HP4 1HG

Berkhamsted Castle · 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 1HQ 24 m
HP4 1LH 40 m
HP4 1JU 62 m
HP4 1HF 70 m
HP4 1HH 108 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HP4 1HG
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 May 1994
Terminated
1 July 1995
Postcode area
HP
Postcode district
HP4
Postcode sector
HP4 1
Latitude
51.768224
Longitude
-0.565249
British National Grid easting
499,100
British National Grid northing
208,700

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Dacorum · E07000096
Parish or community
E04004697
Output area
E00118700
Lower layer super output area
Dacorum 009D · E01023364
Middle layer super output area
Dacorum 009 · E02004864

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
20
Primary
14
Secondary
2
  1. Bridgewater Primary School

    Community school

    791 m
  2. Berkhamsted School

    Other independent school

    997 m
  3. Victoria Church of England Infant and Nursery School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
968
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 311
  • Anti social behaviour 176
  • Shoplifting 102
  • Criminal damage and arson 71
  • Other theft 67

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

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • GOSSOMS END SURGERY

    VICTORY ROAD, BERKHAMSTED, HP4 1DL

    ODS code E82652

    967 m

  • THE MANOR STREET SURGERY

    ANNANDALE HSE, MANOR STREET, BERKHAMSTED, HP4 2DL

    ODS code E82094

    1.0 km

  • PARKWOOD SURGERY

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

    ODS code E82091

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Castle Hill Avenue

    BCT · Berkhamsted

    0.2 miles
  • Castle Hill Avenue

    BCT · Berkhamsted

    0.2 miles
  • South Park Gardens

    BCT · Berkhamsted

    0.2 miles
  • South Park Gardens

    BCT · Berkhamsted

    0.2 miles
  • Brownlow Road

    BCT · Berkhamsted

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dacorum 009D, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

33,738 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
9 of 10
Living environment
9 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

20 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 2 secondary schools. Bridgewater Primary School is the nearest published school at 791 m.

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

Recorded crime

968 published events cover 12 months, averaging 80.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 311 events.

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