# HP23 5JQ: area report for a postcode in Dacorum

HP23 5JQ is a postcode in Dacorum.

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 Dacorum. Open the map at HP23 5JQ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Dacorum](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum) › [HP23](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hp23) › [HP23 5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hp23-5)

## Around this postcode

- **9 crimes within 500 m**: August, the same as July. Dacorum 004C: 28 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.6525,51.7980,HP235JQ
- **Tring, 2.1 km**: About 26 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.6525,51.7980,HP235JQ
- **4 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 140 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.6525,51.7980,HP235JQ
- **No property in HP23 5JQ 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=-0.6525,51.7980,HP235JQ
- **England’s least deprived 10%**: This neighbourhood, Dacorum 004C. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.6525,51.7980,HP235JQ
- **£459,235 average price**: For the whole of Dacorum, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.6525,51.7980,HP235JQ
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.4 km away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.6525,51.7980,HP235JQ
- **5 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 470 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.6525,51.7980,HP235JQ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at HP23 5JQ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.6525,51.7980,HP235JQ
- **Low road and rail noise at HP23 5JQ**: Road 48 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.6525,51.7980,HP235JQ
- **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=-0.6525,51.7980,HP235JQ
- **9.3 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.6525,51.7980,HP235JQ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Tring School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/tring-school-e138352) | Secondary | 140 m (2 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, May 2023 | Attainment 8 of 51.4 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Grove Road Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/grove-road-primary-school-e145255) | Primary | 450 m (6 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, April 2022 | 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Dundale Primary School and Nursery](https://openindex.co.uk/school/dundale-primary-school-and-nursery-e148710) | Primary | 640 m (8 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, December 2024 | 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Tring Park School for the Performing Arts](https://openindex.co.uk/school/tring-park-school-for-the-performing-arts-e117618) | Independent | 780 m (10 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Bishop Wood Church of England Junior School, Tring](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bishop-wood-church-of-england-junior-school-tring-e117458) | Primary | 810 m (10 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), April 2024 | 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Goldfield Infants' and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/goldfield-infants-and-nursery-school-e117274) | Primary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade | – |
| [St Bartholomew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Wigginton](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-bartholomews-church-of-england-voluntary-aided-primary-school-wigginton-e117463) | Primary | 1.9 km (23 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade | 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| July 2026 | £794,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| January 2026 | £690,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 90 m |
| August 2025 | £835,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 100 m |
| July 2025 | £490,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 100 m |
| November 2024 | £575,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 100 m |
| October 2025 | £1,040,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 120 m |
| October 2024 | £1,025,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 130 m |
| February 2026 | £500,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 170 m |

## Within 1 km

- Pharmacies: ROONEY CHEMIST (790 m); PYRAMID PHARMACY (960 m)
- Dental practices: TRING DENTAL SURGERY (790 m); ST KILDAS DENTAL PRACTICE (920 m)
- Supermarkets: Tesco Tring Superstore (470 m, Tesco); Morrisons Daily Tring (490 m, Morrisons); Co-op Tring (520 m, The Co-operative Group); M&S Tring SF (780 m, Marks and Spencer); Morrisons Daily Tring High Street (790 m, Morrisons)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £459,235** (July 2026). Dacorum’s average house price was £459,235 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: £44,485** (2025). Full-time workers living in Dacorum earned a median of £44,485 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 56th highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 10.3×** (2025). A home in Dacorum costs 10.3 times local full-time pay. Joint 44th 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: 14.0** (2025). Dacorum has a deprivation score of 14.0 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). 80th least deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Dacorum 004C (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 1.7** (2025). Dacorum 004C has a deprivation score of 1.7 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 211th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £1,227,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Dacorum 004C was £1,227,500 in 2025. 240th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,332** (2021). Dacorum 004C had 1,332 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 15,596th least 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: 82.4%** (January 2026). In Dacorum 004C, 82.4% 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.

## HP23 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £575,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in HP23 was £575,000 in 2025. Joint 169th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 17,889** (2021). HP23 had 17,889 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,165th 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: 24%** (2022). About 24% of people in HP23 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: 77.0%** (January 2026). In HP23, 77.0% 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: [Dacorum](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum)
- Centre: 51.7980, -0.6525

Council: [Dacorum](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum) (District, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Harpenden and Berkhamsted](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/harpenden-and-berkhamsted): Victoria Collins (Liberal Democrat), 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=-0.6525,51.7980,HP235JQ

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