HP4 3LY

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 3YE 8 m
HP4 3YF 28 m
HP4 3PD 43 m
HP4 3LX 67 m
HP4 3BZ 95 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HP4 3LY
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1998
Postcode area
HP
Postcode district
HP4
Postcode sector
HP4 3
Latitude
51.757502
Longitude
-0.573890
British National Grid easting
498,527
British National Grid northing
207,496

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Dacorum · E07000096
Parish or community
E04004697
Output area
E00118724
Lower layer super output area
Dacorum 012D · E01023372
Middle layer super output area
Dacorum 012 · E02004867

Postcode source versions

Explore HP4

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
19
Primary
13
Secondary
1
  1. St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

    Academy converter

    475 m
  2. Greenway Primary and Nursery School

    Community school

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

    Voluntary aided school

    662 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,023
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 334
  • Anti social behaviour 188
  • Shoplifting 102
  • Vehicle crime 75
  • Other theft 74

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

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • GOSSOMS END SURGERY

    VICTORY ROAD, BERKHAMSTED, HP4 1DL

    ODS code E82652

    777 m

  • THE MANOR STREET SURGERY

    ANNANDALE HSE, MANOR STREET, BERKHAMSTED, HP4 2DL

    ODS code E82094

    1.1 km

  • ARCHWAY SURGERY

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

    ODS code E82643

    4.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Orchard Avenue

    BCT · Shootersway

    0.3 miles
  • Queen's Road

    BCT · Shootersway

    0.3 miles
  • Ashlyns School

    BCT · Berkhamsted

    0.4 miles
  • Cross Oak Road

    BCT · Berkhamsted

    0.4 miles
  • Ashlyns School

    BCT · Berkhamsted

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dacorum 012D, 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

33,683 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
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

19 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 1 secondary schools. St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is the nearest published school at 475 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,023 published events cover 12 months, averaging 85.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 334 events.

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