HP4 3HW

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 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HP4 3JG 43 m
HP4 3JQ 48 m
HP4 3JE 104 m
HP4 3JD 116 m
HP4 3JH 126 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HP4 3HW
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 September 1991
Terminated
1 May 1994
Postcode area
HP
Postcode district
HP4
Postcode sector
HP4 3
Latitude
51.760275
Longitude
-0.577092
British National Grid easting
498,300
British National Grid northing
207,800

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Dacorum · E07000096
Parish or community
E04004697
Output area
E00118722
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
10
Secondary
1
  1. St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

    Academy converter

    258 m
  2. Greenway Primary and Nursery School

    Community school

    374 m
  3. Egerton-Rothesay School

    Other independent school

    818 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,016
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 336
  • Anti social behaviour 191
  • Shoplifting 102
  • Vehicle crime 75
  • Criminal damage and arson 71

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
HP4 3 residents
10,305

Age bands in HP4 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.8%

2,140 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.6%

933 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.7%

2,345 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.4%

3,172 residents

Age 65 and over
20.4%

2,201 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

    427 m

  • THE MANOR STREET SURGERY

    ANNANDALE HSE, MANOR STREET, BERKHAMSTED, HP4 2DL

    ODS code E82094

    1.3 km

Nearby transport

  • Orchard Avenue

    BCT · Shootersway

    0.1 miles
  • Finch Road

    BCT · Shootersway

    0.1 miles
  • Queen's Road

    BCT · Shootersway

    0.1 miles
  • Queen's Road

    BCT · Shootersway

    0.2 miles
  • Orchard Avenue

    BCT · Shootersway

    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 10 primary and 1 secondary schools. St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is the nearest published school at 258 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,016 published events cover 12 months, averaging 84.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 336 events.

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