| AL5 5 | £668,000 | 4,831 |
Median sold price — most recent 12 months where available, else all-time. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
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