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EN7

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Cheshunt, Hammond Street and Goff's Oak, in Broxbourne.

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 EN7 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Gigabit coverage by postcode district

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In EN7, 95.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£515,000
252nd most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
22,352
1,322nd most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
95.4%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.6%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How EN7 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

EN7Middle
Median sale price11 postcode districts, EN · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in EN11 areas from £405,000 to £651,500. The middle area is £479,250. EN7 is £515,000.
£515,0005th most expensive
Population11 postcode districts, EN · 2021
Population: every postcode district in EN11 areas from 17,868 to 61,434. The middle area is 30,261. EN7 is 22,352.
22,3523rd least populated
Gigabit broadband coverage11 postcode districts, EN · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in EN11 areas from 64.1% to 95.4%. The middle area is 91.1%. EN7 is 95.4%.
95.4%highest
Claimant rate11 postcode districts, EN · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every postcode district in EN11 areas from 2.5% to 8.4%. The middle area is 3.9%. EN7 is 2.6%.
2.6%2nd lowest

Is EN7 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in EN7 at a rate of 65.7 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 99.5 per 1,000 people across EN.

In August 2026 alone, 112 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in EN7.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (556), anti-social behaviour (360) and other crime (221).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in EN7 was 63.1 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 EN7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so EN7 has no single figure. Of its 14 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood

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

Neighbourhoods in EN7

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Broxbourne 006A1,51453.5 per 1,000884.5%
Broxbourne 006B1,68431.0 per 1,000996.3%
Broxbourne 006C1,65461.8 per 1,000999.7%
Broxbourne 007A1,85977.6 per 1,000788.3%
Broxbourne 007B1,58266.1 per 1,000898.0%
Broxbourne 007C1,63023.9 per 1,0001094.2%
Broxbourne 007D1,78043.1 per 1,000996.6%
Broxbourne 009A1,601124.1 per 1,000699.4%
Broxbourne 009B1,32969.6 per 1,000598.3%
Broxbourne 009C1,40631.9 per 1,000596.2%
Broxbourne 009D1,60079.0 per 1,000397.0%
Broxbourne 011A1,74572.9 per 1,000694.7%
Broxbourne 011C1,391131.2 per 1,000599.2%
Broxbourne 011D1,95385.0 per 1,000499.0%

MPs for EN7

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 EN74

Postcode sectors in EN72

Council1

Towns in EN71

Postcode districts next to EN76

Nearest rail stations4

More in the EN postcode area2

EN7 in brief

EN7 is a postcode district covering Cheshunt, Hammond Street and Goff's Oak, in Broxbourne.

About 23,008 people lived in EN7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £515,000 in 2025 across 335 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 65.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in EN7 was £515,000 in 2025.

EN7 had 22,352 usual residents at the census.

In EN7, 95.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In EN7, 2.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.