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113 recorded sales · median £223,000 · North Hertfordshire
North Hertfordshire Council · Labour minority — no overall control 23/51 seats · 45% · OCD 2026
73/100
Good
Acreright area score · our comparison, not an official rating
£223k
median price
7
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
£223k
median sold price
10 yrs
of local pay to buy
24 min
London — fastest
5
rail stations mapped
0
grammar schools
69
schools total
7
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
310
Violence — most
8.4
NO₂ · WHO 10
1.1%
in a flood zone
227
green spaces
7.1
PM2.5 · WHO 5
306
eat & drink
64
shops
72.1%
gigabit
31
gyms & leisure
Tiles show street’s own prices; crime, schools, transport, health & amenities are shown for the wider area — each tab labels its source.
Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities
Sold price trend
£219,000 in 2011 → £227,500 in 2025
⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider North Hertfordshire, clearly labelled.
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All figures, sources and dates
Prices2026-09-09
Affordability2025
Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2026 (control)
Crime2026-07
Deprivation2025
Census2021
Schools2026
Health2026/2025
Transport2026
Broadband2024-07
Environment2023–24
Ground checks2022–25
Heritage & planning2026
Amenities2026
Companies2026-07-01
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What does it cost? This street
A typical home here sells for £223,000. That's about 10× local earnings — around the 11× five-year average.
Sold price history
2025 · 2 sales
Median sold price · 12 months to Sep 2026 · 113 sales£223,000
Full history since 1995
HM Land Registry Price Paid
By property type
Too few sales by type to chart.
Typical home price compared with annual local pay10× · five-year average 11×
HM Land Registry, 12 months
Resold at a loss from North Hertfordshire15.9%
Of the homes across North Hertfordshire that sold again within five years, 15.9% went for less than the owner paid. Lower is better. Better than East of England (17.5%).
By property type
Detached houses5.6%
Semi-detached houses0%
Terraced houses5.3%
Flats17.6%
New-build vs second-hand
Bought new23.7%
Bought second-hand13.8%
Overall
Typical resale gain+16.3% · ~7.6-yr hold
Same home sold twice within five years (860 resale pairs) across North Hertfordshire — the finest grain we hold repeat-sale outcomes at · HM Land Registry · cash terms, not inflation-adjusted
Home ownership65%
Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021
Council tax£2,414
North Hertfordshire District Council£276
Hertfordshire County Council (incl. adult social care)£1,858
Police & Crime Commissioner£280
Council tax bands A–H
Band A£1,609
Band B£1,878
Band C£2,146
Band D (baseline)£2,414
Band E£2,950
Band F£3,487
Band G£4,023
Band H£4,828
Full-year charge for every band, derived from Band D at the statutory ratios (A = 6/9 of Band D … H = 18/9). MHCLG 2026/27.
Pick your band — the breakdown recalculates · MHCLG 2026/27 · hand-curated each April
Neighbourhood prices in North Hertfordshire how Harrison Close compares · from North Hertfordshire
⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Knebworth +46.3%
| Neighbourhood | Median price | 5-year change | Sales, 12m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knebworth | £443,000 | +46.3% | 134 |
| Willian | £471,000 | +31.5% | 56 |
| Whitehill | £525,000 | +29.1% | 70 |
| Westmill | £440,000 | +24.7% | 90 |
| Codicote | £530,000 | +21.4% | 142 |
Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months
Homes in Harrison Close — sold prices
Filters
| Address | Type | Beds | EPC | Price | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 7 Harrison Court Harrison Close | Flat | — | — | £195,000 | Dec 2025 |
| Flat 25 Harrison Court Harrison Close | Flat | — | — | £260,000 | Mar 2025 |
| Flat 27 Harrison Court Harrison Close | Flat | — | — | £290,000 | Dec 2024 |
| 47 Harrison Close | Flat | — | — | £395,000 | Jan 2024 |
| Apartment 2 Caldicott Court Harrison Close | Flat | — | — | £305,000 | Nov 2023 |
| Apartment 15 Caldicott Court Harrison Close | Flat | — | — | £325,000 | Oct 2023 |
| Flat 31 Harrison Court Harrison Close | Flat | — | — | £275,000 | Aug 2023 |
| 43 Harrison Close | Terraced | — | — | £195,000 | Apr 2023 |
| Apartment 5 Caldicott Court Harrison Close | Flat | — | — | £370,000 | Feb 2023 |
| Flat 19 Harrison Court Harrison Close | Flat | — | — | £291,000 | Nov 2022 |
24 recent sales — showing 10 · Search & browse every home →
Type a street, address or postcode to narrow this list; clear to see the latest sales. Click any home → its full report (sale history, EPC, estimate). Beds inferred from floor area · HM Land Registry + EPC
How safe is it? from North Hertfordshire
Crime runs at 7 per 1,000 residents a month. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.
Crime rate
Per 1,000 / month7
Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months
By category, 12 months from North Hertfordshire
Recorded crimes by category across the whole North Hertfordshire district, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office
Where crime clusters
police.uk publishes anonymised "on or near" points, not named hotspots. The map above shows where they cluster, with the crime layer on. Some forces log crimes at their police station, so a station can look like a hotspot.
Clusters of anonymised on-or-near markers, not addresses · police.uk
Who lives here? from North Hertfordshire
Population133,210
ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood
Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 8/10 · little changed since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 75% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.
Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains
DEPRIVATION
IMD decile 8/10
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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 8/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — less deprived than most (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 75% of neighbourhoods in England are more deprived than this area. The scale runs 1 (most deprived 10%) to 10 (least deprived).
SINCE 2019Was IMD decile 8 in 2019 — little changed since.
The seven things the index measures, each on the same 1–10 scale (higher = better). A low bar shows where the deprivation actually is.
Income
7.3/10
Employment
7.5/10
Education & skills
7.4/10
Health & disability
8.2/10
Crime
7.4/10
Housing & services
6.6/10
Living environment
6.3/10
Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025
Figures for the wider North Hertfordshire — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.
Employment rate · residents aged 16+62%
Unemployment · economically active residents4.1%
Degree-level (Level 4+)42%
Good or very good health85%
Own their home65%
Median age42.6
Born outside the UK12%
See the full North Hertfordshire report →
ONS Census 2021 · wider district
Schools This street
100% of the 2 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.
Ofsted
2 of 2 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 2 nearest inspected schools
of the 2 nearest inspected schools
GIAS + Ofsted · post-Sept-2024 inspections show "Inspected — see report"
Catchments
Likely-nearest catchment line per school where councils publish polygons; estimated by distance otherwise — always labelled which.
Council catchment polygons + GIAS
Nearest schools 25 nearest schools
AllPrimarySecondaryGrammarNursery
| School | Phase | Ofsted | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highbury Lodge Day Nursery | Nursery | Outstanding ('23) | 0.1 km |
| Hitchin Girls' School | Secondary | Inspected '24 — see report | 0.2 km |
| St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hitchin | Primary | — | 0.4 km |
| Play Aloud St Andrews | Nursery | Outstanding ('23) | 0.4 km |
| Highbury Infant School and Nursery | Primary | — | 0.5 km |
| Hitchin Boys' School | Secondary | Inspected '25 — see report | 0.6 km |
| Millennium First Steps Nursery Ltd | Nursery | Good ('21) | 0.6 km |
| Yorkies Day Care | Nursery | Good ('25) | 0.8 km |
| William Ransom Primary School | Primary | Inspected '25 — see report | 0.8 km |
| Wilshere-Dacre Junior Academy | Primary | — | 0.8 km |
Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted
Health This street
At a glance
| Here | |
|---|---|
| Life expectancy — men | 82.2 yrs |
| Life expectancy — women | 84.3 yrs |
| Smoking | 9.2% |
| Adults overweight or obese | 66.1% |
OHID Fingertips · district-level figures (the health-outcomes grain)
12
nearest GP surgeries · nearest 0.3 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
25
nearest dentists · nearest 0.1 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
25
nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.4 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
5 of 5 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.
Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies
AllGPsDentistsPharmacies
| Name | Type | CQC rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr N F Faryad | Dentist | — | 0.1 km |
| The Vernon Dental Practice | Dentist | — | 0.3 km |
| The Portmill Surgery | GP | — | 0.3 km |
| Hertfordshire Special Allocation Scheme | GP | — | 0.4 km |
| Nu Cross Dispensing Chemist | Pharmacy | — | 0.4 km |
| Dental Surgery | Dentist | — | 0.4 km |
| Carerx | Pharmacy | — | 0.4 km |
| Bancroft Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 0.5 km |
Nearest first · type to search, or filter by type · click a provider → its full page · NHS ODS + CQC · — = not CQC-rated (e.g. pharmacies)
Getting around from North Hertfordshire
5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 24 min from Knebworth.
Rail — 5 nearest stations
| Station | Distance | To London | Fastest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hitchin | 0.4 mi | London St Pancras | 34 min |
| Letchworth Garden City | 2.7 mi | London St Pancras | 39 min |
| Stevenage | 4.3 mi | London St Pancras | 28 min |
| Baldock | 4.6 mi | London St Pancras | 42 min |
| Knebworth | 6.7 mi | London St Pancras | 24 min |
Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Knebworth (24 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail
Travel to work
Census travel-to-work — how residents commute
EV charging7 points
Per 10,000 residents0.5
National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion
Environment from North Hertfordshire
Air quality
µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA
Ground checks
Surface water 1-in-1004.9%
Flood zone1.1% of postcodes
Radonup to 1–3% of homes
Historic landfill49 sites within ~1 km
EA · UKHSA/BGS · Mining Remediation Authority — indicative, not a property search
Transport noise (Defra)
Road & rail noise bands (≥55 / ≥65 dB Lden) are being added — not yet available for this area. They cover major sources only; "not mapped" ≠ "quiet".
Defra strategic noise mapping
Heritage & green space
Listed buildings1,747
Conservation areas42
Green belt46.9%
Green spaces227
Historic England · OS Open Greenspace
Amenities from North Hertfordshire
What's here
| Category | Count | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Eat & drink | 306 | 93% hygiene 4★+ (FSA) |
| Shops | 64 | supermarkets & convenience stores |
| Gyms, leisure & playgrounds | 31 | — |
| Green spaces & parks | 227 | filled areas on the map |
OSM + FSA
Broadband
% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations
Local economy from North Hertfordshire
Figures for the wider North Hertfordshire — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.
Unemployment rate4.1%
In work (employment rate)62.3%
Companies registered here22,097
New incorporations (12m)2,352
Property companies (SPVs)2,680
See the full North Hertfordshire report →
Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district