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 £794,325 over the last year, up 13.5% over five years. 18,958 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.
- £380,000 median sold price (all time)
- £794,325 median price, last 12 months
- 18,958 recorded sales
- +13.5% 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, Sep 2026
Recent sales
| Address | Type | Price | Date |
|---|
| 62 Grove Avenue | Semi | £882,000 | Jul 2026 |
| Stakers Court Milton Road | Other | £275,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 21 Moreton Avenue | Semi | £1,837,500 | Jul 2026 |
| 48 Springfield Crescent | Semi | £860,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 2 Knowle Drive | Terraced | £585,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 4 Sherwoods Rise | Terraced | £490,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 15 Hilltop Walk | Terraced | £895,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 73 Chesterton Avenue | Semi | £760,000 | Jul 2026 |
| Chepstow Douglas Road | Flat | £370,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 26 Park Hill | Semi | £900,000 | Jul 2026 |
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid · Sep 2026
Crime last 12 months
Most common- Violence and sexual offences 362
- Anti-social behaviour 328
- Shoplifting 164
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 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)
- 7.5 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 |
|---|
| AL5 1 | £740,000 | 3,932 |
| AL5 2 | £1,555,000 | 2,744 |
| AL5 3 | £907,500 | 2,914 |
| AL5 4 | £792,500 | 4,516 |
| AL5 5 | £647,500 | 4,852 |
Median sold price — most recent 12 months where available, else all-time. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
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