# AL9 5BZ: area report for a postcode in Welwyn Hatfield

AL9 5BZ 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 AL9 5BZ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Welwyn Hatfield](https://openindex.co.uk/welwyn-hatfield) › [AL9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/al9) › [AL9 5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/al9-5)

## Around this postcode

- **7 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 42% on July. Welwyn Hatfield 011C: 70 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.2117,51.7742,AL95BZ
- **Hatfield (Herts), 1.2 km**: About 15 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.2117,51.7742,AL95BZ
- **1 school within 800 m**: Nearest is 180 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.2117,51.7742,AL95BZ
- **No property in AL9 5BZ 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=-0.2117,51.7742,AL95BZ
- **England’s least deprived 10%**: This neighbourhood, Welwyn Hatfield 011C. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.2117,51.7742,AL95BZ
- **£448,681 average price**: For the whole of Welwyn Hatfield, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.2117,51.7742,AL95BZ
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.4 km away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.2117,51.7742,AL95BZ
- **3 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 640 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.2117,51.7742,AL95BZ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at AL9 5BZ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.2117,51.7742,AL95BZ
- **Moderate road and rail noise at AL9 5BZ**: Road 56 dB, rail 46 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.2117,51.7742,AL95BZ
- **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=-0.2117,51.7742,AL95BZ
- **12.9 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.2117,51.7742,AL95BZ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [The Ryde School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-ryde-school-e117313) | Primary | 180 m (2 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, January 2024 | 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Birchwood Avenue Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/birchwood-avenue-primary-school-e132105) | Primary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), June 2023 | 38% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Countess Anne Church of England School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/countess-anne-church-of-england-school-e140238) | Primary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, January 2025 | 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Birchwood Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/birchwood-nursery-school-e117069) | Nursery | 1.2 km (14 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), February 2024 | – |
| [Green Lanes Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/green-lanes-primary-school-e117105) | Primary | 1.6 km (20 minutes on foot) | School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, May 2023 | 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Creswick Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/creswick-academy-e150698) | Primary | 1.7 km (21 minutes on foot) | Requires improvement (overall), December 2022, before the school changed | 40% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Onslow St Audrey's School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/onslow-st-audreys-school-e147535) | Secondary | 1.7 km (21 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), December 2023 | Attainment 8 of 36.1 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Stanborough School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/stanborough-school-e137847) | Secondary | 1.9 km (23 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), January 2023 | Attainment 8 of 49.3 (2025/26, provisional) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| February 2025 | £780,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| March 2025 | £680,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 170 m |
| May 2024 | £485,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 180 m |
| June 2026 | £925,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 190 m |
| August 2023 | £600,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 220 m |
| November 2023 | £640,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 230 m |
| August 2025 | £740,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 260 m |
| March 2026 | £280,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 280 m |

## Within 1 km

- Pharmacies: TESCO INSTORE PHARMACY (640 m)
- Supermarkets: Tesco Hatfield Extra (640 m, Tesco); M&S Hatfield Oldings Corner (830 m, Marks and Spencer); Co-op Birchwood (940 m, The Co-operative Group)

## 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 011C (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 2.8** (2025). Welwyn Hatfield 011C has a deprivation score of 2.8 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 836th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £430,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Welwyn Hatfield 011C was £430,000 in 2025. Joint 7,186th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,885** (2021). Welwyn Hatfield 011C had 1,885 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 7,559th 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: 78.3%** (January 2026). In Welwyn Hatfield 011C, 78.3% 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.

## AL9 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £595,241** (2025). The median price paid for a home in AL9 was £595,241 in 2025. 154th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 11,849** (2021). AL9 had 11,849 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 831st 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: 27%** (2022). About 27% of people in AL9 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: 75.9%** (January 2026). In AL9, 75.9% 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: 51.7742, -0.2117

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=-0.2117,51.7742,AL95BZ

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