# AL7 1HN: area report for a postcode in Welwyn Hatfield

AL7 1HN is a postcode in Welwyn Hatfield.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Welwyn Hatfield. Open the map at AL7 1HN for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Welwyn Hatfield](https://openindex.co.uk/welwyn-hatfield) › [AL7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/al7) › [AL7 1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/al7-1)

## Around this postcode

- **18 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 5% on July. Welwyn Hatfield 008A: 58 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.1729,51.7928,AL71HN
- **Welwyn Garden City, 2.3 km**: About 29 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.1729,51.7928,AL71HN
- **1 school within 800 m**: Nearest is 650 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.1729,51.7928,AL71HN
- **No property in AL7 1HN listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-0.1729,51.7928,AL71HN
- **England’s least deprived 50%**: This neighbourhood, Welwyn Hatfield 008A. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.1729,51.7928,AL71HN
- **£448,681 average price**: For the whole of Welwyn Hatfield, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.1729,51.7928,AL71HN
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 720 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.1729,51.7928,AL71HN
- **5 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 650 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.1729,51.7928,AL71HN
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at AL7 1HN**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.1729,51.7928,AL71HN
- **Low road and rail noise at AL7 1HN**: Road 53 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.1729,51.7928,AL71HN
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-0.1729,51.7928,AL71HN
- **11.2 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.1729,51.7928,AL71HN

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Watchlytes Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/watchlytes-primary-school-e149333) | Primary | 650 m (8 minutes on foot) | Report card, December 2025: safeguarding met | 76% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Swallow Dell Primary and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/swallow-dell-primary-and-nursery-school-e133488) | Primary | 920 m (11 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade | 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Commonswood Primary & Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/commonswood-primary-and-nursery-school-e117378) | Primary | 990 m (12 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), January 2023 | 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [James Marks Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/james-marks-academy-e149736) | Special | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met | – |
| [Ridgeway Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ridgeway-academy-e146305) | Secondary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade | Attainment 8 of 37.4 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Springmead Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/springmead-primary-school-e145409) | Primary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), July 2022 | 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Panshanger Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/panshanger-primary-school-e117294) | Primary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), March 2023 | 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Holwell Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/holwell-primary-school-e117175) | Primary | 1.5 km (19 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), January 2023 | 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| August 2026 | £630,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| November 2025 | £420,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 130 m |
| October 2025 | £446,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 140 m |
| August 2024 | £570,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 150 m |
| March 2026 | £410,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 160 m |
| November 2025 | £525,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 170 m |
| July 2026 | £395,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 220 m |
| March 2026 | £389,950 | Terraced, established, freehold | 240 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: HALL GROVE GROUP PRACTICE (720 m)
- Pharmacies: GATE2PHARMA (830 m); BOOTS (930 m)
- Dental practices: BEEHIVE DENTAL PRACTICE (980 m)
- Supermarkets: Morrisons Daily Welwyn Garden City Hallgrove (650 m, Morrisons); Co-op Ludwick (660 m, The Co-operative Group); Morrisons Panshanger Welwyn Garden City (840 m, Morrisons); Lidl Panshanger Welwyn Garden City (970 m, Lidl); Morrisons Daily Welwyn Garden Moors Walk (1 km, Morrisons)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £448,681** (July 2026). Welwyn Hatfield’s average house price was £448,681 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 3.0% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £45,145** (2025). Full-time workers living in Welwyn Hatfield earned a median of £45,145 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 48th highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 9.9×** (2025). A home in Welwyn Hatfield costs 9.9 times local full-time pay. Joint 56th least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 13.9** (2025). Welwyn Hatfield has a deprivation score of 13.9 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 77th least deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Welwyn Hatfield 008A (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 16.6** (2025). Welwyn Hatfield 008A has a deprivation score of 16.6 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 16,069th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £425,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Welwyn Hatfield 008A was £425,000 in 2025. Joint 7,405th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,592** (2021). Welwyn Hatfield 008A had 1,592 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 18,513th most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 99.7%** (January 2026). In Welwyn Hatfield 008A, 99.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## AL7 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £385,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in AL7 was £385,000 in 2025. Joint 643rd most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 36,844** (2021). AL7 had 36,844 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 562nd most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 23%** (2022). About 23% of people in AL7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 94.6%** (January 2026). In AL7, 94.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Welwyn Hatfield](https://openindex.co.uk/welwyn-hatfield)
- Centre: 51.7928, -0.1729

Council: [Welwyn Hatfield](https://openindex.co.uk/welwyn-hatfield) (District, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Welwyn Hatfield](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/welwyn-hatfield): Andrew Lewin (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-0.1729,51.7928,AL71HN

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Snapshot 2026.10.8. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/al7-1hn