Property market
The five-year median is £642,000 from 2,011 recorded sales in HP4. 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.
HP4
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,180
- Current units
- 737
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 12
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- East of England, South East
- Local authority codes
- 3
- Terminated postcode units
- 443
Postcode sectors in HP4
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
16,207 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 129, George Street, Berkhamsted, HP4 2EJ | 29 July 2026 | £425,000 |
| 10, Shrublands Road, Berkhamsted, HP4 3HY | 20 July 2026 | £980,000 |
| 8, William Street, Berkhamsted, HP4 2EL | 17 July 2026 | £528,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 15
- Primary
- 11
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 1,271
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 393
- Anti social behaviour 233
- Shoplifting 129
- Vehicle crime 95
- Criminal damage and arson 95
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- HP4 usual residents
- 24,811
- Age-profile population
- 24,839
Age bands in HP4
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 18.9%
- 4,701 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 8.3%
- 2,073 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 22.2%
- 5,510 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 29.4%
- 7,309 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 21.1%
- 5,246 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 726 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, 656 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 366 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 8 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
2
in this district
GOSSOMS END SURGERY
VICTORY ROAD, BERKHAMSTED, HP4 1DL
ODS code E82652
THE MANOR STREET SURGERY
ANNANDALE HSE, MANOR STREET, BERKHAMSTED, HP4 2DL
ODS code E82094
Evidence in context
Schools
15 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
1,271 published events cover 12 months, averaging 106 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 393 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.