AL9 5SB

Brookmans Park and Little Heath · Welwyn Hatfield · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
AL9 5SD 119 m
AL9 7HZ 236 m
AL9 7HX 248 m
AL9 7HT 305 m
AL9 7HN 419 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL9 5SB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL9
Postcode sector
AL9 5
Latitude
51.741302
Longitude
-0.210735
British National Grid easting
523,635
British National Grid northing
206,247

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
E00121397
Lower layer super output area
Welwyn Hatfield 015C · E01023910
Middle layer super output area
Welwyn Hatfield 015 · E02004994

Postcode source versions

Explore AL9

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
27
Primary
16
Secondary
4
  1. St Mary's Church of England VA Primary School, Welham Green

    Voluntary aided school

    1.0 km
  2. Links Hatfield Academy

    Academy alternative provision sponsor led

    1.4 km
  3. De Havilland Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
587
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 243
  • Anti social behaviour 112
  • Criminal damage and arson 59
  • Vehicle crime 49
  • Other theft 42

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
1

0 female, 1 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
1.0
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 0% 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

5

within 5 km

  • POTTERELLS MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code E82058

    1.6 km

  • BURVILL HOUSE SURGERY

    52-54 DELLFIELD ROAD, HATFIELD, AL10 8HP

    ODS code E82023

    2.5 km

  • LISTER HOUSE SURGERY

    THE COMMON, HATFIELD, AL10 0NL

    ODS code E82018

    2.8 km

  • WRAFTON HOUSE SURGERY

    9-11 WELLFIELD ROAD, HATFIELD, AL10 0BS

    ODS code E82002

    3.0 km

  • SPRING HOUSE HEALTH

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

    ODS code Y02639

    4.8 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

  • Duke's Ride Lodge

    BCT · Marshmoor

    0.1 miles
  • Duke's Ride Lodge

    BCT · Marshmoor

    0.1 miles
  • Marshmoor Cottages

    BCT · Marshmoor

    0.1 miles
  • Marshmoor Cottages

    BCT · Marshmoor

    0.1 miles
  • The Rookery

    BCT · Welham Green

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Welwyn Hatfield 015C, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

27,070 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
4 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
1
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

27 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 4 secondary schools. St Mary's Church of England VA Primary School, Welham Green is the nearest published school at 0.6 miles.

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

Recorded crime

587 published events cover 12 months, averaging 48.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 243 events.

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