AL2
Postcode districtPostcode district covering London Colney, How Wood and Chiswell Green, in St Albans.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an AL2 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 54% of people in AL2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How AL2 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is AL2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in AL2 at a rate of 89.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 87.3 per 1,000 people across the AL postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 245 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in AL2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were other crime (677), violence and sexual offences (596) and anti-social behaviour (352).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in AL2 was 83.2 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in AL2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so AL2 has no single figure. Of its 15 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in AL2
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Albans 018A | 1,552 | 485.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.2% |
| St Albans 018B | 1,791 | 90.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.3% |
| St Albans 018C | 1,664 | 98.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.3% |
| St Albans 018E | 1,580 | 72.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.2% |
| St Albans 018F | 1,527 | 36.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| St Albans 018G | 1,690 | 36.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.7% |
| St Albans 019A | 1,768 | 98.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.2% |
| St Albans 019B | 1,218 | 50.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.9% |
| St Albans 019C | 2,054 | 228.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 80.8% |
| St Albans 019D | 1,393 | 13.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.6% |
| St Albans 020A | 1,354 | 58.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 80.9% |
| St Albans 020B | 1,783 | 21.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.9% |
| St Albans 020C | 1,558 | 89.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.2% |
| St Albans 020D | 1,614 | 76.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 82.6% |
| St Albans 020E | 1,911 | 32.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.4% |
MPs for AL2
- Daisy CooperLiberal DemocratMP for St Albans98% of AL2’s postcodes
- Sir Oliver DowdenConservativeMP for Hertsmere1.5% of AL2’s postcodes
- Victoria CollinsLiberal DemocratMP for Harpenden and Berkhamsted0.8% of AL2’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in AL23
Postcode sectors in AL23
Council1
Towns in AL21
Postcode districts next to AL29
Nearest rail stations4
More in the AL postcode area2
AL2 in brief
AL2 is a postcode district covering London Colney, How Wood and Chiswell Green, in St Albans.
About 25,323 people lived in AL2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £541,000 in 2025 across 338 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 89.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in AL2 was £541,000 in 2025.
AL2 had 24,250 usual residents at the census.
About 54% of people in AL2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In AL2, 93.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.