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HP4 1LJ

Berkhamsted Castle · Dacorum · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Berkhamsted Castle
Local authority
Dacorum
Constituency
Harpenden and Berkhamsted
Postcode district
HP4
Postcode sector
HP4 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HP4 1FQ 135 m
HP4 2AJ 151 m
HP4 1HB 160 m
HP4 2BG 175 m
HP4 2EZ 192 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HP4 1LJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1995
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HP
Postcode district
HP4
Postcode sector
HP4 1
Latitude
51.763581
Longitude
-0.559860
British National Grid easting
499,482
British National Grid northing
208,191

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Dacorum · E07000096
Electoral ward
Berkhamsted Castle · E05004697
Parish or community
E04004697
Westminster constituency
Harpenden and Berkhamsted · E14001268
Output area
E00118704
Lower layer super output area
Dacorum 009A · E01023361
Middle layer super output area
Dacorum 009 · E02004864

Postcode source versions

Explore HP4

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
24
Primary
16
Secondary
2

  1. Berkhamsted School

    Other independent school

    500 m

  2. Victoria Church of England Infant and Nursery School

    Voluntary aided school

    605 m

  3. Swing Gate Infant School and Nursery

    Community school

    792 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
879
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 262
  • Anti social behaviour 160
  • Shoplifting 102
  • Other theft 62
  • Vehicle crime 60

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
2

1 female, 1 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
2.0
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

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider HP4 1 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.

GP practices

4

within 5 km

  • THE MANOR STREET SURGERY

    ANNANDALE HSE, MANOR STREET, BERKHAMSTED, HP4 2DL

    ODS code E82094

    428 m

  • GOSSOMS END SURGERY

    VICTORY ROAD, BERKHAMSTED, HP4 1DL

    ODS code E82652

    1.2 km

  • PARKWOOD SURGERY

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

    ODS code E82091

    4.5 km

  • ARCHWAY SURGERY

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

    ODS code E82643

    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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Bridgewater Road

    BCT · Berkhamsted

    0.1 miles

  • Bridgewater Road

    BCT · Berkhamsted

    0.1 miles

  • Brownlow Road

    BCT · Berkhamsted

    0.1 miles

  • Berkhamsted Rail Station

    RSE · Berkhamsted

    0.1 miles

  • Brownlow Road

    BCT · Berkhamsted

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dacorum 009A, 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

28,097 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
3 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
0
Low risk addresses
0
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

Schools

24 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 2 secondary schools. Berkhamsted School is the nearest published school at 500 m.

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

Recorded crime

879 published events cover 12 months, averaging 73.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 262 events.

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