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UK Property Check · Printed on 8 November 2026ukpropertycheck.co.uk/postcode/al

House prices in the AL postcode area, St Albans

Homes in the AL postcode area sold for a median of £535,000 between September 2024 and August 2026, from 6,154 standard sales.

That makes it the ninth most expensive of the 105 postcode areas in England and Wales by median price.

Median sale price£535,0006,154 standard sales
Middle half of prices£375,000 to £776,000
Change since 2016+23%Median, 2016 to 2025, before inflation

Prices over time

  1. 2016
  2. 2017
  3. 2018
  4. 2019
  5. 2020
  6. 2021
  7. 2022
  8. 2023
  9. 2024
  10. 2025
  11. 2026
Yearly median of standard sales, not adjusted for inflation. 2026 covers January to August only, and the ringed bar, 2025, is the latest full year.

The median rose 23%, from £435,000 in 2016 to £535,000 in 2025, the tenth smallest rise of the 105 postcode areas in England and Wales.

Prices by property type

Standard sales in the AL area, September 2024 to August 2026
TypeSalesMedian priceMiddle halfPer m²
Detached1,261£915,000£717,000 to £1,340,000£6,742/m²from 51 sales
Semi-detached1,521£647,500£515,000 to £850,000£6,515/m²from 56 sales
Terraced1,873£478,000£400,000 to £625,000£5,515/m²from 73 sales
Flats and maisonettes1,499£295,000£238,000 to £367,000£4,667/m²from 51 sales

Terraced houses were the most common type sold in the AL area, at 30% of sales, ahead of semi-detached houses at 25%.

808 sales in the AL area, or 13%, were for £1 million or more, against 3% across England and Wales.

Measured by floor area, homes in the AL area sold for a median of £5,930 per m², 52% above the £3,900 across the East of England as a whole.

Districts ranked by median price

The dearest district was AL5 (Harpenden), at £775,000, and the cheapest was AL10 (Hatfield), at £370,000. The dearest median is 2.1 times the cheapest.

The next dearest were AL6 (Welwyn) and AL4 (Wheathampstead), and the next cheapest AL7 (Welwyn Garden City) and AL8 (Welwyn Garden City).

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Each dot is a postcode district in the AL area, placed at the centre of its postcodes and shaded by the median price of its standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026. The ranked list below gives the same figures.

Post towns in the AL area, by number of sales: St Albans (AL1, AL2, AL3, AL4), Welwyn Garden City (AL7, AL8), Harpenden (AL5), Hatfield (AL9, AL10), Welwyn (AL6).

Districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026
  1. AL5Harpenden, 846 sales£775,000£6,378−2%
  2. AL6Welwyn, 271 sales£730,000Too few+7%
  3. AL4St Albans, 695 sales£660,000£6,785−1%
  4. AL3St Albans, 722 sales£630,500£6,048+3%
  5. AL9Hatfield, 229 sales£575,000Too few+7%
  6. AL2St Albans, 618 sales£543,500£5,710−2%
  7. AL1St Albans, 1,128 sales£532,500£6,617−5%
  8. AL8Welwyn Garden City, 302 sales£516,000Too few+2%
  9. AL7Welwyn Garden City, 762 sales£390,000£4,815−3%
  10. AL10Hatfield, 581 sales£370,000£4,503+2%

1-year change: 2025 against 2024, where both years had 100 or more standard sales. It moves with which homes sold, so treat it as a guide, not a price index.

From 2024 to 2025, the median rose most in AL6 (Welwyn) and AL9 (Hatfield), up 7%, and fell most in AL1 (St Albans), down 5%.

Streets with the most standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026:

Of the streets with at least 10 sales, the dearest by median price were Crabtree Lane, Harpenden (AL5, detached houses, £1,395,000), Townsend Lane, Harpenden (AL5, £1,347,500) and Vickers Mews, St Albans (AL1, £970,000).

The cheapest were Roseacre Gardens, Welwyn Garden City (AL7, flats, £176,500), Bessemer Road, Welwyn Garden City (AL7, flats, £177,000) and Hardwicke Place, London Colney (AL2, £247,500).

Neighbouring postcode areas include SG (Stevenage), WD (Watford), HP (Hemel Hempstead), EN (Enfield) and LU (Luton).

Council areas in the AL postcode area

Most sales in the AL area, 63%, were in St Albans, where homes in the area sold for a median of £621,000. The rest were mostly in Welwyn Hatfield (34%), Dacorum (2%), East Hertfordshire (1%) and North Hertfordshire (1%).

Standard sales in the AL area by council area, placed by postcode, September 2024 to August 2026
Council areaSales in ALMedian in ALWhole council area
St Albans3,852£621,000£621,000
Welwyn Hatfield2,100£423,000£435,000
Dacorum126£442,000£450,000
East Hertfordshire39£1,000,000£450,000
North Hertfordshire35£1,117,500£425,000
2 other council areas2Too fewNot shown

About these figures

The AL figures come from 6,154 standard sales in 10 postcode districts across 7 council areas (how sales are placed). The busiest district was AL1 (St Albans), with 1,128 sales.

Updated 15 October 2026 with sales recorded to August 2026. Next update due in late November 2026.

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