AL9 7HQ

Welham Green and Hatfield South · 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 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
AL9 7LW 36 m
AL9 7LP 97 m
AL9 7NG 106 m
AL9 7LD 143 m
AL9 7JE 148 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL9 7HQ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 May 1994
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL9
Postcode sector
AL9 7
Latitude
51.736460
Longitude
-0.215778
British National Grid easting
523,300
British National Grid northing
205,700

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Welwyn Hatfield · E07000241
Parish or community
E04012223
Westminster constituency
Welwyn Hatfield · E14001573
Output area
E00121680
Lower layer super output area
Welwyn Hatfield 017B · E01023963
Middle layer super output area
Welwyn Hatfield 017 · E02007092

Postcode source versions

Explore AL9

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
33
Primary
16
Secondary
4
  1. St Mary's Church of England VA Primary School, Welham Green

    Voluntary aided school

    487 m
  2. Brookmans Park Primary School

    Foundation school

    1.6 km
  3. De Havilland Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
594
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 254
  • Anti social behaviour 113
  • Criminal damage and arson 56
  • Other theft 41
  • Vehicle crime 41

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
AL9 7 residents
7,135

Age bands in AL9 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.2%

1,104 residents

Age 15 to 24
12%

875 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.2%

1,612 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.9%

2,105 residents

Age 65 and over
21.7%

1,577 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

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • POTTERELLS MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code E82058

    1.2 km

  • BURVILL HOUSE SURGERY

    52-54 DELLFIELD ROAD, HATFIELD, AL10 8HP

    ODS code E82023

    2.9 km

  • LISTER HOUSE SURGERY

    THE COMMON, HATFIELD, AL10 0NL

    ODS code E82018

    3.2 km

  • WRAFTON HOUSE SURGERY

    9-11 WELLFIELD ROAD, HATFIELD, AL10 0BS

    ODS code E82002

    3.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Welham Green Railway Station

    BCT · Welham Green

    0.1 miles
  • Dixons Hill Road

    BCT · Welham Green

    0.1 miles
  • Welham Green Railway Station

    BCT · Welham Green

    0.1 miles
  • Huggins Lane

    BCT · Welham Green

    0.2 miles
  • Dellsome Lane

    BCT · Welham Green

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Welwyn Hatfield 017B, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

18,265 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
9 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

33 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 487 m.

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

Recorded crime

594 published events cover 12 months, averaging 49.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 254 events.

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