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Postcode district

Postcode district covering Kings Langley and Hunton Bridge, in Dacorum and Three Rivers.

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 WD4 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 WD4, 81.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£575,000
169th most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
11,155
782nd least populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
81.4%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.8%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How WD4 compares

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

WD4Middle
Median sale price11 postcode districts, WD · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in WD11 areas from £385,000 to £852,500. The middle area is £465,000. WD4 is £575,000.
£575,0003rd most expensive
Population11 postcode districts, WD · 2021
Population: every postcode district in WD11 areas from 11,155 to 43,172. The middle area is 28,180. WD4 is 11,155.
11,155least populated
Gigabit broadband coverage11 postcode districts, WD · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in WD11 areas from 79.7% to 98.5%. The middle area is 93.0%. WD4 is 81.4%.
81.4%2nd lowest
Claimant rate11 postcode districts, WD · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every postcode district in WD11 areas from 2.1% to 5.3%. The middle area is 3.6%. WD4 is 2.8%.
2.8%4th lowest

Is WD4 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WD4 at a rate of 55.5 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 89.7 per 1,000 people across WD.

In August 2026 alone, 65 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WD4.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (254), other crime (113) and anti-social behaviour (111).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WD4 was 59.4 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 WD4, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WD4 has no single figure. Of its 7 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
  • 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 WD4

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Dacorum 021C1,57131.9 per 1,000877.1%
Dacorum 022A1,96065.5 per 1,000890.7%
Dacorum 022B1,72154.5 per 1,000986.4%
Dacorum 022C1,60754.6 per 1,0001097.2%
Three Rivers 001F1,48364.8 per 1,000857.7%
Three Rivers 001G1,23587.6 per 1,000773.8%
Three Rivers 003C2,10248.3 per 1,000880.5%

MPs for WD4

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 WD41

Postcode sectors in WD43

Councils WD4 covers2

Towns in WD41

Postcode districts next to WD45

Nearest rail stations3

More in the WD postcode area2

WD4 in brief

WD4 is a postcode district covering Kings Langley and Hunton Bridge, in Dacorum and Three Rivers.

About 11,340 people lived in WD4 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £575,000 in 2025 across 163 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 55.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in WD4 was £575,000 in 2025.

WD4 had 11,155 usual residents at the census.

In WD4, 81.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In WD4, 2.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.