HP4 3ST

Northchurch · 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 3YU 44 m
HP4 3YZ 45 m
HP4 3YT 56 m
HP4 3YX 66 m
HP4 3SS 76 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HP4 3ST
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 1992
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HP
Postcode district
HP4
Postcode sector
HP4 3
Latitude
51.772297
Longitude
-0.599556
British National Grid easting
496,724
British National Grid northing
209,107

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Dacorum · E07000096
Parish or community
E04004708
Output area
E00118952
Lower layer super output area
Dacorum 006C · E01023416
Middle layer super output area
Dacorum 006 · E02004861

Postcode source versions

Explore HP4

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
20
Primary
14
Secondary
2
  1. St Mary's CofE Primary School, Northchurch

    Voluntary aided school

    748 m
  2. Westfield Primary School

    Community school

    1.2 km
  3. Egerton-Rothesay School

    Other independent school

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
349
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 117
  • Anti social behaviour 72
  • Burglary 30
  • Criminal damage and arson 28
  • Shoplifting 27

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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

2

within 5 km

  • GOSSOMS END SURGERY

    VICTORY ROAD, BERKHAMSTED, HP4 1DL

    ODS code E82652

    1.8 km

  • THE MANOR STREET SURGERY

    ANNANDALE HSE, MANOR STREET, BERKHAMSTED, HP4 2DL

    ODS code E82094

    3.1 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Dudswell Lane

    BCT · Dudswell

    0.1 miles
  • Dudswell Lane

    BCT · Dudswell

    0.1 miles
  • Hamberlins Lane

    BCT · Dudswell

    0.3 miles
  • Hamberlins Lane

    BCT · Dudswell

    0.3 miles
  • Darr's Lane

    BCT · Northchurch

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dacorum 006C, 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

30,203 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
3 of 10
Living environment
6 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

20 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 2 secondary schools. St Mary's CofE Primary School, Northchurch is the nearest published school at 748 m.

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

Recorded crime

349 published events cover 12 months, averaging 29.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 117 events.

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