Berkhamsted
Berkhamsted is covered by postcode district HP4. It is in the Dacorum council area, Hertfordshire.
Every postcode in Berkhamsted, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 15
- At medium risk at worst: 3
- At low risk at worst: 8
- At very low risk only: 0
- Not on the at-risk list: 558
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
Of the 584 postcodes in Berkhamsted that ONS places, 15 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 8 are at low risk at worst and 558 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.7625, longitude -0.5725. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The postcodes at high risk
15 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
- 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. HP4 2JE, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
What is it like to live in Berkhamsted?
Homes sold for a typical £692,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 15.4% on the 12 months before. At 344 of the 575 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 60 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 26 of its 584 postcodes. It has at least 7 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Berkhamsted, 700 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Berkhamsted?
Homes in Berkhamsted sold for a typical £692,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 272 sales, up 15.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £1,007,000 84 sales
- Semi-detached £667,500 57 sales
- Terraced £620,000 73 sales
- Flat or maisonette £360,000 58 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole HP4 district, Berkhamsted's main postcode district: a typical £710,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Berkhamsted: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Berkhamsted?
13 of the 584 postcodes now in use in Berkhamsted came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 9 of the 343 homes sold in Berkhamsted were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the HP4 district, 2%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Berkhamsted | Across the HP4 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 2 of 272 (Under 1%) | 2 of 303 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 9 of 343 (3%) | 9 of 398 (2%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Berkhamsted?
Ofcom reports on 575 of the 584 postcodes in Berkhamsted. At 344 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Berkhamsted at risk of flooding?
26 of the 584 postcodes in Berkhamsted have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 60 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Berkhamsted?
The open schools at the postcodes in Berkhamsted (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy650 m 144 pupils, 240 places
- Victoria Church of England Infant and Nursery School650 m 141 pupils, 210 places
- Westfield Primary School900 m 140 pupils, 210 places
- Bridgewater Primary School950 m 459 pupils, 420 places
- Greenway Primary and Nursery School950 m 229 pupils, 240 places
- Egerton-Rothesay School1.1 km 157 pupils, 451 places
- Swing Gate Infant School and Nursery1.3 km 144 pupils, 180 places
- St Mary's CofE Primary School, Northchurch1.4 km 226 pupils, 240 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Berkhamsted?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Berkhamsted is Berkhamsted Rail Station, 700 m away in a straight line.
- Berkhamsted Rail Station Railway station 700 mWalk
- Tring Rail Station Railway station 5.5 kmDrive
- Hemel Hempstead Rail Station Railway station 6.1 kmDrive
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Berkhamsted?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Berkhamsted. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Gossoms End Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report December 2023 · Phone 01442 866148 400 mWalk
- The Manor Street Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report October 2021, over 3 years old · Phone 01442 875936 1.0 kmWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Berkhamsted safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,131 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Berkhamsted over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 92 September 2025
- 77 October 2025
- 91 November 2025
- 93 December 2025
- 77 January 2026
- 73 February 2026
- 120 March 2026
- 89 April 2026
- 124 May 2026
- 105 June 2026
- 98 July 2026
- 92 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: other crime 25, drugs 24, theft from the person 10, robbery 8, bicycle theft 6, possession of weapons 4.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Berkhamsted?
- District, borough or city council
- Dacorum
- County council
- Hertfordshire
- Parliamentary constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted
- Police force area
- Hertfordshire
- Region
- East of England
- Country
- England
- MP
- Victoria Collins (Liberal Democrat)
All 584 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources
Moving to Berkhamsted
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Dacorum about council tax Council tax, on dacorum.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Berkhamsted
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Berkhamsted postcodes
584 postcodes in use in Berkhamsted, by district:
That district is in the HP postcode area.
Check a Berkhamsted postcode
Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Berkhamsted
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Berkhamsted's £692,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Berkhamsted
- What is it like to live in Berkhamsted?
- Homes sold for a typical £692,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 15.4% on the 12 months before. At 344 of the 575 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 60 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 26 of its 584 postcodes. It has at least 7 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Berkhamsted, 700 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Berkhamsted?
- Berkhamsted is covered by postcode district HP4, across 584 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Berkhamsted in?
- Berkhamsted is in the Dacorum council area, and Hertfordshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Berkhamsted?
- Berkhamsted is in the Harpenden and Berkhamsted parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Victoria Collins (Liberal Democrat), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Berkhamsted?
- Homes in Berkhamsted sold for a typical £692,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 272 sales, up 15.4% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Berkhamsted?
- In Berkhamsted, primary schools at its postcodes include St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy, Victoria Church of England Infant and Nursery School and Westfield Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Berkhamsted School, Egerton-Rothesay School and Ashlyns School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Berkhamsted have a railway station?
- Yes: Berkhamsted is 700 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Berkhamsted, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Berkhamsted?
- Ofcom reports on 575 of the 584 postcodes in Berkhamsted. At 344 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Berkhamsted at risk of flooding?
- 26 of the 584 postcodes in Berkhamsted have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 60 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Berkhamsted?
- 13 of the 584 postcodes now in use in Berkhamsted came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 9 of the 343 homes sold in Berkhamsted were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the HP4 district, 2%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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