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AL7 2AY

Haldens · Welwyn Hatfield · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Haldens
Local authority
Welwyn Hatfield
Constituency
Welwyn Hatfield
Postcode district
AL7
Postcode sector
AL7 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
AL7 2BP 57 m
AL7 2BG 84 m
AL7 2BW 90 m
AL7 2BN 119 m
AL7 2BE 122 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL7 2AY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL7
Postcode sector
AL7 2
Latitude
51.800917
Longitude
-0.174188
British National Grid easting
525,992
British National Grid northing
212,939

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Welwyn Hatfield · E07000241
Electoral ward
Haldens · E05011059
Parish or community
E43000083
Westminster constituency
Welwyn Hatfield · E14001573
Output area
E00121630
Lower layer super output area
Welwyn Hatfield 005B · E01023951
Middle layer super output area
Welwyn Hatfield 005 · E02004984

Postcode source versions

Explore AL7

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
36
Primary
26
Secondary
4

  1. Watchlytes Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    261 m

  2. Ridgeway Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    363 m

  3. Springmead Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    420 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,583
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 595
  • Anti social behaviour 281
  • Shoplifting 123
  • Vehicle crime 113
  • Criminal damage and arson 106

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
29

13 female, 16 male

Postcode households
27
Residents per household
1.1
AL7 2 residents
7,584

Age bands in AL7 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.6%

1,221 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.7%

636 residents

Age 25 to 44
29%

2,127 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.7%

1,960 residents

Age 65 and over
19.1%

1,402 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider AL7 2 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

GP practices

5

within 5 km

  • HALL GROVE GROUP PRACTICE

    4 HALL GROVE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, AL7 4PL

    ODS code E82062

    1.4 km

  • PEARTREE LANE SURGERY

    110 PEARTREE LANE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, AL7 3UJ

    ODS code E82040

    1.7 km

  • SPRING HOUSE HEALTH

    SPRING HOUSE SITE, ASCOTS LANE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, AL7 4HL

    ODS code Y02639

    2.3 km

  • THE GARDEN CITY PRACTICE

    BIRDCROFT ROAD, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, AL8 6EH

    ODS code E82041

    2.5 km

  • BRIDGE COTTAGE SURGERY

    41 HIGH STREET, WELWYN, AL6 9EF

    ODS code E82019

    4.3 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Watchlytes

    BCT · Panshanger

    0.1 miles

  • Watchlytes

    BCT · Panshanger

    0.1 miles

  • Poplars

    BCT · Panshanger

    0.1 miles

  • Poplars

    BCT · Panshanger

    0.1 miles

  • Bericot Way

    BCT · Panshanger

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Welwyn Hatfield 005B, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

3 of 10

Overall England rank

7,296 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
6 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

36 open schools are in scope, including 26 primary and 4 secondary schools. Watchlytes Primary School is the nearest published school at 261 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

1,583 published events cover 12 months, averaging 131.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 595 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.