AL6
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Welwyn, Oaklands and Danesbury, in Welwyn Hatfield and East Hertfordshire.
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 AL6 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In AL6, 74.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How AL6 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is AL6 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in AL6 at a rate of 46.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 87.3 per 1,000 people across AL.
In August 2026 alone, 64 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in AL6.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (204), anti-social behaviour (128) and other crime (123).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in AL6 was 48.9 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 AL6, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so AL6 has no single figure. Of its 6 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in AL6
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welwyn Hatfield 001A | 1,448 | 24.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.2% |
| Welwyn Hatfield 001B | 1,700 | 29.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 83.9% |
| Welwyn Hatfield 001D | 1,645 | 39.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 72.3% |
| Welwyn Hatfield 002B | 1,365 | 18.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 73.9% |
| Welwyn Hatfield 002C | 1,451 | 46.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.9% |
| Welwyn Hatfield 002D | 1,983 | 101.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.5% |
MPs for AL6
- Andrew LewinLabourMP for Welwyn Hatfield77% of AL6’s postcodes
- Chris HinchliffLabourMP for North East Hertfordshire13% of AL6’s postcodes
- Kevin BonaviaLabourMP for Stevenage9.7% of AL6’s postcodes
- Victoria CollinsLiberal DemocratMP for Harpenden and Berkhamsted0.4% of AL6’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in AL62
Postcode sectors in AL62
Councils AL6 covers2
Towns in AL61
Postcode districts next to AL66
Nearest rail stations4
More in the AL postcode area2
AL6 in brief
AL6 is a postcode district covering Welwyn, Oaklands and Danesbury, in Welwyn Hatfield and East Hertfordshire.
About 12,507 people lived in AL6 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £740,000 in 2025 across 149 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 46.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in AL6 was £740,000 in 2025.
AL6 had 12,428 usual residents at the census.
In AL6, 74.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In AL6, 1.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.