WD5 postcode area guide — St Albans
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the WD5 postcode district in St Albans — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in WD5
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
96.2%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
88.6%
Gigabit-capable
88.1%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the WD5 postcode district (St Albans) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 254 postcodes Ofcom measures in WD5, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 96.2% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 88.1%.
Around 0% of premises in WD5 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in WD5
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| WD5 0AA | 96.6% | 96.6% |
| WD5 0AB | 100% | 100% |
| WD5 0AD | 100% | 100% |
| WD5 0AE | 100% | 100% |
| WD5 0AF | 100% | 100% |
| WD5 0AG | 100% | 100% |
| WD5 0AH | 100% | 100% |
| WD5 0AJ | 100% | 100% |
| WD5 0AL | 100% | 100% |
| WD5 0AN | 100% | 100% |
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Mobile signal around St Albans
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider St Albans district (66,334 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
97.5%
4G outdoors — all networks
100%
5G outdoors — all networks
83.1%
Voice indoors — all networks
98%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in WD5
Police recorded 128 incidents within about a mile of the centre of WD5 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 44 | 34.4% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 37 | 28.9% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 11 | 8.6% |
| Drugs | 8 | 6.3% |
| Other theft | 8 | 6.3% |
| Burglary | 4 | 3.1% |
| Shoplifting | 4 | 3.1% |
| Other crime | 4 | 3.1% |
Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).
House prices in WD5
Based on 103 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in WD5 is £446,000, up 1.4% on the previous year (£440,000).
Detached
£890,000
13 sales
Semi-detached
£562,000
26 sales
Terraced
£425,000
42 sales
Flat / maisonette
£235,000
20 sales
Latest recorded sales in WD5
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2026 | £450,000 | Terraced | The Fairway | WD5 0JZ |
| 22 May 2026 | £310,000 | Flat | Mallard Road | WD5 0GT |
| 18 May 2026 | £155,000 | Flat | Shirley Road | WD5 0NE |
| 1 May 2026 | £562,000 | Semi-detached | Kindersley Way | WD5 0DG |
| 1 May 2026 | £425,000 | Terraced | Toms Lane | WD5 0RB |
| 1 May 2026 | £470,000 | Terraced | Tanners Hill | WD5 0LT |
| 1 May 2026 | £453,000 | Terraced | Marlin Square | WD5 0EG |
| 23 Apr 2026 | £770,000 | Semi-detached | Follett Drive | WD5 0LP |
| 21 Apr 2026 | £1,300,000 | Detached | Abbots Road | WD5 0BP |
| 2 Apr 2026 | £232,000 | Flat | Tylersfield | WD5 0PT |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? St Albans demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider St Albans district (148,165 residents, 58,990 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21.7% |
| 15–29 | 19.1% |
| 30–44 | 22.4% |
| 45–64 | 19.7% |
| 65+ | 17.2% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 71% |
| Private rented | 16.4% |
| Social rented | 4.4% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around WD5
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tanners Wood Junior Mixed and Infant School | Primary | 3–11 | 418 | WD5 0LG |
| Abbots Langley School | Primary | 3–11 | 410 | WD5 0BQ |
| Divine Saviour Roman Catholic Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 206 | WD5 0HW |
| Breakspeare School | Not applicable | 2–19 | 157 | WD5 0BU |
| Bedmond Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 100 | WD5 0RD |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Food hygiene ratings in WD5
56 rated food businesses operate in WD5. 44 hold the top rating of 5, 5 are rated 4, and 1 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Abbeyfield, Abbots Langley Bowls Club, Abbots Langley Cricket Club, Abbots Langley Social Club, Abbots Langley Supermarket.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in WD5
From a sample of 182 Energy Performance Certificates across 11 WD5 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 40% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
4%
Band C
36%
Band D
40%
Band E
17%
Band F
2%
Band G
1%
Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.
Phone area codes for St Albans
Landlines around WD5 typically use:
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.