# Berkhamsted Town in Dacorum, East of England. Berkhamsted is a town in Dacorum, East of England. Median sale price £627,500 in 2025. Recorded crime 58.5 per 1,000 people. About 21,659 people. Town. Code E63004435. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Dacorum](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum) Berkhamsted is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Berkhamsted add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own. ## Key figures - **Median sale price: £627,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Berkhamsted was £627,500 in 2025. 28th most expensive of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/berkhamsted#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 21,236** (2021). Berkhamsted had 21,236 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 517th most populated of 1,209. 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/town/berkhamsted#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in Berkhamsted 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/town/berkhamsted#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 79.2%** (January 2026). In Berkhamsted, 79.2% 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/town/berkhamsted#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63004435) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in Berkhamsted live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. - [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63004435) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 338 homes were sold in Berkhamsted in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63004435) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Berkhamsted. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63004435) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Berkhamsted had 21,236 usual residents at the census. ## How Berkhamsted compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Berkhamsted | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £627,500 | 5th most expensive | 130 towns, East of England · 2025 | | Population | 21,236 | 62nd most populated | 130 towns, East of England · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 100% | joint most people in radon Affected Areas | 130 towns, East of England · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 79.2% | joint 13th lowest | 130 towns, East of England · Jan 2026 | ## Is Berkhamsted safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Berkhamsted at a rate of 58.5 per 1,000 people. That compares with 80.2 per 1,000 people across East of England. Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people. In August 2026 alone, 108 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Berkhamsted. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (383), anti-social behaviour (299) and other crime (183). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Berkhamsted was 51.1 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 Berkhamsted, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Berkhamsted has no single figure. Of its 14 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods - Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 7 neighbourhoods Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Berkhamsted | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Dacorum 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023416) | 1,481 | 57.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 67.3% | | [Dacorum 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023417) | 1,355 | 35.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.1% | | [Dacorum 009A](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023361) | 1,660 | 177.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 72.3% | | [Dacorum 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023362) | 1,837 | 36.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 37.4% | | [Dacorum 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023363) | 1,545 | 32.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 81.9% | | [Dacorum 009D](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023364) | 1,329 | – | 10 | 97.9% | | [Dacorum 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023369) | 1,535 | 91.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.0% | | [Dacorum 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023370) | 1,681 | 71.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 87.8% | | [Dacorum 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023371) | 1,791 | 31.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.4% | | [Dacorum 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023372) | 1,529 | 14.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 78.7% | | [Dacorum 014A](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023365) | 1,318 | 79.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 62.3% | | [Dacorum 014B](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023366) | 1,548 | 99.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.5% | | [Dacorum 014C](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023367) | 1,221 | 32.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 82.8% | | [Dacorum 014D](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023368) | 1,786 | 36.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 82.5% | ## 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. ## Council [Dacorum](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum) ## Postcode districts covering Berkhamsted [HP4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hp4) ## Middle areas in Berkhamsted [Berkhamsted South](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/berkhamsted-south), [Berkhamsted Town](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/berkhamsted-town), [Berkhamsted West](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/berkhamsted-west) ## Towns near Berkhamsted [Hemel Hempstead](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hemel-hempstead), [Chesham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chesham), [Tring](https://openindex.co.uk/town/tring), [Abbots Langley and Kings Langley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/abbots-langley-and-kings-langley), [Amersham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/amersham), [Wendover](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wendover) ## Berkhamsted in brief Berkhamsted is a town in Dacorum, East of England. About 21,659 people lived in Berkhamsted in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £627,500 in 2025 across 338 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 58.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Berkhamsted was £627,500 in 2025. Berkhamsted had 21,236 usual residents at the census. About 100% of people in Berkhamsted live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Berkhamsted, 79.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63004435 - Constituency: [Harpenden and Berkhamsted †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/harpenden-and-berkhamsted) - Council: [Dacorum †](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum) - Region: [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/east-of-england) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 6.03 km² - People, mid-2024: 21,659* - Neighbourhoods: 14 - Output areas: 65 * 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 and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs. ## Next door [Hemel Hempstead](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hemel-hempstead), [Chesham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chesham), [Tring](https://openindex.co.uk/town/tring), [Abbots Langley and Kings Langley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/abbots-langley-and-kings-langley), [Amersham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/amersham), [Wendover](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wendover) ## Latest updates for Berkhamsted - 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/E63004435 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/berkhamsted, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/berkhamsted#f-house-sales-median-price. 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