# AL8 6AT: area report for a postcode in Welwyn Hatfield

AL8 6AT 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 AL8 6AT for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Welwyn Hatfield](https://openindex.co.uk/welwyn-hatfield) › [AL8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/al8) › [AL8 6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/al8-6)

## Around this postcode

- **114 crimes within 500 m**: August, the same as July. Welwyn Hatfield 006C: 649 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.2063,51.8019,AL86AT
- **Welwyn Garden City, 180 m**: About 2 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.2063,51.8019,AL86AT
- **1 school within 800 m**: Nearest is 790 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.2063,51.8019,AL86AT
- **No property in AL8 6AT 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=-0.2063,51.8019,AL86AT
- **England’s least deprived 50%**: This neighbourhood, Welwyn Hatfield 006C. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.2063,51.8019,AL86AT
- **£448,681 average price**: For the whole of Welwyn Hatfield, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.2063,51.8019,AL86AT
- **2 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 570 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.2063,51.8019,AL86AT
- **4 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 180 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.2063,51.8019,AL86AT
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at AL8 6AT**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.2063,51.8019,AL86AT
- **Low road and rail noise at AL8 6AT**: Road 53 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.2063,51.8019,AL86AT
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 2 of 6**: 1% to 3% 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=-0.2063,51.8019,AL86AT
- **12.6 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.2063,51.8019,AL86AT

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Peartree Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/peartree-primary-school-e148989) | Primary | 790 m (10 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, April 2025 | 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Templewood Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/templewood-primary-school-e117174) | Primary | 920 m (11 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), December 2023 | 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Applecroft School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/applecroft-school-e137943) | Primary | 960 m (12 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), November 2023 | 78% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Ludwick Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ludwick-nursery-school-e117079) | Nursery | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | School remains Outstanding, February 2023 | – |
| [Holwell Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/holwell-primary-school-e117175) | Primary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), January 2023 | 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Our Lady Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/our-lady-catholic-primary-school-e117464) | Primary | 1.3 km (16 minutes on foot) | Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met | 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Stanborough School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/stanborough-school-e137847) | Secondary | 1.6 km (20 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), January 2023 | Attainment 8 of 49.3 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Lakeside School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lakeside-school-e117680) | Special | 1.6 km (20 minutes on foot) | School remains Outstanding, July 2023 | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| October 2025 | £180,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 40 m |
| November 2025 | £250,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 60 m |
| November 2025 | £260,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 70 m |
| October 2023 | £255,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 110 m |
| October 2023 | £295,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 130 m |
| April 2026 | £226,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 180 m |
| June 2026 | £340,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 250 m |
| March 2026 | £861,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 280 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Welwyn Garden City (180 m, 2 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: THE GARDEN CITY PRACTICE (570 m); PEARTREE LANE SURGERY (790 m)
- Pharmacies: BOOTS (140 m); JOHNS & KELYNACK PHARMACY (230 m); PEARTREE PHARMACY (790 m)
- Dental practices: DENTAL BEAUTY WELWYN GARDEN CITY (110 m); CHURCH ROAD DENTAL PRACTICE (200 m); PARKWAY DENTAL SURGERY (230 m); PARKWAY COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC (570 m); PEARTREE CLINIC WELWYN (800 m)
- Supermarkets: Iceland Welwyn Garden City (180 m, Iceland); Sainsburys Welwyn Garden City (180 m, Sainsburys); Waitrose Welwyn Garden City (240 m, Waitrose); Aldi Bessemer Road (670 m, Aldi)

## 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 006C (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 14.3** (2025). Welwyn Hatfield 006C has a deprivation score of 14.3 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 13,618th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £322,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Welwyn Hatfield 006C was £322,500 in 2025. Joint 13,719th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,857** (2021). Welwyn Hatfield 006C had 1,857 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 8,245th 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: 68.2%** (January 2026). In Welwyn Hatfield 006C, 68.2% 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.

## AL8 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £495,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in AL8 was £495,000 in 2025. Joint 291st most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 13,830** (2021). AL8 had 13,830 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 940th least 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: 88%** (2022). About 88% of people in AL8 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: 91.6%** (January 2026). In AL8, 91.6% 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: 51.8019, -0.2063

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=-0.2063,51.8019,AL86AT

## How to cite

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