AL8
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Welwyn Garden City, Handside and Digswell Park, 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 AL8 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In AL8, 91.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How AL8 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is AL8 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in AL8 at a rate of 140.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 87.3 per 1,000 people across AL.
In August 2026 alone, 162 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in AL8.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (535), shoplifting (475) and violence and sexual offences (461).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in AL8 was 117.9 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 AL8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so AL8 has no single figure. Of its 9 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in AL8
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welwyn Hatfield 002F | 1,548 | 40.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 89.6% |
| Welwyn Hatfield 003A | 1,349 | 58.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.5% |
| Welwyn Hatfield 003B | 1,643 | 79.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.0% |
| Welwyn Hatfield 003C | 1,474 | 44.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Welwyn Hatfield 003D | 1,505 | 37.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.7% |
| Welwyn Hatfield 006A | 1,687 | 120.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.1% |
| Welwyn Hatfield 006B | 1,758 | 49.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| Welwyn Hatfield 006C | 1,857 | 648.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 68.2% |
| Welwyn Hatfield 006D | 1,629 | 16.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.5% |
Your MP
- Andrew LewinLabourMP for Welwyn Hatfield
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 AL82
Postcode sectors in AL82
Council1
Towns in AL82
Postcode districts next to AL85
Nearest rail stations3
More in the AL postcode area2
AL8 in brief
AL8 is a postcode district covering Welwyn Garden City, Handside and Digswell Park, in Welwyn Hatfield.
About 13,965 people lived in AL8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £495,000 in 2025 across 174 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 140.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in AL8 was £495,000 in 2025.
AL8 had 13,830 usual residents at the census.
In AL8, 91.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In AL8, 2.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.