# WD7

Postcode district covering Radlett, Shenley and The Folly, in Hertsmere.

WD7 is a postcode district covering Radlett, Shenley and The Folly, in Hertsmere. Median sale price £852,500 in 2025. Recorded crime 87.0 per 1,000 people.

Postcode district. Code WD7. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [WD](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wd)

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 WD7 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £852,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in WD7 was £852,500 in 2025. 36th 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/wd7#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 12,849** (2021). WD7 had 12,849 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 896th 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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wd7#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 77%** (2022). About 77% of people in WD7 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/wd7#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 79.7%** (January 2026). In WD7, 79.7% 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/wd7#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=WD7) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 77% of people in WD7 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=WD7) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 174 homes were sold in WD7 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=WD7) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for WD7.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=WD7) (Census 2021, England and Wales): WD7 had 12,849 usual residents at the census.

## How WD7 compares

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

| Measure | WD7 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £852,500 | most expensive | 11 postcode districts, WD · 2025 |
| Population | 12,849 | 3rd least populated | 11 postcode districts, WD · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 77% | 4th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 11 postcode districts, WD · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 79.7% | lowest | 11 postcode districts, WD · Jan 2026 |

## Is WD7 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WD7 at a rate of 87.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 89.7 per 1,000 people across the WD postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 154 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WD7.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (475), anti-social behaviour (199) and other crime (152).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WD7 was 82.6 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 WD7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WD7 has no single figure. Of its 8 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods

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

## Neighbourhoods in WD7

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Hertsmere 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/hertsmere/neighbourhood/e01023581) | 1,294 | 36.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.2% |
| [Hertsmere 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/hertsmere/neighbourhood/e01023582) | 1,644 | 73.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 89.3% |
| [Hertsmere 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/hertsmere/neighbourhood/e01023583) | 1,386 | 45.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 79.7% |
| [Hertsmere 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/hertsmere/neighbourhood/e01023523) | 1,743 | 32.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 60.1% |
| [Hertsmere 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/hertsmere/neighbourhood/e01023524) | 1,444 | 29.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 86.9% |
| [Hertsmere 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/hertsmere/neighbourhood/e01023525) | 1,766 | 108.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 78.0% |
| [Hertsmere 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/hertsmere/neighbourhood/e01023526) | 1,762 | 43.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 67.3% |
| [Hertsmere 005E](https://openindex.co.uk/hertsmere/neighbourhood/e01023527) | 1,470 | 87.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 93.2% |

## Your MP

- [Hertsmere](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/hertsmere): Sir Oliver Dowden (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 95% of the people here.
- [St Albans](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/st-albans): Daisy Cooper (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024. 5.1% 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 WD7

[Radlett](https://openindex.co.uk/hertsmere/radlett), [Shenley & South Mimms](https://openindex.co.uk/hertsmere/shenley-and-south-mimms)

## Postcode sectors in WD7

[WD7 0 (14 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wd7-0), [WD7 7 (124 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wd7-7), [WD7 8 (153 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wd7-8), [WD7 9 (137 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wd7-9)

## Council

[Hertsmere](https://openindex.co.uk/hertsmere)

## Towns in WD7

[Radlett](https://openindex.co.uk/town/radlett)

## Postcode districts next to WD7

[AL2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/al2), [EN6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/en6), [WD6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wd6), [WD25](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wd25)

## Nearest rail stations

[Radlett (2.4 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.3172,51.6852), [Elstree and Borehamwood (4.6 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.2801,51.6531), [How Wood (Hertfordshire) (4.8 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.3447,51.7177), [Park Street (5.1 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.3403,51.7255)

## More in the WD postcode area

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

## WD7 in brief

WD7 is a postcode district covering Radlett, Shenley and The Folly, in Hertsmere.
About 12,816 people lived in WD7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £852,500 in 2025 across 174 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 87.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WD7 was £852,500 in 2025.
WD7 had 12,849 usual residents at the census.
About 77% of people in WD7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In WD7, 79.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: WD7
- Postcode area: [WD](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wd)
- Constituency: [Hertsmere †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/hertsmere)
- Council: [Hertsmere †](https://openindex.co.uk/hertsmere)
- Area: 25.68 km²
- People, mid-2024: 12,816*
- Neighbourhoods: 8
- Output areas: 39

* 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

[WD6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wd6), [AL2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/al2), [EN6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/en6), [WD25](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wd25)

## Latest updates for WD7

- 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/WD7

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wd7, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wd7#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/wd7