St Albans

WD5 house prices in St Albans

Name: Sold house prices in WD5, St Albans
Creator: HM Land Registry
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

The median sold price in WD5 between 4 Oct 2024 and 24 Jul 2026 was £450,000 across 250 recorded sales. WD5 covers part of St Albans around the Abbots Langley & Bedmond 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

£450,000

Range £245,000–£821,400 · 250 real sales

HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 4 Oct 2024 and 24 Jul 2026. Real recorded sales — not estimates. Scroll for the map, trend and breakdown.

The median sold price in WD5, St Albans, was £450,000 across 250 recorded sales between 4 Oct 2024 and 24 Jul 2026. Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,419 a year — St Albans'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, St Albans, 2026-27. Real recorded transactions — we never publish an estimated valuation.

On the map

Where WD5 sits in St Albans

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Latest sales

The most recent sales in WD5

25, BALMORAL ROAD, ABBOTS LANGLEY
Detached · Freehold · 24 Jul 2026
£575,000
19, TANNERS HILL, ABBOTS LANGLEY
Terraced · Freehold · 17 Jul 2026
£425,000
40, CHURCH HILL, ABBOTS LANGLEY
Semi-detached · Freehold · 7 Jul 2026
£835,000
26, JACKETTS FIELD, ABBOTS LANGLEY
Terraced · Freehold · 23 Jun 2026
£495,000
5, CREASY CLOSE, ABBOTS LANGLEY
Terraced · Freehold · 19 Jun 2026
£272,500

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

The data, honestly

WD5 sold prices at a glance

Typical price

£450,000

Lower end

£245,000

Upper end

£821,400

Sample size

250 sales

24-month trend

Typical price by quarter — WD5

By property type

What each type sells for — WD5

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.

RAYLEIGH HOUSE, SHIRLEY ROAD, ABBOTS LANGLEY
£180,000 (2024)£155,000 (2026)-13.9% over 1.4 yrs (-10.1%/yr)

Tenure mix

Freehold vs leasehold — WD5

196 freehold (78%)

54 leasehold (22%)

Across the 250 most recent recorded sales in WD5. 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 WD5 sale.

Area data

What else the records hold on WD5

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 WD5

Band D · St Albans · 2026-27

£2,419

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

Annual council tax charge for each band in St Albans, 2026-27
Band	1991 value	A year
A	up to £40,000	£1,613
B	£40,001–£52,000	£1,882
C	£52,001–£68,000	£2,150
D	£68,001–£88,000	£2,419
E	£88,001–£120,000	£2,957
F	£120,001–£160,000	£3,494
G	£160,001–£320,000	£4,032
H	over £320,000	£4,838

These are St Albans's charges for 2026-27, the authority WD5 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 St Albans · data to 2026-27 financial year

Schools

Schools near WD5

Breakspeare School
Special schools · WD5 0BU
318 m
Outstanding · 2013
Tanners Wood Junior Mixed and Infant School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · WD5 0LG
635 m
Good · 2019
Abbots Langley School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · WD5 0BQ
723 m
Good · 2014
Divine Saviour Roman Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academies · WD5 0HW
888 m
Good · 2013
Alban Wood Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Academies · WD25 7NX
1.3 km
Good · 2023
Leavesden JMI School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · WD25 7QZ
1.4 km
Good · 2023
Kingsway Infants' School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · WD25 0ES
1.7 km
Good · 2017
Kingsway Junior School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · WD25 0JH
1.8 km
Good · 2022

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 WD5 district centroid, not from any address.

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

Planning applications

Planning activity around WD5

ThreeRivers/26/0691/RSPPermitted
479 m
Part-retrospective: Replacement of ground floor bay window with french doors and sidelight, erection of side patio, and installation of new boundary picket fence and timber gate
Received 2026-04-28 · decided 2026-06-29
ThreeRivers/26/0692/FULWithdrawn
178 m
Removal of single storey front extension and, construction of single storey side/rear extension, removal of chimneys; alteration to fenestration including relocation of entrance door, external materials including render
Received 2026-04-28 · decided 2026-07-15
ThreeRivers/26/0644/TPOPermitted
259 m
1 Ash in 3rd Party ownership - Remove Deadwood 6 Yew - Shorten back lateral growth to footpath edge 7 Yew - Shorten back lateral growth to footpath edge 8 Oak - Shorten back lateral growth to footpath edge. Sever ivy 9 Oak - Sever Ivy 10 LC - Prune the tree's tertiary branches to provide 1m clearance with the street lamp, and ensuring that a 45 degree from vertical splay is clear so as to allow light to reach the underlying pavement unobstructed. Remove low branch growing towards road. 11 Lime - Sever ivy 12 Lime - Sever Ivy 13 Lime - Sever ivy 14 Ash - Sever ivy 15 Ash - Sever ivy 16 Ash - Sever Ivy. Reduce and shape crown by up to 3m. Shorten back laterals over road.
Received 2026-04-21 · decided 2026-05-18
ThreeRivers/26/0636/FULUndecided
316 m
Alterations to front elevation and front fenestration including relocation of entrance door, conversion of garage into habitable accommodation, extension to existing driveway
Received 2026-04-21
ThreeRivers/26/0592/FULPermitted
448 m
Erection of a dropped kerb and installation of a drive
Received 2026-04-14 · decided 2026-06-25
ThreeRivers/26/0582/FULPermitted
341 m
Construction of part-single, part-two storey rear extension, conversion of garage into store
Received 2026-04-13 · decided 2026-06-11

Applications are matched within 500 m of the WD5 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 WD5 for the current picture.

Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 1306 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 23 July 2026

Deprivation (IMD)

Area profile for WD5

Across the 12 sampled WD5 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 5 to decile 10, with a median of decile 8 of 10 — where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.

1 · most deprived10 · least deprived

WD5 0ST, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 8 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 WD5 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in WD5 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 WD5, band by band

St Albans's council tax for 2026-27 set against the WD5 median sold price of £450,000 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 St Albans for 2026-27, and that charge as a share of the WD5 median sold price
Band	1991 valueVOA basis	A yearSt Albans	A month÷ 12	Of the median÷ £450,000
A	up to £40,000	£1,613	£134	0.36%
B	£40,001–£52,000	£1,882	£157	0.42%
C	£52,001–£68,000	£2,150	£179	0.48%
D	£68,001–£88,000	£2,419	£202	0.54%
E	£88,001–£120,000	£2,957	£246	0.66%
F	£120,001–£160,000	£3,494	£291	0.78%
G	£160,001–£320,000	£4,032	£336	0.90%
H	over £320,000	£4,838	£403	1.08%

The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the WD5 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, St Albans, 2026-27.

Address by address

What individual homes in WD5 sold for

The 24 most recently sold doors of the 232 distinct addresses in the records we hold for WD5. Real recorded transactions — never estimates.

25, BALMORAL ROAD, ABBOTS LANGLEY
WD5 0ST · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£575,000
2026-07-24
19, TANNERS HILL, ABBOTS LANGLEY
WD5 0LT · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£425,000
2026-07-17
40, CHURCH HILL, ABBOTS LANGLEY
WD5 0RN · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£835,000
2026-07-07
26, JACKETTS FIELD, ABBOTS LANGLEY
WD5 0EW · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£495,000
2026-06-23
5, CREASY CLOSE, ABBOTS LANGLEY
WD5 0HS · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£272,500
2026-06-19
2, ANTOINETTE COURT, ABBOTS LANGLEY
WD5 0QL · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£483,300
2026-06-19
5, GILL ORCHARD, ABBOTS LANGLEY
WD5 0FQ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£950,000
2026-06-19
190, ABBOTS ROAD, ABBOTS LANGLEY
WD5 0BP · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£645,000
2026-06-12
28, ADRIAN ROAD, ABBOTS LANGLEY
WD5 0AQ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£375,000
2026-06-12
58, HARLECH ROAD, ABBOTS LANGLEY
WD5 0BF · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£680,000
2026-06-05
66, ADRIAN ROAD, ABBOTS LANGLEY
WD5 0AQ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£487,000
2026-06-05
75, BREAKSPEARE ROAD, ABBOTS LANGLEY
WD5 0ER · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£395,000
2026-05-29
3, EDINBURGH DRIVE, ABBOTS LANGLEY
WD5 0TU · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£855,000
2026-05-29
38, ROSEHILL GARDENS, ABBOTS LANGLEY
WD5 0HF · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£450,000
2026-05-26
46, THE FAIRWAY, ABBOTS LANGLEY
WD5 0JZ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£450,000
2026-05-22
LEAVESDEN COURT, MALLARD ROAD, ABBOTS LANGLEY
WD5 0GT · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 12 recorded sales
£310,000
2026-05-22
86, MARLIN SQUARE, ABBOTS LANGLEY
WD5 0EG · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£495,000
2026-05-22
RAYLEIGH HOUSE, SHIRLEY ROAD, ABBOTS LANGLEY
WD5 0NE · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 3 recorded sales
£155,000
2026-05-18
122, ABBOTS ROAD, ABBOTS LANGLEY
WD5 0BL · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£900,000
2026-05-15
34, CREASY CLOSE, ABBOTS LANGLEY
WD5 0HS · Flat / maisonette · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£370,000
2026-05-15
2, ABBEY DRIVE, ABBOTS LANGLEY
WD5 0TL · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£310,000
2026-05-15
16, OAK GREEN, ABBOTS LANGLEY
WD5 0PG · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£754,000
2026-05-08
338, TOMS LANE, ABBOTS LANGLEY
WD5 0RB · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£425,000
2026-05-01
27, KINDERSLEY WAY, ABBOTS LANGLEY
WD5 0DG · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£562,000
2026-05-01

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

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Every WD5 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
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Police.UKStreet-level crime
Environment AgencyFlood risk
postcodes.io · ONSGeography

Questions, answered

The WD5 report: your questions

What is the average house price in WD5?

The median sold price in WD5, St Albans was £450,000 across 250 recorded sales between 4 Oct 2024 and 24 Jul 2026. Most sales fell between £245,000 and £821,400. That is the median of real HM Land Registry transactions, not an estimate or a valuation.

How much is council tax in WD5?

WD5 is billed by St Albans, whose Band D charge for 2026-27 is £2,419 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 WD5?

The Department for Education's register lists 8 open schools within 3 km of the WD5 district centre, the nearest being Breakspeare School (last Ofsted grade: Outstanding). 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 WD5 a deprived area?

On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, the 12 WD5 postcodes we sampled run from decile 5 to decile 10, with a median of decile 8 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 WD5 usually spans several. It is area context, never a judgement on an individual home.

Have there been planning applications near WD5?

The last check of the local planning authority register found 1306 applications within 500 m of the WD5 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 WD5 sold for?

Yes — this page lists the 24 most recently sold doors of the 232 distinct addresses in the records we hold for WD5, 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 WD5 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 WD5 cover my exact street?

WD5 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 WD5

The closest districts to WD5 by straight-line distance between district centres — not the next letter of the alphabet.

Every WD5 sale in the sold price tool Council tax bands in WD5 Schools near WD5 Planning applications in WD5

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 WD5 sale in the lookup tool · About Your Property Check.