# EN6

Postcode district covering Potters Bar, Little Heath and Cuffley, in Hertsmere and Welwyn Hatfield.

EN6 is a postcode district covering Potters Bar, Little Heath and Cuffley, in Hertsmere and Welwyn Hatfield. Median sale price £625,000 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code EN6. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [EN](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/en)

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](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £625,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in EN6 was £625,000 in 2025. Joint 130th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/en6#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 30,261** (2021). EN6 had 30,261 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 912th 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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/en6#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 17%** (2022). About 17% of people in EN6 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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/en6#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 91.5%** (January 2026). In EN6, 91.5% 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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/en6#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=EN6) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 17% of people in EN6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=EN6) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 421 homes were sold in EN6 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=EN6) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for EN6.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=EN6) (Census 2021, England and Wales): EN6 had 30,261 usual residents at the census.

## How EN6 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | EN6 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £625,000 | 2nd most expensive | 11 postcode districts, EN · 2025 |
| Population | 30,261 | 6th most populated | 11 postcode districts, EN · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 17% | 2nd most people in radon Affected Areas | 11 postcode districts, EN · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 91.5% | 5th highest | 11 postcode districts, EN · Jan 2026 |

## 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 the EN postcode area.
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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in EN6

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Hertsmere 001A](https://openindex.co.uk/hertsmere/neighbourhood/e01023576) | 1,460 | 39.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 89.3% |
| [Hertsmere 001B](https://openindex.co.uk/hertsmere/neighbourhood/e01023577) | 1,700 | 64.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.3% |
| [Hertsmere 001C](https://openindex.co.uk/hertsmere/neighbourhood/e01023578) | 1,704 | 72.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.3% |
| [Hertsmere 001D](https://openindex.co.uk/hertsmere/neighbourhood/e01023579) | 1,436 | 164.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 70.4% |
| [Hertsmere 001E](https://openindex.co.uk/hertsmere/neighbourhood/e01023580) | 1,680 | 216.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 84.9% |
| [Hertsmere 002A](https://openindex.co.uk/hertsmere/neighbourhood/e01023567) | 2,077 | 34.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.0% |
| [Hertsmere 002B](https://openindex.co.uk/hertsmere/neighbourhood/e01023568) | 1,553 | 36.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Hertsmere 002C](https://openindex.co.uk/hertsmere/neighbourhood/e01023569) | 1,712 | 60.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.5% |
| [Hertsmere 002D](https://openindex.co.uk/hertsmere/neighbourhood/e01023570) | 1,467 | 115.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.4% |
| [Hertsmere 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/hertsmere/neighbourhood/e01023571) | 1,588 | 39.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.8% |
| [Hertsmere 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/hertsmere/neighbourhood/e01023572) | 1,618 | 140.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.4% |
| [Hertsmere 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/hertsmere/neighbourhood/e01023573) | 1,312 | 153.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.0% |
| [Hertsmere 003D](https://openindex.co.uk/hertsmere/neighbourhood/e01023574) | 1,649 | 93.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.0% |
| [Hertsmere 003E](https://openindex.co.uk/hertsmere/neighbourhood/e01023575) | 1,585 | 164.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.6% |
| [Hertsmere 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/hertsmere/neighbourhood/e01023584) | 1,066 | 412.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 70.2% |
| [Welwyn Hatfield 015D](https://openindex.co.uk/welwyn-hatfield/neighbourhood/e01023911) | 1,692 | 59.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 73.8% |
| [Welwyn Hatfield 016A](https://openindex.co.uk/welwyn-hatfield/neighbourhood/e01023947) | 1,757 | 73.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 82.8% |
| [Welwyn Hatfield 016B](https://openindex.co.uk/welwyn-hatfield/neighbourhood/e01023948) | 1,783 | 29.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.9% |
| [Welwyn Hatfield 016C](https://openindex.co.uk/welwyn-hatfield/neighbourhood/e01023949) | 2,102 | 33.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 89.3% |

## Your MP

- [Hertsmere](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/hertsmere): Sir Oliver Dowden (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 93% of the people here.
- [Welwyn Hatfield](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/welwyn-hatfield): Andrew Lewin (Labour), MP since July 2024. 6.5% of the people here.
- [Broxbourne](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/broxbourne): Lewis Cocking (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 0.2% of the people here.
- [Enfield North](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/enfield-north): Feryal Clark (Labour), MP since July 2024. 0.1% of the people here.

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

## Middle areas in EN6

[Cuffley & Northaw](https://openindex.co.uk/welwyn-hatfield/cuffley-and-northaw), [Potters Bar Furzefield](https://openindex.co.uk/hertsmere/potters-bar-furzefield), [Potters Bar Oakmere](https://openindex.co.uk/hertsmere/potters-bar-oakmere), [Potters Bar Parkfield](https://openindex.co.uk/hertsmere/potters-bar-parkfield)

## Postcode sectors in EN6

[EN6 1 (191 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/en6-1), [EN6 2 (180 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/en6-2), [EN6 3 (143 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/en6-3), [EN6 4 (188 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/en6-4), [EN6 5 (157 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/en6-5), [EN6 9 (14 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/en6-9)

## Councils EN6 covers

[Hertsmere](https://openindex.co.uk/hertsmere), [Welwyn Hatfield](https://openindex.co.uk/welwyn-hatfield)

## Towns in EN6

[Potters Bar](https://openindex.co.uk/town/potters-bar)

## Postcode districts next to EN6

[AL2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/al2), [AL4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/al4), [AL9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/al9), [EN2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/en2), [EN4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/en4), [EN5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/en5), [EN7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/en7), [SG13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sg13), [WD6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wd6), [WD7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wd7)

## Nearest rail stations

[Cuffley (1.8 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.1098,51.7087), [Crews Hill (3.2 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.1069,51.6845), [Potters Bar (4.0 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.1926,51.6971), [Brookmans Park (5.0 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.2046,51.7211)

## More in the EN postcode area

[All EN postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/en), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## 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.
About 17% of people in EN6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In EN6, 91.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: EN6
- Postcode area: [EN](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/en)
- Constituency: [Hertsmere †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/hertsmere)
- Council: [Hertsmere †](https://openindex.co.uk/hertsmere)
- Area: 40.36 km²
- People, mid-2024: 30,344*
- Neighbourhoods: 19
- Output areas: 94

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[EN5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/en5), [AL9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/al9), [WD7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wd7), [EN2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/en2), [EN7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/en7), [AL4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/al4)

## Latest updates for EN6

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/EN6

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/en6, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/en6#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/en6