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AL — St Albans

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St AlbansEngland
Where AL sits
01 · Districts

10 districts in AL

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Local rental market

This location covers several rental-market areas. Each is shown separately; no combined average or listing comparison is made.

Match basis: area constituents. Postcode geography · Scottish BRMA boundaries

Area context is not a property valuation or evidence of overcharging. PIPR describes rental stock, including existing tenancies; an advertised listing is an asking rent. Size, condition, amenities and tenancy dates may differ. Bedroom and property-type figures are separate series and are never combined.

Collection differs across nations: England and Wales mainly use achieved rents; Northern Ireland uses newly advertised rents; Scottish data historically focused on advertised new lets, with achieved rents increasingly included. The latest two UK months are provisional under ONS methodology. Source markers [p] and [r], where supplied, are distinct from revisions detected between imports. ONS methodology.

Central Bedfordshire E06000056

local authority · August 2026 · available

Published monthly rents and annual change for Central Bedfordshire
Published categoryMonthly rentAnnual change
All properties£1,250.003.7%
One bedroom£865.004.0%
Two bedrooms£1,097.003.9%
Three bedrooms£1,376.004.0%
Four or more bedrooms£2,044.003.4%
Detached£1,761.003.5%
Flats and maisonettes£989.003.4%
Semi-detached£1,352.003.9%
Terraced£1,205.004.0%

Source: Office for National Statistics, Price Index of Private Rents. Open Government Licence v3.0. Download workbook. Published 2026-09-16; fetched 2026-10-15T09:15:01Z. Next release: 2026-10-21.

Dacorum E07000096

local authority · August 2026 · available

Published monthly rents and annual change for Dacorum
Published categoryMonthly rentAnnual change
All properties£1,594.001.3%
One bedroom£1,098.001.5%
Two bedrooms£1,378.001.3%
Three bedrooms£1,655.001.7%
Four or more bedrooms£2,288.000.7%
Detached£2,195.000.8%
Flats and maisonettes£1,251.001.1%
Semi-detached£1,737.001.5%
Terraced£1,527.001.5%

Source: Office for National Statistics, Price Index of Private Rents. Open Government Licence v3.0. Download workbook. Published 2026-09-16; fetched 2026-10-15T09:15:01Z. Next release: 2026-10-21.

Hertsmere E07000098

local authority · August 2026 · available

Published monthly rents and annual change for Hertsmere
Published categoryMonthly rentAnnual change
All properties£1,829.003.6%
One bedroom£1,258.003.8%
Two bedrooms£1,604.003.6%
Three bedrooms£1,941.004.0%
Four or more bedrooms£2,797.003.0%
Detached£2,514.003.1%
Flats and maisonettes£1,447.003.4%
Semi-detached£2,030.003.8%
Terraced£1,738.004.0%

Source: Office for National Statistics, Price Index of Private Rents. Open Government Licence v3.0. Download workbook. Published 2026-09-16; fetched 2026-10-15T09:15:01Z. Next release: 2026-10-21.

North Hertfordshire E07000099

local authority · August 2026 · available

Published monthly rents and annual change for North Hertfordshire
Published categoryMonthly rentAnnual change
All properties£1,434.005.4%
One bedroom£1,024.005.5%
Two bedrooms£1,284.005.4%
Three bedrooms£1,576.005.7%
Four or more bedrooms£2,235.004.9%
Detached£1,939.005.1%
Flats and maisonettes£1,158.005.1%
Semi-detached£1,550.005.7%
Terraced£1,379.005.7%

Source: Office for National Statistics, Price Index of Private Rents. Open Government Licence v3.0. Download workbook. Published 2026-09-16; fetched 2026-10-15T09:15:01Z. Next release: 2026-10-21.

St Albans E07000240

local authority · August 2026 · available

Published monthly rents and annual change for St Albans
Published categoryMonthly rentAnnual change
All properties£1,931.002.9%
One bedroom£1,271.003.1%
Two bedrooms£1,633.003.0%
Three bedrooms£2,019.003.2%
Four or more bedrooms£2,902.002.1%
Detached£2,667.002.2%
Flats and maisonettes£1,486.002.8%
Semi-detached£2,169.003.1%
Terraced£1,798.003.1%

Source: Office for National Statistics, Price Index of Private Rents. Open Government Licence v3.0. Download workbook. Published 2026-09-16; fetched 2026-10-15T09:15:01Z. Next release: 2026-10-21.

Welwyn Hatfield E07000241

local authority · August 2026 · available

Published monthly rents and annual change for Welwyn Hatfield
Published categoryMonthly rentAnnual change
All properties£1,512.003.5%
One bedroom£1,063.003.9%
Two bedrooms£1,375.003.6%
Three bedrooms£1,646.003.9%
Four or more bedrooms£2,337.003.0%
Detached£1,922.003.2%
Flats and maisonettes£1,198.003.4%
Semi-detached£1,669.003.7%
Terraced£1,527.003.7%

Source: Office for National Statistics, Price Index of Private Rents. Open Government Licence v3.0. Download workbook. Published 2026-09-16; fetched 2026-10-15T09:15:01Z. Next release: 2026-10-21.

East Hertfordshire E07000242

local authority · August 2026 · available

Published monthly rents and annual change for East Hertfordshire
Published categoryMonthly rentAnnual change
All properties£1,533.003.5%
One bedroom£1,086.003.8%
Two bedrooms£1,382.003.5%
Three bedrooms£1,673.003.8%
Four or more bedrooms£2,449.003.0%
Detached£2,156.003.1%
Flats and maisonettes£1,255.003.3%
Semi-detached£1,661.003.7%
Terraced£1,423.003.8%

Source: Office for National Statistics, Price Index of Private Rents. Open Government Licence v3.0. Download workbook. Published 2026-09-16; fetched 2026-10-15T09:15:01Z. Next release: 2026-10-21.

02Your area essentials

Water & sewerage

These companies may serve addresses in the wider AL postcode area. This is an area-level suggestion: confirm the full address before opening an account.

Drinking water only

Affinity Water

Supplies drinking water to parts of Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex, Surrey and north-west London. It does not take waste water away, so a second company — usually Thames Water, Anglian Water or Southern Water — handles sewerage and often bills for both.

Affinity Water official website

Supplier boundaries can split a district, and drinking water and sewerage may come from different companies. Check your address with Water UK

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Guide updated 2026-10-05. Postcode snapshot: 2026-05. Council links reviewed 2026-09-28.

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Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Council links: GOV.UK, Open Government Licence v3.0.