Property market
The five-year median is £370,000 from 2,578 recorded sales in HP2. 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.
HP2
UK postcode district
Part of Hemel Hempstead
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,382
- Current units
- 987
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 13
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- East of England
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 395
Postcode sectors in HP2
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
20,301 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 12, Broadcroft, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 5YX | 27 July 2026 | £412,500 |
| 1, Craigavon Road, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 6AZ | 24 July 2026 | £430,000 |
| 100, Claymore, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 6LW | 23 July 2026 | £127,500 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 19
- Primary
- 14
- Secondary
- 2
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 4,197
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,597
- Anti social behaviour 706
- Other theft 376
- Vehicle crime 273
- Criminal damage and arson 272
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- HP2 usual residents
- 42,424
- Age-profile population
- 42,665
Age bands in HP2
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 20.9%
- 8,902 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.8%
- 4,173 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 30.5%
- 13,000 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 23.8%
- 10,148 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 15.1%
- 6,442 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 969 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, 899 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 769 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 1 postcode unit 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
4
in this district
EVEREST HOUSE SURGERY
EVEREST HOUSE, EVEREST WAY, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, HP2 4HY
ODS code E82051
FERNVILLE SURGERY
MIDLAND ROAD, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, HP2 5BL
ODS code E82022
GROVE HILL MEDICAL CENTRE
KILBRIDE COURT, GROVEHILL, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, HP2 6AD
ODS code E82050
WOODHALL FARM MEDICAL CTR
VALLEY GREEN, SHENLEY ROAD, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, HP2 7RJ
ODS code E82070
Evidence in context
Schools
19 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 2 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
4,197 published events cover 12 months, averaging 350 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,597 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.