Property market
The five-year median is £425,000 from 2,302 recorded sales in HP3. 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.
HP3
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,021
- Current units
- 763
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 13
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- East of England
- Local authority codes
- 3
- Terminated postcode units
- 258
Postcode sectors in HP3
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
18,023 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 4, Mitchell Close, Bovingdon, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0RU | 27 July 2026 | £470,000 |
| Green Blooms, Green Bloom House, 2, Flaunden Lane, Bovingdon, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0PA | 24 July 2026 | £500,000 |
| 15, Stronsay Close, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 8TD | 24 July 2026 | £390,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 15
- Primary
- 10
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 2,602
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 950
- Anti social behaviour 490
- Other theft 275
- Criminal damage and arson 171
- Vehicle crime 148
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- HP3 usual residents
- 34,801
- Age-profile population
- 34,660
Age bands in HP3
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 18%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 29.9%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.8%
- Age 65 and over
- 16.1%
6,253 residents
3,560 residents
10,348 residents
8,932 residents
5,567 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 753 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%
692 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 544 had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, and 1 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 Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
3
in this district
ARCHWAY SURGERY
52 HIGH STREET, BOVINGDON, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, HP3 0HJ
ODS code E82643
BENNETTS END SURGERY
GATECROFT, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, HP3 9LY
ODS code E82032
LINCOLN HOUSE SURGERY
163 LONDON ROAD, APSLEY, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, HP3 9SQ
ODS code E82009
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Evidence in context
Schools
15 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
2,602 published events cover 12 months, averaging 216.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 950 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.