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AL9 5BJ

Hatfield East · Welwyn Hatfield · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Hatfield East
Local authority
Welwyn Hatfield
Constituency
Welwyn Hatfield
Postcode district
AL9
Postcode sector
AL9 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
AL9 5AT 30 m
AL9 5BE 31 m
AL9 5AX 41 m
AL9 5AD 46 m
AL9 5BT 53 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL9 5BJ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 September 2003
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL9
Postcode sector
AL9 5
Latitude
51.762835
Longitude
-0.213998
British National Grid easting
523,351
British National Grid northing
208,636

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Welwyn Hatfield · E07000241
Electoral ward
Hatfield East · E05011062
Parish or community
E04004819
Westminster constituency
Welwyn Hatfield · E14001573
Output area
E00121483
Lower layer super output area
Welwyn Hatfield 011B · E01023925
Middle layer super output area
Welwyn Hatfield 011 · E02004990

Postcode source versions

Explore AL9

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
35
Primary
23
Secondary
5

  1. Countess Anne Church of England School

    Academy converter

    400 m

  2. Onslow St Audrey's School

    Academy converter

    535 m

  3. Southfield School

    Community special school

    943 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,486
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 977
  • Anti social behaviour 344
  • Criminal damage and arson 184
  • Shoplifting 173
  • Vehicle crime 152

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
AL9 5 residents
2,816

Age bands in AL9 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.4%

528 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.4%

271 residents

Age 25 to 44
31.3%

1,009 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.2%

815 residents

Age 65 and over
18.7%

605 residents

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

8

within 5 km straight-line

  • BURVILL HOUSE SURGERY

    52-54 DELLFIELD ROAD, HATFIELD, AL10 8HP

    ODS code E82023

    926 m

  • LISTER HOUSE SURGERY

    THE COMMON, HATFIELD, AL10 0NL

    ODS code E82018

    933 m

  • WRAFTON HOUSE SURGERY

    9-11 WELLFIELD ROAD, HATFIELD, AL10 0BS

    ODS code E82002

    977 m

  • SPRING HOUSE HEALTH

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

    ODS code Y02639

    2.7 km

  • HALL GROVE GROUP PRACTICE

    4 HALL GROVE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, AL7 4PL

    ODS code E82062

    3.7 km

  • THE GARDEN CITY PRACTICE

    BIRDCROFT ROAD, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, AL8 6EH

    ODS code E82041

    3.8 km

  • PEARTREE LANE SURGERY

    110 PEARTREE LANE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, AL7 3UJ

    ODS code E82040

    4.0 km

  • POTTERELLS MEDICAL CENTRE

    STATION ROAD, WELHAM GREEN, NORTH MYMMS, HATFIELD, AL9 7SN

    ODS code E82058

    4.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Hatfield Railway Station

    BCT · Hatfield

    0.1 miles

  • Hatfield Railway Station

    BCT · Hatfield

    0.1 miles

  • Hatfield Railway Station

    BCT · Hatfield

    0.1 miles

  • Hatfield Railway Station

    BCT · Hatfield

    0.1 miles

  • Hatfield Railway Station

    BCT · Hatfield

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Welwyn Hatfield 011B, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

16,583 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
2 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

35 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 5 secondary schools. Countess Anne Church of England School is the nearest published school at 400 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,486 published events cover 12 months, averaging 207.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 977 events.

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