HP4 1EJ

Berkhamsted West · Dacorum · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Dacorum
Postcode district
HP4
Postcode sector
HP4 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HP4 1HL 66 m
HP4 1DW 78 m
HP4 1FH 78 m
HP4 1FB 88 m
HP4 1FG 90 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HP4 1EJ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 June 1997
Terminated
1 June 2008
Postcode area
HP
Postcode district
HP4
Postcode sector
HP4 1
Latitude
51.765664
Longitude
-0.575865
British National Grid easting
498,373
British National Grid northing
208,401

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Dacorum · E07000096
Parish or community
E04004697
Output area
E00189354
Lower layer super output area
Dacorum 012B · E01023370
Middle layer super output area
Dacorum 012 · E02004867

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
16
Primary
11
Secondary
1
  1. Bridgewater Primary School

    Community school

    551 m
  2. Westfield Primary School

    Community school

    643 m
  3. St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

    Academy converter

    794 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
956
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 298
  • Anti social behaviour 169
  • Shoplifting 129
  • Vehicle crime 72
  • Other theft 66

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
HP4 1 residents
6,397

Age bands in HP4 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.5%

1,174 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.3%

499 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.3%

1,223 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.9%

1,804 residents

Age 65 and over
22%

1,329 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.

GP practices

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • GOSSOMS END SURGERY

    VICTORY ROAD, BERKHAMSTED, HP4 1DL

    ODS code E82652

    210 m

  • THE MANOR STREET SURGERY

    ANNANDALE HSE, MANOR STREET, BERKHAMSTED, HP4 2DL

    ODS code E82094

    1.3 km

Nearby transport

  • Billet Lane

    BCT · Berkhamsted

    0.1 miles
  • Billet Lane

    BCT · Berkhamsted

    0.1 miles
  • Dukes Way

    BCT · Berkhamsted

    0.2 miles
  • Dukes Way

    BCT · Berkhamsted

    0.2 miles
  • Cross Oak Road

    BCT · Berkhamsted

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dacorum 012B, 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

28,651 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
7 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

16 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 1 secondary schools. Bridgewater Primary School is the nearest published school at 551 m.

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

Recorded crime

956 published events cover 12 months, averaging 79.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 298 events.

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