Letchworth South East

North Hertfordshire · East of England · population 6,324 · 5 LSOAs

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

43Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,912 of 6,856 in England
  • #529 of 746 in East of England
  • #16 of 16 in North Hertfordshire
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,395
Median age (est.)45
Density1,151per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above33%
No car or van19%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 23%45–64 26%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 35%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 30%Private rent: 9%
Own outright 35%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 30%Private rent 9%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 13%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 11%Other: 19%
One person 30%Couple, no children 13%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 11%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors13%
Elementary11%
Skilled trades10%
Caring & leisure9%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 82%Asian: 9%Black: 3%Mixed: 4%Other: 1%
White 82%Asian 9%Black 3%Mixed 4%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 44% · No religion 40% · Sikh 4%

Born outside the UK: 13%

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 South East is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,912 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #16 of 16 in North Hertfordshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (93) but weak on Income (34). Typical homes here sold for about £407,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+6%) (from 57 sales), in line with the wider North Hertfordshire median of £420,000. Typical household take-home income is around £44,120 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 52 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 34 · #4,543
Employment 34 · #4,502
Education 36 · #4,399
Health 60 · #2,774
Crime 48 · #3,549
Housing & access 55 · #3,097
Living environment 93 · #485

House prices ?

£407,000median (12m) · +8.5% yr · n=57
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£407,00057+8.5%+5.7%
Detached£615,00025+6.5%+21.8%
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Terraced£317,50023+0.5%+11.4%
Flat£182,0007-2.4%-1.6%
This area£407,000
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)£44,120±£6,338 · #2,291 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,351
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 ?

34Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

52 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 330 offences
North Hertfordshire52
East of England70
England83

Rank #2,288 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences180
Theft44
Burglary17
Vehicle crime7
Criminal damage & arson33
Public order & weapons26
Drugs17
Robbery2
Other4

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 106 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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