Property market
The five-year median is £395,000 from 2,111 recorded sales in HP1. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Dacorum is £459,438 in June 2026, up 1.8% year on year.
HP1
UK postcode district
Part of Hemel Hempstead
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,295
- Current units
- 681
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 10
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- East of England
- Local authority codes
- 1
- Terminated postcode units
- 614
Postcode sectors in HP1
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
14,513 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 11, The Lawns, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 2TF | 27 July 2026 | £275,000 |
| 1, Thistle Close, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 2DE | 24 July 2026 | £330,000 |
| 4, Ridge Lea, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 2AY | 22 July 2026 | £450,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 17
- Primary
- 10
- Secondary
- 3
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 3,117
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,124
- Anti social behaviour 499
- Shoplifting 404
- Criminal damage and arson 234
- Other theft 189
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- HP1 usual residents
- 26,280
- Age-profile population
- 26,066
Age bands in HP1
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 18.5%
- 4,811 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.1%
- 2,640 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 28.1%
- 7,329 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.1%
- 7,067 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 16.2%
- 4,219 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.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 622 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- 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%
In this district, 564 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 509 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
1
in this district
PARKWOOD SURGERY
PARKWOOD DRIVE SURGERY, PARKWOOD DRIVE, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, HP1 2LD
ODS code E82091
Evidence in context
Schools
17 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 3 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
3,117 published events cover 12 months, averaging 260 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,124 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.