# Hemel Hempstead

Town in Dacorum, East of England.

Hemel Hempstead is a town in Dacorum, East of England. Median sale price £410,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 102.4 per 1,000 people. About 100,893 people.

Town. Code E63004449. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Dacorum](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum)

Hemel Hempstead is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Hemel Hempstead 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: £410,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Hemel Hempstead was £410,000 in 2025. Joint 177th 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/hemel-hempstead#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 95,995** (2021). Hemel Hempstead had 95,995 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 110th 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/hemel-hempstead#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in Hemel Hempstead 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/hemel-hempstead#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 93.9%** (January 2026). In Hemel Hempstead, 93.9% 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/hemel-hempstead#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63004449) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in Hemel Hempstead 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=E63004449) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 1,206 homes were sold in Hemel Hempstead in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63004449) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Hemel Hempstead.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63004449) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Hemel Hempstead had 95,995 usual residents at the census.

## How Hemel Hempstead compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Hemel Hempstead | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £410,000 | joint 39th most expensive | 130 towns, East of England · 2025 |
| Population | 95,995 | 12th 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 | 93.9% | 48th highest | 130 towns, East of England · Jan 2026 |

## Is Hemel Hempstead safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Hemel Hempstead at a rate of 102.4 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, 941 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Hemel Hempstead.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (3,487), anti-social behaviour (2,478) and other crime (1,583).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Hemel Hempstead was 111.1 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 Hemel Hempstead, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Hemel Hempstead has no single figure. Of its 58 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 9 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 10 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 11 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 6 neighbourhoods

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

## Neighbourhoods in Hemel Hempstead

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Dacorum 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023434) | 1,682 | 50.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.7% |
| [Dacorum 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023435) | 1,476 | 70.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 79.8% |
| [Dacorum 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023436) | 1,238 | 56.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [Dacorum 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023437) | 1,436 | 75.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.3% |
| [Dacorum 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023393) | 1,674 | 135.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.6% |
| [Dacorum 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023394) | 1,437 | 53.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.6% |
| [Dacorum 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023395) | 1,682 | 100.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.1% |
| [Dacorum 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023396) | 1,592 | 38.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.7% |
| [Dacorum 007E](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023397) | 1,397 | 107.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [Dacorum 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023401) | 1,782 | 97.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.9% |
| [Dacorum 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023402) | 1,724 | 83.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.8% |
| [Dacorum 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023403) | 1,508 | 74.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 86.0% |
| [Dacorum 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023404) | 1,352 | 115.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| [Dacorum 008E](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023405) | 1,570 | 141.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.9% |
| [Dacorum 010A](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023390) | 2,123 | 79.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.0% |
| [Dacorum 010B](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023391) | 1,721 | 49.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.3% |
| [Dacorum 010C](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023399) | 1,670 | 241.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 87.2% |
| [Dacorum 011A](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023392) | 1,657 | 118.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.8% |
| [Dacorum 011B](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023427) | 1,806 | 95.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.7% |
| [Dacorum 011C](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023428) | 1,455 | 58.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.9% |
| [Dacorum 011D](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023429) | 1,853 | 140.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.0% |
| [Dacorum 013A](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023345) | 1,984 | 203.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 84.3% |
| [Dacorum 013B](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023346) | 2,824 | 161.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 84.9% |
| [Dacorum 013C](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023347) | 1,438 | 47.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 91.8% |
| [Dacorum 013D](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023348) | 1,553 | 169.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.0% |
| [Dacorum 015A](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023349) | 1,900 | 86.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.8% |
| [Dacorum 015B](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023350) | 1,823 | 66.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.5% |
| [Dacorum 015C](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023351) | 1,707 | 62.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.8% |
| [Dacorum 015E](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023400) | 2,080 | 200.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.4% |
| [Dacorum 015F](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01035562) | 1,522 | 519.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 85.3% |
| [Dacorum 015G](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01035563) | 1,388 | 202.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 82.1% |
| [Dacorum 015H](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01035564) | 1,195 | 54.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.9% |
| [Dacorum 016A](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023383) | 1,481 | 35.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.8% |
| [Dacorum 016B](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023384) | 1,962 | 73.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| [Dacorum 016C](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023385) | 1,581 | 49.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| [Dacorum 017A](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023409) | 1,939 | 202.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 86.4% |
| [Dacorum 017B](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023410) | 1,317 | 51.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.4% |
| [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 018C](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023379) | 1,626 | 48.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.2% |
| [Dacorum 018D](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023380) | 1,170 | 32.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| [Dacorum 018E](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023381) | 1,368 | 39.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.3% |
| [Dacorum 018F](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/neighbourhood/e01023382) | 1,537 | 45.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 87.8% |
| [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 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.

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 Hemel Hempstead

[HP1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hp1), [HP2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hp2), [HP3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hp3)

## Middle areas in Hemel Hempstead

[Boxmoor & Apsley](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/boxmoor-and-apsley), [Chaulden](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/chaulden), [Corner Hall](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/corner-hall), [Gadebridge & Old Town](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/gadebridge-and-old-town), [Grovehill](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/grovehill), [Hemel Hempstead Town](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/hemel-hempstead-town), [Highfield](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/highfield), [Leverstock Green](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/leverstock-green), [Maylands & Adeyfield](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/maylands-and-adeyfield), [Nash Mills & Bennetts End](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/nash-mills-and-bennetts-end), [Warners End](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/warners-end), [Woodhall Farm](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum/woodhall-farm)

## Towns near Hemel Hempstead

[Abbots Langley and Kings Langley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/abbots-langley-and-kings-langley), [Berkhamsted](https://openindex.co.uk/town/berkhamsted), [Watford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/watford), [St Albans](https://openindex.co.uk/town/st-albans), [Harpenden](https://openindex.co.uk/town/harpenden), [Chesham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chesham)

## Hemel Hempstead in brief

Hemel Hempstead is a town in Dacorum, East of England.
About 100,893 people lived in Hemel Hempstead in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £410,000 in 2025 across 1,206 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 102.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Hemel Hempstead was £410,000 in 2025.
Hemel Hempstead had 95,995 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Hemel Hempstead live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Hemel Hempstead, 93.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63004449
- Constituency: [Hemel Hempstead †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/hemel-hempstead)
- 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: 22.59 km²
- People, mid-2024: 100,893*
- Neighbourhoods: 58
- Output areas: 296

* 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

[Abbots Langley and Kings Langley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/abbots-langley-and-kings-langley), [Berkhamsted](https://openindex.co.uk/town/berkhamsted), [Watford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/watford), [St Albans](https://openindex.co.uk/town/st-albans), [Harpenden](https://openindex.co.uk/town/harpenden), [Chesham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chesham)

## Latest updates for Hemel Hempstead

- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.
- GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63004449

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