Central Bedfordshire

AL5 house prices in Central Bedfordshire

Name: Sold house prices in AL5, Central Bedfordshire
Creator: HM Land Registry
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

The median sold price in AL5 between 22 Oct 2025 and 16 Jul 2026 was £750,000 across 250 recorded sales. AL5 covers part of Central Bedfordshire around the Caddington ward. Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for this district — from official UK data, in one place.

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Typical sold price

£750,000

Range £320,000–£1,667,800 · 250 real sales

HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 22 Oct 2025 and 16 Jul 2026. Real recorded sales — not estimates. Scroll for the map, trend and breakdown.

The median sold price in AL5, Central Bedfordshire, was £750,000 across 250 recorded sales between 22 Oct 2025 and 16 Jul 2026. Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,516 a year — Central Bedfordshire's published charge for 2026-27.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 31 July 2026. Updated monthly. Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government — Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Central Bedfordshire, 2026-27. Real recorded transactions — we never publish an estimated valuation.

On the map

Where AL5 sits in Central Bedfordshire

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Latest sales

The most recent sales in AL5

62, GROVE AVENUE, HARPENDEN
Semi-detached · Freehold · 16 Jul 2026
£882,000
STAKERS COURT, MILTON ROAD, HARPENDEN
Other · Freehold · 16 Jul 2026
£275,000
48, SPRINGFIELD CRESCENT, HARPENDEN
Semi-detached · Freehold · 14 Jul 2026
£860,000
21, MORETON AVENUE, HARPENDEN
Semi-detached · Freehold · 14 Jul 2026
£1,837,500
4, SHERWOODS RISE, HARPENDEN
Terraced · Freehold · 10 Jul 2026
£490,000

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Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors)

The data, honestly

AL5 sold prices at a glance

Typical price

£750,000

Lower end

£320,000

Upper end

£1,667,800

Sample size

250 sales

24-month trend

Typical price by quarter — AL5

By property type

What each type sells for — AL5

Sold twice — what the same home resold for

The strongest price signal there is: the same door, sold twice. Change shown in £, %, and per year — a big % over two decades is smaller than it looks.

ROUNDWOOD COURT, ROUNDWOOD LANE, HARPENDEN
£430,000 (2025)£415,000 (2026)-3.5% over 0.5 yrs (-6.5%/yr)

Tenure mix

Freehold vs leasehold — AL5

190 freehold (76%)

60 leasehold (24%)

1 new-build sale

Across the 250 most recent recorded sales in AL5. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 31 July 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions — never estimates. See every AL5 sale.

Area data

What else the records hold on AL5

Council tax, schools, area deprivation and planning activity for this district — each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.

Council tax

What council tax costs in AL5

Band D · Central Bedfordshire · 2026-27

£2,516

a year — the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.

Annual council tax charge for each band in Central Bedfordshire, 2026-27
Band	1991 value	A year
A	up to £40,000	£1,677
B	£40,001–£52,000	£1,957
C	£52,001–£68,000	£2,237
D	£68,001–£88,000	£2,516
E	£88,001–£120,000	£3,075
F	£120,001–£160,000	£3,634
G	£160,001–£320,000	£4,194
H	over £320,000	£5,032

These are Central Bedfordshire's charges for 2026-27, the authority AL5 falls in — not an estimate for any individual home. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and we never guess it; look up a band on GOV.UK and read your row. Bands reflect what a home was worth on 1 April 1991, not today.

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government — Council Tax levels set by local authorities · 8 of 8 bands published for Central Bedfordshire · data to 2026-27 financial year

Schools

Schools near AL5

Harpenden Academy
Primary · Free Schools · AL5 4EL
86 m
Good · 2019
St Nicholas CofE VA Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · AL5 2TP
393 m
Good · 2012
St Dominic Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academies · AL5 1PF
535 m
Not graded
St George's School
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · AL5 4TD
697 m
Outstanding · 2014
Crabtree Infants' School
Primary · Academies · AL5 5PU
780 m
Outstanding · 2024
Crabtree Junior School
Primary · Academies · AL5 5PU
780 m
Outstanding · 2023
St Hilda's School
Independent schools · AL5 2ES
869 m
Not graded
Sir John Lawes School
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · AL5 4QP
873 m
Outstanding · 2023

School data from the Department for Education “Get Information about Schools” (GIAS) and Ofsted inspection outcomes — Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ofsted grade shown is the last single overall grade on record (single grades were withdrawn in September 2024). Shows nearest schools by distance, not legal catchment areas. Distances are from the AL5 district centroid, not from any address.

Source: Department for Education — Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 6 with a grade on record

Planning applications

Planning activity around AL5

StAlbans/TP/2026/0318Undecided
345 m
G2 Mixed Growth (Waitrose side) - Trim back lateral growth to the fence approx T3 Beech - Crown reduction by 2-3m approx T1 Yew (adjacent to the house) - Crown reduction by 2-3m approx T4 Magnolia - Sympathetic prune by 1-1.5m approx T5 Yew - Trim to
Received 2026-06-29
StAlbans/5/2026/1221Undecided
337 m
Part single, part two storey rear and single storey side extensions following demolition of existing garage
Received 2026-06-25
StAlbans/5/2026/1103Undecided
124 m
Advertisement Consent - Display of one externally illuminated fascia sign and one externally illuminated projecting/hanging sign
Received 2026-06-08
StAlbans/5/2026/1101Undecided
124 m
Use of premises (ground floor) for both Use Class E (Commercial, Business, and Service) (current use) or Use Class F.1(a) (education centre), new signage, and all associated works
Received 2026-06-08
StAlbans/5/2026/1084Undecided
124 m
Construction of two storey and single storey over existing rear extension to provide two one-bedroom flats at first floor level and office unit at ground floor level
Received 2026-06-03
StAlbans/5/2026/1049Permitted
317 m
Prior Notification - Single storey rear extension 3.72m in height x 4m in depth with 2.75m height to eaves
Received 2026-05-28 · decided 2026-07-09

Applications are matched within 500 m of the AL5 district centroid, so this is activity in the area, not at any one address. Register wording and status are reproduced as the local planning authority published them. Showing 6 of 20 held; run a live planning search for AL5 for the current picture.

Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 2833 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 24 July 2026

Deprivation (IMD)

Area profile for AL5

Across the 12 sampled AL5 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 9 to decile 10, with a median of decile 10 of 10 — where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.

1 · most deprived10 · least deprived

AL5 1HA, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 10 of 10 — where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. It's area context for the wider neighbourhood, not a judgement on any individual home.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG). Deprivation is published for small areas (LSOAs), not for postcode districts, so AL5 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in AL5 that have recorded sales and 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home.

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government — English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices

Two sources, one table

What it costs to run a home in AL5, band by band

Central Bedfordshire's council tax for 2026-27 set against the AL5 median sold price of £750,000 across 250 recorded sales — the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.

Council tax band, its 1991 valuation range, the annual and monthly charge in Central Bedfordshire for 2026-27, and that charge as a share of the AL5 median sold price
Band	1991 valueVOA basis	A yearCentral Bedfordshire	A month÷ 12	Of the median÷ £750,000
A	up to £40,000	£1,677	£140	0.22%
B	£40,001–£52,000	£1,957	£163	0.26%
C	£52,001–£68,000	£2,237	£186	0.30%
D	£68,001–£88,000	£2,516	£210	0.34%
E	£88,001–£120,000	£3,075	£256	0.41%
F	£120,001–£160,000	£3,634	£303	0.48%
G	£160,001–£320,000	£4,194	£350	0.56%
H	over £320,000	£5,032	£419	0.67%

The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the AL5 median sold price — a comparison of two published figures, not a rate anyone charges. It is not a mapping from price to band: a band records what a home was worth on 1 April 1991 and is set by the Valuation Office Agency, so it cannot be worked out from a 2020s sale price. Look up a specific band on GOV.UK. Instalment counts vary by authority, so the monthly column is simply the year over twelve.

Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data — HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 31 July 2026. Updated monthly. Median across 250 recorded sales. · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government — Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Central Bedfordshire, 2026-27.

Address by address

What individual homes in AL5 sold for

The 24 most recently sold doors of the 237 distinct addresses in the records we hold for AL5. Real recorded transactions — never estimates.

62, GROVE AVENUE, HARPENDEN
AL5 1HA · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£882,000
2026-07-16
STAKERS COURT, MILTON ROAD, HARPENDEN
AL5 5PA · Other · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£275,000
2026-07-16
48, SPRINGFIELD CRESCENT, HARPENDEN
AL5 4LH · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£860,000
2026-07-14
21, MORETON AVENUE, HARPENDEN
AL5 2EU · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,837,500
2026-07-14
4, SHERWOODS RISE, HARPENDEN
AL5 1LU · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£490,000
2026-07-10
2, KNOWLE DRIVE, HARPENDEN
AL5 1RW · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£585,000
2026-07-10
15, HILLTOP WALK, HARPENDEN
AL5 1AU · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£895,000
2026-07-09
73, CHESTERTON AVENUE, HARPENDEN
AL5 5SU · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£760,000
2026-07-08
CHEPSTOW, DOUGLAS ROAD, HARPENDEN
AL5 2HW · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£370,000
2026-07-06
12, CROSS WAY, HARPENDEN
AL5 4RA · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£870,000
2026-07-03
15, THE PLEASANCE, HARPENDEN
AL5 3NA · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£875,000
2026-07-03
26, PARK HILL, HARPENDEN
AL5 3AT · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£900,000
2026-07-03
MAPLES, CLARENCE ROAD, HARPENDEN
AL5 4AQ · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£800,000
2026-07-03
16, MILLSTONE WAY, HARPENDEN
AL5 5FE · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£320,000
2026-07-03
2, HAWTHORN CLOSE, HARPENDEN
AL5 1HN · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£585,000
2026-07-02
74, PARK RISE, HARPENDEN
AL5 3AL · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£795,000
2026-07-02
44, ALZEY GARDENS, HARPENDEN
AL5 5SX · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,100,000
2026-07-01
145, CRABTREE LANE, HARPENDEN
AL5 5RD · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,330,000
2026-07-01
BALFOUR COURT, STATION ROAD, HARPENDEN
AL5 4XS · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£335,000
2026-06-30
1, ORCHARD AVENUE, HARPENDEN
AL5 2DW · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£3,250,000
2026-06-30
61, COLESWOOD ROAD, HARPENDEN
AL5 1EF · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£722,500
2026-06-30
20, TYLERS, HARPENDEN
AL5 5RT · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£595,000
2026-06-29
7, CLARENCE ROAD, HARPENDEN
AL5 4AJ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,840,000
2026-06-26
4, WENDOVER CLOSE, HARPENDEN
AL5 5SH · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£665,000
2026-06-26

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 31 July 2026. Updated monthly. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so homes that have never sold do not appear. 0 of these 24 doors resolve to a confident property record and link through; the rest are listed without a link — we match a door to a property record only where the match is certain, never by guessing.

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Crime rate

Street-level reported crime from Police.UK, by category.

Flood risk

Live Environment Agency warnings and long-term risk.

EPC ratings

Energy certificates A–G from the GOV.UK register.

Boundaries

Location and how to get the official Title Plan.

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Every AL5 figure is official, sourced and dated

We never show estimated “valuations” or magic numbers — just real recorded data from the UK's official registers, refreshed continuously.

HM Land RegistrySold prices
MHCLGCouncil tax & deprivation
Department for Education · OfstedSchools
Local planning authoritiesPlanning applications
Police.UKStreet-level crime
Environment AgencyFlood risk
postcodes.io · ONSGeography

Questions, answered

The AL5 report: your questions

What is the average house price in AL5?

The median sold price in AL5, Central Bedfordshire was £750,000 across 250 recorded sales between 22 Oct 2025 and 16 Jul 2026. Most sales fell between £320,000 and £1,667,800. That is the median of real HM Land Registry transactions, not an estimate or a valuation.

How much is council tax in AL5?

AL5 is billed by Central Bedfordshire, whose Band D charge for 2026-27 is £2,516 a year. Every band from A to H is listed on this page. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and there is no free per-address dataset for it, so we never guess an individual home's band — look it up on GOV.UK and read your row.

Which schools are near AL5?

The Department for Education's register lists 8 open schools within 3 km of the AL5 district centre, the nearest being Harpenden Academy (last Ofsted grade: Good). These are nearest by straight-line distance from the district centroid — they are not catchment or admission areas, which councils set individually and do not publish centrally.

Is AL5 a deprived area?

On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, the 12 AL5 postcodes we sampled run from decile 9 to decile 10, with a median of decile 10 of 10 — where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. Deprivation is published for small areas, not postcode districts, so a district like AL5 usually spans several. It is area context, never a judgement on an individual home.

Have there been planning applications near AL5?

The last check of the local planning authority register found 2833 applications within 500 m of the AL5 district centre; the most recent are listed on this page with their reference, description and status as the authority published them. For an up-to-the-minute search, use the planning tool with your full postcode.

Can I see what an individual address in AL5 sold for?

Yes — this page lists the 24 most recently sold doors of the 237 distinct addresses in the records we hold for AL5, each with its price and date. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so a home that has never been sold does not appear; and we link an address to its own property page only where the match is certain, never by guessing.

How up to date are the AL5 sold prices?

Sold prices come from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, covering sales up to 31 July 2026. The store is rebuilt monthly. New sales can take several weeks to appear in the official register after completion, so the very latest transactions may not show yet.

Does AL5 cover my exact street?

AL5 is the outward half of the postcode and covers the whole district, so the district-wide figures on this page are medians and ranges — not a valuation of any single property. The address list gives you the door-level picture, and the free checks take a full postcode.

Nearby

Postcode districts near AL5

The closest districts to AL5 by straight-line distance between district centres — not the next letter of the alphabet.

Every AL5 sale in the sold price tool Council tax bands in AL5 Schools near AL5 Planning applications in AL5

Where this comes from

Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government — Council Tax levels set by local authorities · Department for Education — Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government — English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Local planning authority records via PlanIt · Police.UK · Environment Agency · postcodes.io / ONS. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 31 July 2026. Updated monthly. All figures are real, attributed and carry the sample they rest on — never estimates, never a valuation. Every AL5 sale in the lookup tool · About Your Property Check.