AL9 7RA

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 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
AL9 7EU 24 m
AL9 7SU 80 m
AL9 7QT 83 m
AL9 7UP 108 m
AL9 7QS 126 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL9 7RA
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 June 1981
Terminated
1 December 1990
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL9
Postcode sector
AL9 7
Latitude
51.720984
Longitude
-0.203356
British National Grid easting
524,200
British National Grid northing
204,000

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
E00121409
Lower layer super output area
Welwyn Hatfield 015D · E01023911
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
34
Primary
15
Secondary
5
  1. Brookmans Park Primary School

    Foundation school

    431 m
  2. Chancellor's School

    Academy converter

    1.5 km
  3. St Mary's Church of England VA Primary School, Welham Green

    Voluntary aided school

    2.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
189
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 68
  • Anti social behaviour 36
  • Burglary 18
  • Criminal damage and arson 14
  • Other crime 9

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

5

within 5 km straight-line

  • POTTERELLS MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code E82058

    753 m

  • ANNANDALE MEDICAL CENTRE

    THE ELMS, HIGH STREET, POTTERS BAR, EN6 5DA

    ODS code E82098

    3.2 km

  • HIGHVIEW MEDICAL CENTRE

    THE ELMS, HIGH STREET, POTTERS BAR, EN6 5DA

    ODS code E82078

    3.2 km

  • PARKFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    THE WALK, POTTERS BAR, EN6 1QH

    ODS code E82027

    3.3 km

  • BURVILL HOUSE SURGERY

    52-54 DELLFIELD ROAD, HATFIELD, AL10 8HP

    ODS code E82023

    4.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Brookmans Park Rail Station

    RLY · Brookmans Park

    0.1 miles
  • Bradmore Green

    BCT · Brookmans Park

    0.1 miles
  • Bradmore Green

    BCT · Brookmans Park

    0.1 miles
  • Brookmans Park Railway Station

    BCT · Brookmans Park

    0.1 miles
  • Brookmans Park Railway Station

    BCT · Brookmans Park

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Welwyn Hatfield 015D, 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

29,373 of 33,755

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

34 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 5 secondary schools. Brookmans Park Primary School is the nearest published school at 431 m.

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

Recorded crime

189 published events cover 12 months, averaging 15.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 68 events.

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