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Brookmans Park

Middle area

South Welwyn Hatfield. 6,233 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 21 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by middle area

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 10% of people in Brookmans Park live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£887,500
81st most expensive of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
6,152
Joint 2,965th least populated of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
10%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
64.0%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

Recorded crime in Brookmans Park

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Brookmans Park at a rate of 46.7 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 99.6 per 1,000 people across Welwyn Hatfield.

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Recorded by police, 12 months to August 2026
Kind of crimeRecorded
Violence and sexual offences108
Anti-social behaviour59
Other crime37
Burglary34
Vehicle crime19
Drug offences13
Criminal damage and arson11
Shoplifting6
Robbery3
Theft from the person1

Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026

How Brookmans Park compares

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

Brookmans ParkMiddle
Median sale price16 middle areas, Welwyn Hatfield · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Welwyn Hatfield16 areas from £312,000 to £887,500. The middle area is £448,250. Brookmans Park is £887,500.
£887,500most expensive
Population16 middle areas, Welwyn Hatfield · 2021
Population: every middle area in Welwyn Hatfield16 areas from 5,487 to 12,556. The middle area is 7,109. Brookmans Park is 6,152.
6,1525th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares16 middle areas, Welwyn Hatfield · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every middle area in Welwyn Hatfield16 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 55.0%. Brookmans Park is 10.0%.
10%3rd fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage16 middle areas, Welwyn Hatfield · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Welwyn Hatfield16 areas from 64.0% to 99.0%. The middle area is 89.1%. Brookmans Park is 64.0%.
64.0%lowest

Is Brookmans Park safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Brookmans Park at a rate of 46.7 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 99.6 per 1,000 people across Welwyn Hatfield.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 31 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Brookmans Park.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (108), anti-social behaviour (59) and other crime (37).

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.

Figures for the whole of Welwyn Hatfield

These figures are published for the whole of Welwyn Hatfield, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Welwyn Hatfield and not Brookmans Park alone. See Welwyn Hatfield

Average house price
£448,681
Up 3.0% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£45,145
48th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
9.9×
Joint 56th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
13.9
Joint 77th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Brookmans Park in brief

The median price paid for a home in Brookmans Park was £887,500 in 2025.

Brookmans Park had 6,152 usual residents at the census.

About 10% of people in Brookmans Park live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Brookmans Park, 64.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.