Ware
Ware is covered by postcode districts SG9, SG11 and SG12. It is in the East Hertfordshire council area, Hertfordshire.
Every postcode in Ware, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 23
- In use before 2020: 451
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 474 postcodes in Ware that ONS places, 23 are new since 2020 and 451 were in use before 2020.
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. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. 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 51.8124, longitude -0.0295. 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; when each came into use: the same directory; 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 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 15 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. SG12 4JF, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Ware?
Homes sold for a typical £423,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 5.9% on the 12 months before. At 360 of the 443 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 635 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 96 of its 474 postcodes. It has 7 primary schools and 3 secondary schools at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Ware, 500 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 Ware?
Homes in Ware sold for a typical £423,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 268 sales, up 5.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £755,000 20 sales
- Semi-detached £540,000 78 sales
- Terraced £430,000 72 sales
- Flat or maisonette £250,000 98 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole SG12 district, Ware's main postcode district: a typical £450,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Ware: 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 Ware?
23 of the 474 postcodes now in use in Ware came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 355 homes sold in Ware were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SG12 district, Under 1%.
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 Ware | Across the SG12 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 268 (0%) | 0 of 389 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 355 (0%) | 1 of 511 (Under 1%) |
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 Ware?
Ofcom reports on 443 of the 474 postcodes in Ware. At 360 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 Ware at risk of flooding?
96 of the 474 postcodes in Ware 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 635 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 Ware?
The open schools at the postcodes in Ware. 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
- Christ Church CofE (VA) Primary School and Nursery200 m 332 pupils, 330 places
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School450 m 202 pupils, 210 places
- Kingshill Infant School850 m 206 pupils, 180 places
- St Mary's Voluntary Controlled Church of England Junior School850 m 231 pupils, 240 places
- St Catherine's Church of England Primary School900 m 415 pupils, 450 places
- Priors Wood Primary School1.2 km 231 pupils, 231 places
- Middleton School1.5 km 113 pupils, 90 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 Ware?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Ware is Ware Rail Station, 500 m away in a straight line.
- Ware Rail Station Railway station 500 mWalk
- Hertford East Rail Station Railway station 3.3 kmCycle
- St Margarets (Herts) Rail Station Railway station 3.5 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 Ware?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Ware. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Dolphin House Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report March 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01920 468777 200 mWalk
- New River Health Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report August 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01920 468941 300 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Ware safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,389 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Ware 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
- 136 September 2025
- 117 October 2025
- 109 November 2025
- 123 December 2025
- 74 January 2026
- 107 February 2026
- 107 March 2026
- 90 April 2026
- 126 May 2026
- 111 June 2026
- 130 July 2026
- 159 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: burglary 46, other crime 22, robbery 16, possession of weapons 12, theft from the person 5, bicycle theft 2.
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 Ware?
- District, borough or city council
- East Hertfordshire
- County council
- Hertfordshire
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Hertford and Stortford (473) and Broxbourne (1)
- 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 Ware
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 Ware
- 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 Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Ware postcodes
474 postcodes in use in Ware, by district:
Those districts are all in the SG postcode area.
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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 Ware
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Ware's £423,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Ware
- What is it like to live in Ware?
- Homes sold for a typical £423,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 5.9% on the 12 months before. At 360 of the 443 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 635 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 96 of its 474 postcodes. It has 7 primary schools and 3 secondary schools at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Ware, 500 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 Ware?
- Ware is covered by postcode districts SG9, SG11 and SG12, across 474 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Ware in?
- Ware is in the East Hertfordshire council area, and Hertfordshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Ware?
- Homes in Ware sold for a typical £423,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 268 sales, up 5.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Ware?
- In Ware, primary schools at its postcodes include Christ Church CofE (VA) Primary School and Nursery, Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and Kingshill Infant School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Presdales School, The Chauncy School and Pinewood School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Ware have a railway station?
- Yes: Ware is 500 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Ware, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Ware?
- Ofcom reports on 443 of the 474 postcodes in Ware. At 360 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Ware at risk of flooding?
- 96 of the 474 postcodes in Ware 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 635 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 Ware?
- 23 of the 474 postcodes now in use in Ware came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 355 homes sold in Ware were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SG12 district, Under 1%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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