Maylands & Adeyfield

Dacorum · East of England · population 7,908 · 4 LSOAs

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

41Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,063 of 6,856 in England
  • #554 of 746 in East of England
  • #20 of 22 in Dacorum
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,801
Median age (est.)36
Density1,961per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above30%
No car or van17%

Age

0–14 23%15–24 9%25–44 32%45–64 22%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 21%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 37%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 21%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 37%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 16%Other: 13%
One person 26%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 16%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Associate professional 13% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Associate professional13%
Managers & directors13%
Skilled trades11%
Elementary11%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure10%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 81%Asian: 9%Black: 4%Mixed: 4%Other: 2%
White 81%Asian 9%Black 4%Mixed 4%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 44% · No religion 41% · Muslim 4%

Born outside the UK: 18%

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

Maylands & Adeyfield is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #4,063 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #20 of 22 in Dacorum. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (86) but weak on Education (26). Typical homes here sold for about £455,000 over the past year, up 22% across five years (from 71 sales), in line with the wider Dacorum median of £450,000. Typical household take-home income is around £44,140 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 140 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 29 · #4,865
Employment 29 · #4,845
Education 26 · #5,084
Health 43 · #3,919
Crime 55 · #3,110
Housing & access 76 · #1,609
Living environment 86 · #992

House prices ?

£455,000median (12m) · +1.1% yr · n=71
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£455,00071+1.1%+22.1%
Detached£585,00011+8.8%+17.0%
Semi-detached£500,00025+1.0%+4.2%
Terraced£420,00025+0.5%+27.7%
Flat£230,50010+3.4%-7.8%
This area£455,000
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)£44,140±£6,268 · #2,286 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,517
Price-to-income ?10.3×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 ?

25Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

140 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,109 offences
Dacorum69
East of England70
England83

Rank #5,801 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences417
Theft321
Burglary47
Vehicle crime85
Criminal damage & arson94
Public order & weapons68
Drugs34
Robbery21
Other22

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 284 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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