Letchworth Grange

North Hertfordshire · East of England · population 7,030 · 4 LSOAs

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

50Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,391 of 6,856 in England
  • #458 of 746 in East of England
  • #14 of 16 in North Hertfordshire
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,807
Median age (est.)42
Density1,451per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above30%
No car or van24%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 9%25–44 27%45–64 25%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 26%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 39%Private rent: 9%
Own outright 26%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 39%Private rent 9%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 11%Other: 13%
One person 34%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 11%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors12%
Skilled trades11%
Elementary11%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative10%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 88%Asian: 3%Black: 3%Mixed: 5%Other: 1%
White 88%Asian 3%Black 3%Mixed 5%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 46% · Christian 43% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 11%

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

Letchworth Grange sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,391 of 6,856 in England, and #14 of 16 in North Hertfordshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (98) but weak on Employment (37). Typical homes here sold for about £375,000 over the past year, up 19% across five years (from 75 sales), 11% below the wider North Hertfordshire median of £420,000. Typical household take-home income is around £40,780 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 45 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 40 · #4,125
Employment 37 · #4,310
Education 43 · #3,892
Health 54 · #3,145
Crime 57 · #2,932
Housing & access 38 · #4,282
Living environment 98 · #156

House prices ?

£375,000median (12m) · +8.7% yr · n=75
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£375,00075+8.7%+19.0%
Detached£797,0009+10.5%+26.9%
Semi-detached£410,00016+9.3%+18.5%
Terraced£360,00042+3.4%+18.0%
Flat£186,2508+9.6%+3.5%
This area£375,000
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)£40,780±£5,761 · #3,183 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,102
Price-to-income ?9.2×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 ?

46Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

45 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 318 offences
North Hertfordshire52
East of England70
England83

Rank #1,695 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences165
Theft49
Burglary9
Vehicle crime11
Criminal damage & arson33
Public order & weapons27
Drugs18
Robbery0
Other6

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 113 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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