WD6
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Borehamwood, Green Street and Elstree, in Hertsmere.
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 WD6 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In WD6, 90.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How WD6 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WD6 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WD6 at a rate of 104.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 89.7 per 1,000 people across WD.
In August 2026 alone, 413 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WD6.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,481), anti-social behaviour (953) and other crime (747).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WD6 was 121.0 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 WD6, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WD6 has no single figure. Of its 23 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 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 WD6
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hertsmere 006A | 1,855 | 77.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.2% |
| Hertsmere 006B | 1,804 | 75.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.6% |
| Hertsmere 006C | 1,644 | 166.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 87.2% |
| Hertsmere 006D | 2,780 | 62.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 88.9% |
| Hertsmere 006E | 2,131 | 173.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 82.0% |
| Hertsmere 007A | 1,534 | 95.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.2% |
| Hertsmere 007B | 1,299 | 270.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 85.4% |
| Hertsmere 007C | 2,002 | 60.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.6% |
| Hertsmere 007D | 1,645 | 188.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.0% |
| Hertsmere 007E | 1,648 | 79.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.4% |
| Hertsmere 009A | 1,174 | 84.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.8% |
| Hertsmere 009B | 1,808 | 81.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 89.4% |
| Hertsmere 009C | 2,018 | 157.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.5% |
| Hertsmere 009D | 1,869 | 113.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.7% |
| Hertsmere 010B | 1,737 | 90.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 78.7% |
| Hertsmere 010C | 1,831 | 59.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 79.4% |
| Hertsmere 010D | 1,527 | 32.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 92.6% |
| Hertsmere 011B | 1,853 | 70.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.5% |
| Hertsmere 011C | 2,487 | 82.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.5% |
| Hertsmere 011D | 1,952 | 48.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.5% |
| Hertsmere 011E | 1,423 | 118.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 91.8% |
| Hertsmere 011F | 1,711 | 161.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 71.2% |
| Hertsmere 011G | 1,685 | 96.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 90.1% |
MPs for WD6
- Sir Oliver DowdenConservativeMP for Hertsmere100% of WD6’s postcodes
- Dan TomlinsonLabourMP for Chipping Barnet0.2% of WD6’s postcodes
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 WD65
Postcode sectors in WD66
Council1
Towns in WD61
Postcode districts next to WD68
Nearest rail stations4
More in the WD postcode area2
WD6 in brief
WD6 is a postcode district covering Borehamwood, Green Street and Elstree, in Hertsmere.
About 42,609 people lived in WD6 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £450,000 in 2025 across 357 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 104.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WD6 was £450,000 in 2025.
WD6 had 41,773 usual residents at the census.
In WD6, 90.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In WD6, 4.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.