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HP4 2XH

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 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HP4 2PB 102 m
HP4 2XT 114 m
HP4 2PF 154 m
HP4 2PD 162 m
HP4 2EU 222 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HP4 2XH
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 June 1998
Terminated
1 June 2000
Postcode area
HP
Postcode district
HP4
Postcode sector
HP4 2
Latitude
51.761031
Longitude
-0.552146
British National Grid easting
500,020
British National Grid northing
207,918

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
E00118703
Lower layer super output area
Dacorum 009B · E01023362
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
30
Primary
19
Secondary
3

  1. Swing Gate Infant School and Nursery

    Community school

    483 m

  2. Berkhamsted School

    Other independent school

    743 m

  3. Victoria Church of England Infant and Nursery School

    Voluntary aided school

    889 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
727
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 208
  • Anti social behaviour 125
  • Shoplifting 101
  • Criminal damage and arson 49
  • Vehicle crime 48

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
HP4 2 residents
8,109

Age bands in HP4 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.3%

1,387 residents

Age 15 to 24
8%

641 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.2%

1,942 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.1%

2,333 residents

Age 65 and over
21.4%

1,716 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

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE MANOR STREET SURGERY

    ANNANDALE HSE, MANOR STREET, BERKHAMSTED, HP4 2DL

    ODS code E82094

    488 m

  • GOSSOMS END SURGERY

    VICTORY ROAD, BERKHAMSTED, HP4 1DL

    ODS code E82652

    1.8 km

  • PARKWOOD SURGERY

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

    ODS code E82091

    3.9 km

  • ARCHWAY SURGERY

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

    ODS code E82643

    4.5 km

Nearby transport

  • Swing Gate Lane

    BCT · Berkhamsted

    0.3 miles

  • Swing Gate Lane

    BCT · Berkhamsted

    0.3 miles

  • Victoria Road

    BCT · Berkhamsted

    0.4 miles

  • Victoria Road

    BCT · Berkhamsted

    0.4 miles

  • Hall Park

    BCT · Berkhamsted

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dacorum 009B, 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

33,523 of 33,755

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

30 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 3 secondary schools. Swing Gate Infant School and Nursery is the nearest published school at 483 m.

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

Recorded crime

727 published events cover 12 months, averaging 60.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 208 events.

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