AL9 5EL

Hatfield East · Welwyn Hatfield · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Hatfield
Local authority
Welwyn Hatfield
Constituency
Welwyn Hatfield
Postcode district
AL9
Postcode sector
AL9 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
AL9 5ET 57 m
AL9 5BY 60 m
AL9 5DW 133 m
AL9 5BZ 221 m
AL9 5DP 235 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL9 5EL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 April 2014
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL9
Postcode sector
AL9 5
Latitude
51.774869
Longitude
-0.214768
British National Grid easting
523,265
British National Grid northing
209,973

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Welwyn Hatfield · E07000241
Parish or community
E04004819
Westminster constituency
Welwyn Hatfield · E14001573
Output area
E00190298
Lower layer super output area
Welwyn Hatfield 011B · E01023925
Middle layer super output area
Welwyn Hatfield 011 · E02004990

Postcode source versions

Explore AL9

28 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
6, Sovereign Place, Hatfield, AL9 5EL 15 August 2023 £600,000
36, Sovereign Place, Hatfield, AL9 5EL 25 July 2023 £475,000
26, Sovereign Place, Hatfield, AL9 5EL 28 January 2022 £585,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
39
Primary
28
Secondary
4
  1. The Ryde School

    Community school

    312 m
  2. Birchwood Avenue Primary School

    Community school

    958 m
  3. Birchwood Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    1.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,956
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 808
  • Anti social behaviour 275
  • Criminal damage and arson 147
  • Public order 123
  • Vehicle crime 116

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
77

41 female, 36 male

Postcode households
22
Residents per household
3.5
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

This postcode contained 2.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider AL9 5 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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

7

within 5 km

  • WRAFTON HOUSE SURGERY

    9-11 WELLFIELD ROAD, HATFIELD, AL10 0BS

    ODS code E82002

    1.3 km

  • LISTER HOUSE SURGERY

    THE COMMON, HATFIELD, AL10 0NL

    ODS code E82018

    1.4 km

  • BURVILL HOUSE SURGERY

    52-54 DELLFIELD ROAD, HATFIELD, AL10 8HP

    ODS code E82023

    1.7 km

  • SPRING HOUSE HEALTH

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

    ODS code Y02639

    1.9 km

  • THE GARDEN CITY PRACTICE

    BIRDCROFT ROAD, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, AL8 6EH

    ODS code E82041

    2.5 km

  • PEARTREE LANE SURGERY

    110 PEARTREE LANE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, AL7 3UJ

    ODS code E82040

    2.7 km

  • HALL GROVE GROUP PRACTICE

    4 HALL GROVE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, AL7 4PL

    ODS code E82062

    2.8 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

  • Lowlands

    BCT · Hatfield

    0.1 miles
  • Mount Pleasant Lane

    BCT · Birchwood

    0.1 miles
  • Mount Pleasant Lane

    BCT · Birchwood

    0.1 miles
  • Lowlands

    BCT · Hatfield

    0.2 miles
  • Hillfield

    BCT · Birchwood

    0.2 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.

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
1
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

Property market

The five-year median is £585,000 from 3 recorded sales in AL9 5EL. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Welwyn Hatfield is £450,696 in June 2026, up 5.8% year on year.

Schools

39 open schools are in scope, including 28 primary and 4 secondary schools. The Ryde School is the nearest published school at 312 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,956 published events cover 12 months, averaging 163 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 808 events.

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