Hatfield North & West

Welwyn Hatfield · East of England · population 12,207 · 6 LSOAs

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

66Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,336 of 6,856 in England
  • #313 of 746 in East of England
  • #8 of 16 in Welwyn Hatfield
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents12,557
Median age (est.)28
Density2,496per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above34%
No car or van23%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 31%25–44 27%45–64 18%65+ 10%

Tenure

Own outright: 19%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 27%Private rent: 28%
Own outright 19%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 27%Private rent 28%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 13%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 12%Other: 26%
One person 24%Couple, no children 13%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 12%Other 26%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Elementary 15% · Sales & customer service 12%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Elementary15%
Sales & customer service12%
Associate professional11%
Managers & directors11%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative9%
Skilled trades9%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 62%Asian: 16%Black: 13%Mixed: 5%Other: 3%
White 62%Asian 16%Black 13%Mixed 5%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Christian 44% · No religion 31% · Muslim 6%

Born outside the UK: 35%

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

Hatfield North & West is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,336 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #8 of 16 in Welwyn Hatfield. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (78) and lowest on Income (50). Typical homes here sold for about £390,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+7%) (from 77 sales), 9% below the wider Welwyn Hatfield median of £430,000. Typical household take-home income is around £42,440 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 133 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 50 · #3,398
Employment 68 · #2,212
Education 60 · #2,747
Health 52 · #3,268
Crime 54 · #3,145
Housing & access 66 · #2,315
Living environment 78 · #1,540

House prices ?

£390,000median (12m) · -1.0% yr · n=77
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£390,00077-1.0%+6.8%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detached£485,00028+1.0%+5.4%
Terraced£390,00028-1.0%+9.9%
Flat£242,00018+5.2%+2.1%
This area£390,000
Welwyn Hatfield£430,000
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)£42,440±£6,219 · #2,722 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,027
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 ?

53Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

133 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,621 offences
Welwyn Hatfield80
East of England70
England83

Rank #5,695 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences648
Theft367
Burglary40
Vehicle crime107
Criminal damage & arson115
Public order & weapons150
Drugs121
Robbery30
Other43

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 341 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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