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23 recorded sales · median £387,475 · Welwyn Hatfield
Welwyn Hatfield Council · Labour / Liberal Democrat coalition 31/48 seats · 65% · OCD 2026
71/100
Good
Acreright area score · our comparison, not an official rating
£387k
median price
9.7
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
£387k
median sold price
9.2 yrs
of local pay to buy
31 min
London — fastest
6
rail stations mapped
0
grammar schools
54
schools total
9.7
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
385
Violence — most
11.1
NO₂ · WHO 10
1.1%
in a flood zone
171
green spaces
7.4
PM2.5 · WHO 5
219
eat & drink
69
shops
72%
gigabit
17
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
£239,000 in 1999 → £603,500 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 Welwyn Hatfield, 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 £387,475. That's about 9.2× local earnings — around the 10.6× five-year average.
Sold price history
2025 · 2 sales
Median sold price · 12 months to Sep 2026 · 23 sales£387,475
HM Land Registry Price Paid
By property type
Too few sales by type to chart.
Typical home price compared with annual local pay9.2× · five-year average 10.6×
HM Land Registry, 12 months
Resold at a loss from Welwyn Hatfield23.3%
Of the homes across Welwyn Hatfield that sold again within five years, 23.3% went for less than the owner paid. Lower is better. Worse than East of England (17.5%).
By property type
Terraced houses7.1%
Flats24.3%
New-build vs second-hand
Bought new28.8%
Bought second-hand20.4%
Overall
Typical resale gain+9.4% · ~5.9-yr hold
Same home sold twice within five years (421 resale pairs) across Welwyn Hatfield — the finest grain we hold repeat-sale outcomes at · HM Land Registry · cash terms, not inflation-adjusted
Home ownership57%
Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021
Council tax£2,390
Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council£252
Hertfordshire County Council (incl. adult social care)£1,858
Police & Crime Commissioner£280
Council tax bands A–H
Band A£1,593
Band B£1,859
Band C£2,125
Band D (baseline)£2,390
Band E£2,921
Band F£3,453
Band G£3,984
Band H£4,780
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 Welwyn Hatfield how Essendon Hill compares · from Welwyn Hatfield
⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Brookmans Park +30.6%
| Neighbourhood | Median price | 5-year change | Sales, 12m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brookmans Park | £1,060,000 | +30.6% | 42 |
| Hatfield | £322,500 | +23.6% | 116 |
| Hall Grove | £435,000 | +22.8% | 130 |
| Roe Green | £325,000 | +20.4% | 62 |
| Hilltop | £297,500 | +18.6% | 64 |
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 Essendon Hill — sold prices
Filters
| Address | Type | Beds | EPC | Price | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUNNYSIDE, 6 ESSENDON HILL | Semi-detached | — | — | £732,000 | Dec 2025 |
| BURY COTTAGES ESSENDON HILL | Semi-detached | — | — | £475,000 | Mar 2025 |
| BURY COTTAGES ESSENDON HILL | Semi-detached | — | — | £500,000 | Oct 2024 |
| 5 ESSENDON HILL | Semi-detached | — | — | £825,000 | Apr 2021 |
| 1 Bury Cottages Essendon Hill Essendon | Semi-detached | — | — | £825,000 | Nov 2020 |
| The Rectory Essendon Hill Essendon | Detached | — | — | £1,550,000 | Jul 2019 |
| BURY COTTAGES ESSENDON HILL | Semi-detached | — | — | £616,000 | Dec 2010 |
| 1 Bury Cottages Essendon Hill Essendon | Semi-detached | — | — | £625,000 | Nov 2007 |
| FLINT COTTAGE ESSENDON HILL | Detached | — | — | £550,000 | Apr 2006 |
| THE HILL ESSENDON HILL | Semi-detached | — | — | £299,950 | Oct 2004 |
16 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 Welwyn Hatfield
Crime runs at 9.7 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 / month9.7
Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months
By category, 12 months from Welwyn Hatfield
Recorded crimes by category across the whole Welwyn Hatfield 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 Welwyn Hatfield
Population119,836
ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood
Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 7/10 · little changed since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 65% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.
Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains
DEPRIVATION
IMD decile 7/10
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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 7/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — around the national average (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 65% 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 7 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
5.9/10
Employment
6.4/10
Education & skills
6.2/10
Health & disability
6.7/10
Crime
5.9/10
Housing & services
6.0/10
Living environment
7.2/10
Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025
Figures for the wider Welwyn Hatfield — 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+60%
Unemployment · economically active residents6.1%
Degree-level (Level 4+)37%
Good or very good health85%
Own their home57%
Median age37.6
Born outside the UK22%
See the full Welwyn Hatfield report →
ONS Census 2021 · wider district
Schools This street
60% of the 5 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.
Ofsted
3 of 5 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 5 nearest inspected schools
of the 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essendon CofE (VC) Primary School | Primary | — | 0.5 km |
| Apple Daycare and Childminding Services | Nursery | Good ('23) | 2.2 km |
| Hertford Barns Day Nursery | Nursery | Outstanding ('23) | 2.3 km |
| Apple Daycare Ltd (Water Hall Farm) | Nursery | — | 2.3 km |
| Apple Daycare Ltd Wild Hill | Nursery | — | 2.5 km |
| Commonswood Primary & Nursery School | Primary | Good ('23) | 2.5 km |
| Hertingfordbury Cowper Primary School | Primary | — | 3.0 km |
| Mini Cowpers Pre-school Group | Nursery | Good ('25) | 3.0 km |
| Oasis | Nursery | — | 3.4 km |
| Bayford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | Primary | — | 3.5 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 | 80.6 yrs |
| Life expectancy — women | 84.9 yrs |
| Smoking | 11.9% |
| Adults overweight or obese | 60.2% |
OHID Fingertips · district-level figures (the health-outcomes grain)
10
nearest GP surgeries · nearest 3.1 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
20
nearest dentists · nearest 3.2 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
23
nearest pharmacies · nearest 3.9 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
8 of 9 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.
Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies
AllGPsDentistsPharmacies
| Name | Type | CQC rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring House Health | GP | — | 3.1 km |
| Hall Grove Group Practice | GP | Good ('18) | 3.2 km |
| Beehive Dental Practice | Dentist | — | 3.2 km |
| Woodhall Dental Practice | Dentist | — | 3.9 km |
| Boots | Pharmacy | — | 3.9 km |
| Gate2Pharma | Pharmacy | — | 4.0 km |
| Boots | Pharmacy | — | 4.0 km |
| Dental Surgery | Dentist | — | 4.2 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 Welwyn Hatfield
5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 31 min from Hatfield (Herts).
Rail — 5 nearest stations
| Station | Distance | To London | Fastest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayford | 2.6 mi | — | no direct train |
| Hatfield (Herts) | 2.6 mi | London St Pancras | 31 min |
| Welham Green | 3.2 mi | — | no direct train |
| Welwyn Garden City | 3.2 mi | London St Pancras | 36 min |
| Hertford North | 3.5 mi | — | no direct train |
Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Hatfield (Herts) (31 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail
Travel to work
Census travel-to-work — how residents commute
EV charging3 points
Per 10,000 residents0.3
National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion
Environment from Welwyn Hatfield
Air quality
µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA
Ground checks
Surface water 1-in-1002.1%
Flood zone1.1% of postcodes
Radonup to 1–3% of homes
Historic landfill72 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 buildings430
Conservation areas8
Green belt76.6%
Green spaces171
Historic England · OS Open Greenspace
Amenities from Welwyn Hatfield
What's here
| Category | Count | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Eat & drink | 219 | 95% hygiene 4★+ (FSA) |
| Shops | 69 | supermarkets & convenience stores |
| Gyms, leisure & playgrounds | 17 | — |
| Green spaces & parks | 171 | filled areas on the map |
OSM + FSA
Broadband
% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations
Local economy from Welwyn Hatfield
Figures for the wider Welwyn Hatfield — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.
Unemployment rate6.1%
In work (employment rate)59.6%
Companies registered here18,937
New incorporations (12m)2,507
Property companies (SPVs)2,231
See the full Welwyn Hatfield report →
Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district