Hemel Hempstead
Hemel Hempstead is covered by postcode districts HP1, HP2, HP3 and WD4. It is mostly in the Dacorum council area: 2,149 of its 2,159 postcodes. The others are in Three Rivers and St Albans.
Every postcode in Hemel Hempstead, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 9
- At medium risk at worst: 2
- At low risk at worst: 19
- At very low risk only: 23
- Not on the at-risk list: 2,106
Of the 2,159 postcodes in Hemel Hempstead that ONS places, 9 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 19 are at low risk at worst, 23 are at very low risk only and 2,106 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. 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 51.7544, longitude -0.4635. 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
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
What is it like to live in Hemel Hempstead?
Homes sold for a typical £406,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 0.2% on the 12 months before. At 1,739 of the 2,092 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 46 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 53 of its 2,159 postcodes. It has 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes, or more. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Hemel Hempstead, 2.3 km 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 Hemel Hempstead?
Homes in Hemel Hempstead sold for a typical £406,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 910 sales, up 0.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- 12 months to August 2025
- £405,000
- 12 months to August 2026
- £406,000
▲ up 0.2% on the 12 months before
Across the whole HP2 district, Hemel Hempstead's main postcode district: a typical £380,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Hemel Hempstead: 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 Hemel Hempstead?
96 of the 2,159 postcodes now in use in Hemel Hempstead came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 3 of the 1,193 homes sold in Hemel Hempstead were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the HP2 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 Hemel Hempstead | Across the HP2 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 910 (0%) | 0 of 361 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 3 of 1,193 (Under 1%) | 10 of 479 (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 Hemel Hempstead?
Ofcom reports on 2,092 of the 2,159 postcodes in Hemel Hempstead. At 1,739 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 Hemel Hempstead at risk of flooding?
53 of the 2,159 postcodes in Hemel Hempstead 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 46 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 Hemel Hempstead?
The open schools at the postcodes in Hemel Hempstead (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
- Broadfield Academy300 m 429 pupils, 420 places
- George Street Primary School700 m 224 pupils, 210 places
- Tudor Primary School800 m 439 pupils, 445 places
- Lime Walk Primary School1.1 km 212 pupils, 240 places
- South Hill Primary School1.1 km 417 pupils, 420 places
- Hobletts Manor Infants' School1.2 km 214 pupils, 180 places
- Hobletts Manor Junior School1.2 km 237 pupils, 240 places
- Yewtree Primary School1.2 km 321 pupils, 420 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 Hemel Hempstead?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Hemel Hempstead is Hemel Hempstead Rail Station, 2.3 km away in a straight line.
- Hemel Hempstead Rail Station Railway station 2.3 kmCycle
- Apsley Rail Station Railway station 2.4 kmCycle
- Kings Langley Rail Station Railway station 5.6 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 Hemel Hempstead?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Hemel Hempstead, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Fernville Surgery550 m
- Everest House Surgery1.0 km
- Bennetts End Surgery1.8 km
- Lincoln House Surgery1.9 km
- Grove Hill Medical Centre2.0 km
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Hemel Hempstead safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 5,074 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Hemel Hempstead 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
- 380 September 2025
- 393 October 2025
- 417 November 2025
- 367 December 2025
- 331 January 2026
- 387 February 2026
- 468 March 2026
- 438 April 2026
- 402 May 2026
- 478 June 2026
- 520 July 2026
- 493 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: burglary 127, other crime 80, possession of weapons 62, theft from the person 55, robbery 35, bicycle theft 19.
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 Hemel Hempstead?
- Councils
- Dacorum (2,149), Three Rivers (7) and St Albans (3)
- County council
- Hertfordshire
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Hemel Hempstead (2,139), South West Hertfordshire (15) and Harpenden and Berkhamsted (5)
- Police force area
- Hertfordshire
- Region
- East of England
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Hemel Hempstead
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell the council about council tax Councils A to Z
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Hemel Hempstead
- 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
Hemel Hempstead postcodes
2,159 postcodes in use in Hemel Hempstead, by district:
Those districts are in the HP postcode area and WD postcode area.
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Places near Hemel Hempstead
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Hemel Hempstead's £406,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Hemel Hempstead
- What is it like to live in Hemel Hempstead?
- Homes sold for a typical £406,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 0.2% on the 12 months before. At 1,739 of the 2,092 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 46 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 53 of its 2,159 postcodes. It has 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes, or more. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Hemel Hempstead, 2.3 km 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 Hemel Hempstead?
- Hemel Hempstead is covered by postcode districts HP1, HP2, HP3 and WD4, across 2,159 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Hemel Hempstead?
- Homes in Hemel Hempstead sold for a typical £406,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 910 sales, up 0.2% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Hemel Hempstead?
- In Hemel Hempstead, primary schools at its postcodes include Broadfield Academy, George Street Primary School and Tudor Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include The Adeyfield Academy, The Hemel Hempstead School and Dacorum Education Support Centre. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Hemel Hempstead have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Hemel Hempstead is Hemel Hempstead, 2.3 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Hemel Hempstead?
- Ofcom reports on 2,092 of the 2,159 postcodes in Hemel Hempstead. At 1,739 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Hemel Hempstead at risk of flooding?
- 53 of the 2,159 postcodes in Hemel Hempstead 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 46 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 Hemel Hempstead?
- 96 of the 2,159 postcodes now in use in Hemel Hempstead came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 3 of the 1,193 homes sold in Hemel Hempstead were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the HP2 district, 2%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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