Hertford
Hertford is covered by postcode districts SG13 and SG14. It is in the East Hertfordshire council area, Hertfordshire.
Every postcode in Hertford, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 58
- At medium risk at worst: 25
- At low risk at worst: 72
- At very low risk only: 0
- Not on the at-risk list: 684
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
Of the 839 postcodes in Hertford that ONS places, 58 have a home or business at high risk, 25 are at medium risk at worst, 72 are at low risk at worst and 684 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 51.7982, longitude -0.0795. 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
58 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
- 22 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. SG14 3AQ, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 14 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. SG13 7BW, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 14 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. SG13 7DD, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 12 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. SG14 1LE, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 8 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. SG13 7GD, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
What is it like to live in Hertford?
Homes sold for a typical £425,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3.4% on the 12 months before. At 598 of the 744 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 864 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 155 of its 839 postcodes. It has 7 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes, or more. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Hertford East, 450 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 Hertford?
Homes in Hertford sold for a typical £425,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 394 sales, down 3.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- 12 months to August 2025
- £440,000
- 12 months to August 2026
- £425,000
▼ down 3.4% on the 12 months before
Across the whole SG14 district, Hertford's main postcode district: a typical £453,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Hertford: 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 Hertford?
53 of the 839 postcodes now in use in Hertford came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 20 of the 528 homes sold in Hertford were newly built (4%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SG14 district, 3%.
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 Hertford | Across the SG14 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 2 of 394 (Under 1%) | 0 of 261 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 20 of 528 (4%) | 11 of 343 (3%) |
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 Hertford?
Ofcom reports on 744 of the 839 postcodes in Hertford. At 598 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 Hertford at risk of flooding?
155 of the 839 postcodes in Hertford 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 864 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 Hertford?
The open schools at the postcodes in Hertford (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
- Mill Mead Primary Academy350 m 216 pupils, 240 places
- Abel Smith School550 m 226 pupils, 240 places
- Duncombe School550 m 230 pupils, 301 places
- Simon Balle All-Through School850 m 1,617 pupils, 1,037 places
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Hertford)1.0 km 224 pupils, 240 places
- Bengeo Primary School1.1 km 449 pupils, 480 places
- Morgans Primary School & Nursery1.2 km 346 pupils, 500 places
- Hollybush Primary School1.3 km 190 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 Hertford?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Hertford is Hertford East Rail Station, 450 m away in a straight line.
- Hertford East Rail Station Railway station 450 mWalk
- Hertford North Rail Station Railway station 850 mWalk
- Ware Rail Station Railway station 3.7 kmCycle
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 Hertford?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Hertford. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Lea Wharf Medical200 m
- Hanscombe House Surgery250 m
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Hertford safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,939 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Hertford 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
- 148 September 2025
- 169 October 2025
- 151 November 2025
- 123 December 2025
- 133 January 2026
- 132 February 2026
- 146 March 2026
- 169 April 2026
- 203 May 2026
- 204 June 2026
- 190 July 2026
- 171 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: drugs 61, theft from the person 21, other crime 21, bicycle theft 19, possession of weapons 19, robbery 14.
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 Hertford?
- District, borough or city council
- East Hertfordshire
- County council
- Hertfordshire
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Hertford and Stortford (837) and Broxbourne (2)
- 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 Hertford
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell East Hertfordshire about council tax Council tax, on eastherts.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Hertford
- 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
Hertford postcodes
839 postcodes in use in Hertford, by district:
Those districts are all in the SG postcode area.
Check a Hertford 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 Hertford
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Hertford's £425,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Hertford
- What is it like to live in Hertford?
- Homes sold for a typical £425,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3.4% on the 12 months before. At 598 of the 744 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 864 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 155 of its 839 postcodes. It has 7 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes, or more. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Hertford East, 450 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 Hertford?
- Hertford is covered by postcode districts SG13 and SG14, across 839 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Hertford in?
- Hertford is in the East Hertfordshire council area, and Hertfordshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Hertford?
- Homes in Hertford sold for a typical £425,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 394 sales, down 3.4% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Hertford?
- In Hertford, primary schools at its postcodes include Mill Mead Primary Academy, Abel Smith School and Duncombe School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Richard Hale School, Simon Balle All-Through School and The Sele School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Hertford have a railway station?
- Yes: Hertford East is 450 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Hertford, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Hertford?
- Ofcom reports on 744 of the 839 postcodes in Hertford. At 598 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Hertford at risk of flooding?
- 155 of the 839 postcodes in Hertford 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 864 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 Hertford?
- 53 of the 839 postcodes now in use in Hertford came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 20 of the 528 homes sold in Hertford were newly built (4%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SG14 district, 3%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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