AL9 7HR

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 7NE 30 m
AL9 7YZ 61 m
AL9 7HJ 115 m
AL9 7EB 134 m
AL9 7EA 141 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL9 7HR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 March 1988
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL9
Postcode sector
AL9 7
Latitude
51.735310
Longitude
-0.221182
British National Grid easting
522,930
British National Grid northing
205,563

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
E00121683
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
34
Primary
16
Secondary
5
  1. St Mary's Church of England VA Primary School, Welham Green

    Voluntary aided school

    122 m
  2. De Havilland Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.6 km
  3. Links Hatfield Academy

    Academy alternative provision sponsor led

    1.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
648
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 265
  • Anti social behaviour 129
  • Criminal damage and arson 60
  • Vehicle crime 49
  • Other theft 46

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
4

3 female, 1 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
1.0
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

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider AL9 7 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

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • POTTERELLS MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code E82058

    1.3 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

    3.3 km

  • WRAFTON HOUSE SURGERY

    9-11 WELLFIELD ROAD, HATFIELD, AL10 0BS

    ODS code E82002

    3.5 km

Nearby transport

  • Dellsome Lane

    BCT · Welham Green

    0.1 miles
  • Parsonage Lane

    BCT · Welham Green

    0.1 miles
  • Dellsome Lane

    BCT · Welham Green

    0.1 miles
  • Huggins Lane

    BCT · Welham Green

    0.2 miles
  • Knolles Crescent

    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.

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

34 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 5 secondary schools. St Mary's Church of England VA Primary School, Welham Green is the nearest published school at 122 m.

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

Recorded crime

648 published events cover 12 months, averaging 54 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 265 events.

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