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AL10

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Hatfield, Roe Green and Oxlease, in Welwyn Hatfield.

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an AL10 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Gigabit coverage by postcode district

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In AL10, 85.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£370,000
700th most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
38,699
499th most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
85.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.9%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How AL10 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

AL10Middle
Median sale price10 postcode districts, AL · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in AL10 areas from £370,000 to £800,000. The middle area is £568,121. AL10 is £370,000.
£370,000cheapest
Population10 postcode districts, AL · 2021
Population: every postcode district in AL10 areas from 11,849 to 39,914. The middle area is 28,770. AL10 is 38,699.
38,6992nd most populated
Gigabit broadband coverage10 postcode districts, AL · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in AL10 areas from 74.1% to 94.6%. The middle area is 92.1%. AL10 is 85.5%.
85.5%3rd lowest
Claimant rate10 postcode districts, AL · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every postcode district in AL10 areas from 1.5% to 3.9%. The middle area is 2.4%. AL10 is 3.9%.
3.9%highest

Is AL10 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in AL10 at a rate of 129.5 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 87.3 per 1,000 people across AL.

In August 2026 alone, 435 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in AL10.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,826), anti-social behaviour (973) and other crime (899).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in AL10 was 128.7 per 1,000 people.

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Deprivation in AL10, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so AL10 has no single figure. Of its 19 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 5: 6 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in AL10

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Welwyn Hatfield 002E1,79179.9 per 1,000995.9%
Welwyn Hatfield 010A1,782111.8 per 1,000698.4%
Welwyn Hatfield 010B1,675105.9 per 1,000489.6%
Welwyn Hatfield 010D2,39088.7 per 1,0001063.9%
Welwyn Hatfield 010E2,946267.2 per 1,000751.5%
Welwyn Hatfield 010F1,516172.9 per 1,000593.8%
Welwyn Hatfield 010G2,247108.6 per 1,000887.7%
Welwyn Hatfield 011A1,787151.6 per 1,000397.8%
Welwyn Hatfield 011D1,86692.9 per 1,000580.8%
Welwyn Hatfield 012A1,626389.0 per 1,000272.6%
Welwyn Hatfield 012B2,371220.6 per 1,000571.3%
Welwyn Hatfield 012C1,904118.4 per 1,000599.6%
Welwyn Hatfield 012D2,33174.5 per 1,000792.3%
Welwyn Hatfield 013A1,88378.9 per 1,000595.9%
Welwyn Hatfield 013B1,375102.7 per 1,000490.2%
Welwyn Hatfield 013C2,64251.4 per 1,000991.9%
Welwyn Hatfield 013D2,18980.5 per 1,000599.6%
Welwyn Hatfield 013E2,315100.4 per 1,000697.1%
Welwyn Hatfield 017A1,515127.1 per 1,000497.5%

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Middle areas in AL104

Postcode sectors in AL104

Council1

Towns in AL101

Postcode districts next to AL103

Nearest rail stations4

More in the AL postcode area2

AL10 in brief

AL10 is a postcode district covering Hatfield, Roe Green and Oxlease, in Welwyn Hatfield.

About 40,207 people lived in AL10 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £370,000 in 2025 across 334 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 129.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in AL10 was £370,000 in 2025.

AL10 had 38,699 usual residents at the census.

In AL10, 85.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In AL10, 3.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.