# HP3

Postcode district covering Hemel Hempstead, Bennetts End and Bovingdon, in Dacorum.

HP3 is a postcode district covering Hemel Hempstead, Bennetts End and Bovingdon, in Dacorum. Median sale price £463,500 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code HP3. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [HP](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hp)

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 HP3 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £463,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in HP3 was £463,500 in 2025. Joint 384th 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/hp3#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 35,238** (2021). HP3 had 35,238 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 642nd 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/hp3#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 97%** (2022). About 97% of people in HP3 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/hp3#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 89.7%** (January 2026). In HP3, 89.7% 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/hp3#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=HP3) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 97% of people in HP3 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=HP3) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 450 homes were sold in HP3 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=HP3) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for HP3.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=HP3) (Census 2021, England and Wales): HP3 had 35,238 usual residents at the census.

## How HP3 compares

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

| Measure | HP3 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £463,500 | 11th cheapest | 24 postcode districts, HP · 2025 |
| Population | 35,238 | 3rd most populated | 24 postcode districts, HP · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 97% | 10th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 24 postcode districts, HP · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 89.7% | joint 4th highest | 24 postcode districts, HP · Jan 2026 |

## Is HP3 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in HP3 at a rate of 69.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 71.4 per 1,000 people across the HP postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 223 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in HP3.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (872), anti-social behaviour (632) and other crime (451).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in HP3 was 75.0 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 HP3, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so HP3 has no single figure. Of its 21 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods

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

## Neighbourhoods in HP3

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Dacorum 017C](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023411) | 1,590 | 53.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| [Dacorum 017D](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023412) | 1,256 | 14.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Dacorum 017E](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023413) | 1,324 | 51.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.3% |
| [Dacorum 018B](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023354) | 2,454 | 78.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.7% |
| [Dacorum 018G](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01033022) | 1,401 | 94.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 72.2% |
| [Dacorum 018H](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01033023) | 2,109 | 152.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 91.1% |
| [Dacorum 019A](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023386) | 1,466 | 72.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| [Dacorum 019B](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023387) | 1,359 | 163.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.3% |
| [Dacorum 019C](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023388) | 1,519 | 87.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.6% |
| [Dacorum 019D](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023389) | 1,657 | 41.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.6% |
| [Dacorum 020A](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023357) | 1,691 | 78.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.2% |
| [Dacorum 020B](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023358) | 1,562 | 106.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.5% |
| [Dacorum 020C](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023359) | 1,850 | 68.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| [Dacorum 020D](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023360) | 1,558 | 25.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.7% |
| [Dacorum 020E](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023414) | 2,371 | 55.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.9% |
| [Dacorum 020F](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023415) | 1,410 | 91.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.2% |
| [Dacorum 021A](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023373) | 2,150 | 94.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 75.2% |
| [Dacorum 021B](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023374) | 1,394 | 40.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 72.0% |
| [Dacorum 021D](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023376) | 1,242 | 13.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 81.7% |
| [Dacorum 021E](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023377) | 1,369 | 53.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 40.4% |
| [Dacorum 021F](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023378) | 1,771 | 63.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 69.0% |

## Your MP

- [Hemel Hempstead](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/hemel-hempstead): David Taylor (Labour), MP since July 2024. 96% of the people here.
- [South West Hertfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/south-west-hertfordshire): Mr Gagan Mohindra (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 3.9% of the people here.
- [Harpenden and Berkhamsted](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/harpenden-and-berkhamsted): Victoria Collins (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024. 0.4% 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 HP3

[Bovingdon & Chipperfield](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/bovingdon-and-chipperfield), [Corner Hall](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/corner-hall), [Leverstock Green](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/leverstock-green), [Nash Mills & Bennetts End](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/nash-mills-and-bennetts-end)

## Postcode sectors in HP3

[HP3 0 (220 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hp3-0), [HP3 8 (220 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hp3-8), [HP3 9 (323 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hp3-9)

## Council

[Dacorum](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum)

## Towns in HP3

[Hemel Hempstead](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hemel-hempstead)

## Postcode districts next to HP3

[AL2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/al2), [HP1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hp1), [HP2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hp2), [HP4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hp4), [HP5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hp5), [WD3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wd3), [WD4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wd4), [WD5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wd5)

## Nearest rail stations

[Hemel Hempstead (3.0 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.4908,51.7423), [Apsley (4.3 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.4629,51.7325), [Berkhamsted (4.8 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.5620,51.7631)

## More in the HP postcode area

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

## HP3 in brief

HP3 is a postcode district covering Hemel Hempstead, Bennetts End and Bovingdon, in Dacorum.
About 36,596 people lived in HP3 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £463,500 in 2025 across 450 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 69.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in HP3 was £463,500 in 2025.
HP3 had 35,238 usual residents at the census.
About 97% of people in HP3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In HP3, 89.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: HP3
- Postcode area: [HP](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hp)
- Constituency: [Hemel Hempstead †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/hemel-hempstead)
- Council: [Dacorum †](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum)
- Area: 34.32 km²
- People, mid-2024: 36,596*
- Neighbourhoods: 21
- Output areas: 104

* 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

[WD4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wd4), [HP5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hp5), [HP2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hp2), [WD3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wd3), [HP1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hp1), [HP4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hp4)

## Latest updates for HP3

- 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/HP3

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hp3, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hp3#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hp3