Northchurch & Potten End

Dacorum · East of England · population 5,568 · 4 LSOAs

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

85Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,019 of 6,856 in England
  • #130 of 746 in East of England
  • #9 of 22 in Dacorum
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,531
Median age (est.)51
Density166per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above47%
No car or van12%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 8%25–44 17%45–64 31%65+ 28%

Tenure

Own outright: 47%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 47%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 11%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 6%Other: 19%
One person 30%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 6%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Managers & directors 25% · Professional 25% · Associate professional 16%

All occupation groups
Managers & directors25%
Professional25%
Associate professional16%
Administrative9%
Skilled trades7%
Caring & leisure6%
Elementary5%
Sales & customer service4%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 53% · No religion 38% · Jewish 1%

Born outside the UK: 9%

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

Northchurch & Potten End is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,019 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #9 of 22 in Dacorum. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (96) but weak on Housing & access (17). Typical homes here sold for about £715,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+7%) (from 63 sales), 59% above the wider Dacorum median of £450,000. It pairs low deprivation with well-above-average prices, so on our affordability-adjusted measure it lands at #6,220 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £48,604 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 32 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 90 · #663
Employment 94 · #444
Education 93 · #464
Health 96 · #259
Crime 92 · #546
Housing & access 17 · #5,667
Living environment 34 · #4,495

House prices ?

£715,000median (12m) · +22.2% yr · n=63
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£715,00063+22.2%+6.7%
Detached£1,120,00028+31.2%-2.6%
Semi-detached£580,00015+2.2%-7.9%
Terraced£497,47518+10.6%+27.6%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£715,000
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)£48,604±£6,998 · #1,326 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£46,444
Price-to-income ?14.7×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 ?

9Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

32 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 176 offences
Dacorum69
East of England70
England83

Rank #527 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences53
Theft42
Burglary22
Vehicle crime16
Criminal damage & arson22
Public order & weapons13
Drugs2
Robbery3
Other3

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 36 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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