Ickleford, Great Offley & Whitwell

North Hertfordshire · East of England · population 10,294 · 6 LSOAs

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

71Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,986 of 6,856 in England
  • #263 of 746 in East of England
  • #11 of 16 in North Hertfordshire
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,133
Median age (est.)47
Density92per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above41%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 20%45–64 31%65+ 22%

Tenure

Own outright: 34%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 21%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 34%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 21%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 9%Other: 17%
One person 25%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 9%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Managers & directors 19% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Managers & directors19%
Associate professional15%
Skilled trades10%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service4%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 0%
White 93%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 43% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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

Ickleford, Great Offley & Whitwell is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,986 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 16 in North Hertfordshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (85) but weak on Housing & access (22). Typical homes here sold for about £625,000 over the past year, up 21% across five years (from 147 sales), 49% above the wider North Hertfordshire median of £420,000. It pairs low deprivation with well-above-average prices, so on our affordability-adjusted measure it lands at #5,929 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £48,008 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 38 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 66 · #2,342
Employment 75 · #1,732
Education 77 · #1,595
Health 85 · #1,006
Crime 73 · #1,856
Housing & access 22 · #5,352
Living environment 35 · #4,461

House prices ?

£625,000median (12m) · +1.6% yr · n=147
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£625,000147+1.6%+20.8%
Detached£947,00075+9.5%+41.3%
Semi-detached£525,00033+1.9%+11.1%
Terraced£364,75030-14.7%-4.0%
Flat£250,0009+19.0%
This area£625,000
North Hertfordshire£420,000
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)£48,008±£6,741 · #1,444 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£40,029
Price-to-income ?13.0×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 ?

14Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

38 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 388 offences
North Hertfordshire52
East of England70
England83

Rank #1,052 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences167
Theft24
Burglary21
Vehicle crime46
Criminal damage & arson60
Public order & weapons41
Drugs12
Robbery2
Other15

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 139 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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