HP3 0JA

Bovingdon, Flaunden and Chipperfield · Dacorum · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Hemel Hempstead
Local authority
Dacorum
Constituency
Hemel Hempstead
Postcode district
HP3
Postcode sector
HP3 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HP3 0JD 75 m
HP3 0RB 84 m
HP3 0JY 104 m
HP3 0ES 117 m
HP3 0JZ 126 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HP3 0JA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HP
Postcode district
HP3
Postcode sector
HP3 0
Latitude
51.719833
Longitude
-0.534252
British National Grid easting
501,347
British National Grid northing
203,361

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Dacorum · E07000096
Parish or community
E04004698
Westminster constituency
Hemel Hempstead · E14001278
Output area
E00118757
Lower layer super output area
Dacorum 021E · E01023377
Middle layer super output area
Dacorum 021 · E02004876

Postcode source versions

Explore HP3

45 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
4, Rymill Close, Bovingdon, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0JA 29 November 2023 £580,000
24, Rymill Close, Bovingdon, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0JA 24 October 2023 £740,000
14, Rymill Close, Bovingdon, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0JA 16 December 2022 £665,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
22
Primary
12
Secondary
4
  1. Bovingdon Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    407 m
  2. Westbrook Hay

    Other independent school

    2.5 km
  3. Ley Hill School

    Community school

    2.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
299
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 138
  • Other crime 41
  • Anti social behaviour 38
  • Criminal damage and arson 24
  • Burglary 16

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
97

49 female, 48 male

Postcode households
36
Residents per household
2.7
HP3 0 residents
9,007

Age bands in HP3 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.4%

1,377 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.5%

851 residents

Age 25 to 44
28.6%

2,552 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.2%

2,420 residents

Age 65 and over
19.2%

1,713 residents

This postcode contained 1.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider HP3 0 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+
97.4%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
97.4%
Gigabit-capable
97.4%
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

  • ARCHWAY SURGERY

    52 HIGH STREET, BOVINGDON, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, HP3 0HJ

    ODS code E82643

    356 m

  • THE MANOR STREET SURGERY

    ANNANDALE HSE, MANOR STREET, BERKHAMSTED, HP4 2DL

    ODS code E82094

    4.8 km

  • PARKWOOD SURGERY

    PARKWOOD DRIVE SURGERY, PARKWOOD DRIVE, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, HP1 2LD

    ODS code E82091

    4.8 km

  • LINCOLN HOUSE SURGERY

    163 LONDON ROAD, APSLEY, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, HP3 9SQ

    ODS code E82009

    4.9 km

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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Nye Way

    BCT · Bovingdon

    0.1 miles
  • Nye Way

    BCT · Bovingdon

    0.1 miles
  • Old Dean

    BCT · Bovingdon

    0.1 miles
  • Memorial Hall

    BCT · Bovingdon

    0.2 miles
  • Memorial Hall

    BCT · Bovingdon

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dacorum 021E, 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

27,705 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
4 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
5
Low risk addresses
2
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

Property market

The five-year median is £642,500 from 6 recorded sales in HP3 0JA. 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.

Schools

22 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 4 secondary schools. Bovingdon Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 407 m.

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

Recorded crime

299 published events cover 12 months, averaging 24.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 138 events.

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