EN6
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Potters Bar, Little Heath and Cuffley, in Hertsmere and 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 EN6 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In EN6, 91.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How EN6 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is EN6 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in EN6 at a rate of 94.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 99.5 per 1,000 people across EN.
In August 2026 alone, 270 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in EN6.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (845), other crime (702) and anti-social behaviour (512).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in EN6 was 92.0 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 EN6, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so EN6 has no single figure. Of its 19 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in EN6
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hertsmere 001A | 1,460 | 39.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 89.3% |
| Hertsmere 001B | 1,700 | 64.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.3% |
| Hertsmere 001C | 1,704 | 72.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.3% |
| Hertsmere 001D | 1,436 | 164.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 70.4% |
| Hertsmere 001E | 1,680 | 216.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 84.9% |
| Hertsmere 002A | 2,077 | 34.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.0% |
| Hertsmere 002B | 1,553 | 36.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Hertsmere 002C | 1,712 | 60.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.5% |
| Hertsmere 002D | 1,467 | 115.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.4% |
| Hertsmere 003A | 1,588 | 39.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.8% |
| Hertsmere 003B | 1,618 | 140.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.4% |
| Hertsmere 003C | 1,312 | 153.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.0% |
| Hertsmere 003D | 1,649 | 93.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.0% |
| Hertsmere 003E | 1,585 | 164.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.6% |
| Hertsmere 004D | 1,066 | 412.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 70.2% |
| Welwyn Hatfield 015D | 1,692 | 59.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 73.8% |
| Welwyn Hatfield 016A | 1,757 | 73.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 82.8% |
| Welwyn Hatfield 016B | 1,783 | 29.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.9% |
| Welwyn Hatfield 016C | 2,102 | 33.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 89.3% |
MPs for EN6
- Sir Oliver DowdenConservativeMP for Hertsmere93% of EN6’s postcodes
- Andrew LewinLabourMP for Welwyn Hatfield6.5% of EN6’s postcodes
- Lewis CockingConservativeMP for Broxbourne0.2% of EN6’s postcodes
- Feryal ClarkLabourMP for Enfield North0.1% of EN6’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 EN64
Postcode sectors in EN66
Councils EN6 covers2
Towns in EN61
Postcode districts next to EN610
Nearest rail stations4
More in the EN postcode area2
EN6 in brief
EN6 is a postcode district covering Potters Bar, Little Heath and Cuffley, in Hertsmere and Welwyn Hatfield.
About 30,344 people lived in EN6 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £625,000 in 2025 across 421 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 94.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in EN6 was £625,000 in 2025.
EN6 had 30,261 usual residents at the census.
In EN6, 91.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In EN6, 3.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.