Boxmoor & Apsley

Dacorum · East of England · population 11,989 · 7 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

86Area Score / 100 ?
  • #951 of 6,856 in England
  • #115 of 746 in East of England
  • #8 of 22 in Dacorum
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,666
Median age (est.)39
Density3,540per km²
No qualifications10%
Degree or above45%
No car or van13%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 9%25–44 33%45–64 26%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 28%Mortgage/shared: 39%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 28%Mortgage/shared 39%Social rent 13%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 9%Other: 12%
One person 30%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 9%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 26% · Associate professional 19% · Managers & directors 18%

All occupation groups
Professional26%
Associate professional19%
Managers & directors18%
Administrative9%
Skilled trades8%
Caring & leisure6%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 87%Asian: 5%Black: 2%Mixed: 4%Other: 1%
White 87%Asian 5%Black 2%Mixed 4%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 45% · Christian 44% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 15%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Boxmoor & Apsley is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #951 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #8 of 22 in Dacorum. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (87) and lowest on Living environment (55). Typical homes here sold for about £440,000 over the past year, up 11% across five years (from 191 sales), in line with the wider Dacorum median of £450,000. Typical household take-home income is around £52,808 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 71 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 80 · #1,355
Employment 82 · #1,218
Education 82 · #1,253
Health 87 · #876
Crime 66 · #2,301
Housing & access 68 · #2,212
Living environment 55 · #3,090

House prices ?

£440,000median (12m) · 0.0% yr · n=191
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£440,0001910.0%+11.4%
Detached£682,50028-1.1%+2.3%
Semi-detached£551,50036+9.8%+20.9%
Terraced£450,00063-0.7%+9.1%
Flat£276,25064+0.5%+4.2%
This area£440,000
Dacorum£450,000
East of England£348,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£52,808±£7,462 · #690 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£41,273
Price-to-income ?8.3×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

52Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

71 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 856 offences
Dacorum69
East of England70
England83

Rank #3,632 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences283
Theft304
Burglary38
Vehicle crime74
Criminal damage & arson51
Public order & weapons56
Drugs28
Robbery4
Other18

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 226 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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