Schools
84 open schools are in scope, including 53 primary and 8 secondary schools. Field Junior School is the nearest published school at 336 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
WD17 2FF
Central · Watford · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- WD17 2FF
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 December 2000
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- WD
- Postcode district
- WD17
- Postcode sector
- WD17 2
- Latitude
- 51.651774
- Longitude
- -0.390838
- British National Grid easting
- 511,420
- British National Grid northing
- 196,001
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- Watford · E07000103
- Electoral ward
- Central · E05011047
- Parish or community
- E43000082
- Westminster constituency
- Watford · E14001568
- Output area
- E00121175
- Lower layer super output area
- Watford 009D · E01023862
- Middle layer super output area
- Watford 009 · E02004976
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore WD17
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 84
- Primary
- 53
- Secondary
- 8
- 336 m
Field Junior School
Community school
- 336 m
Watford Field School (Infant & Nursery)
Community school
- 455 m
Central Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 6,062
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,109
- Anti social behaviour 818
- Shoplifting 621
- Other theft 459
- Public order 421
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- WD17 2 residents
- 4,686
Age bands in WD17 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.3%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 45.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 20.3%
- Age 65 and over
- 6.5%
911 residents
461 residents
2,269 residents
1,011 residents
326 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+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- 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
13
within 5 km
WATFORD HEALTH CENTRE
GROUND FLOOR, COLNE HOUSE, 21 UPTON ROAD, WATFORD, WD18 0JP
ODS code E82045
894 m
SUTHERGREY HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE
37A ST. JOHNS ROAD, WATFORD, WD17 1LS
ODS code E82015
1.2 km
ATTENBOROUGH SURGERY
BUSHEY HEALTH CENTRE, LONDON ROAD, BUSHEY, WD23 2NN
ODS code E82124
1.3 km
MANOR VIEW PRACTICE
BUSHEY HEALTH CENTRE, LONDON ROAD, BUSHEY, WD23 2NN
ODS code E82073
1.3 km
THE ELMS SURGERY
38 THE AVENUE, WATFORD, WD17 4NT
ODS code E82069
1.4 km
BRIDGEWATER SURGERIES
BRIDGEWATER HOUSE, 7 PRINTERS AVENUE, WATFORD, WD18 7QR
ODS code E82013
2.2 km
SAS WEST HERTS
BRIDGEWATER SURGERIES, 7 PRINTERS AVENUE, WATFORD, WD18 7QR
ODS code Y08362
2.2 km
CONSULTING ROOMS
THE CONSULTING ROOMS, OXHEY DRIVE, WATFORD, WD19 7RU
ODS code E82020
2.9 km
SOUTH OXHEY SURGERY
OXHEY DRIVE, WATFORD, WD19 7SF
ODS code E82655
2.9 km
GARSTON MEDICAL CENTRE
6A NORTH WESTERN AVENUE, WATFORD, WD25 9GP
ODS code E82017
3.4 km
LITTLE BUSHEY SURGERY
CALIFORNIA LANE, BUSHEY HEATH, BUSHEY, WD23 1EZ
ODS code E82657
3.8 km
NEW ROAD SURGERY
166 NEW ROAD, CROXLEY GREEN, RICKMANSWORTH, WD3 3HD
ODS code E82106
3.9 km
EASTBURY SURGERY
3 EASTBURY ROAD, NORTHWOOD, HA6 3BG
ODS code E86028
5.0 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
- 0.0 miles
Watford High Street Railway Station
BCT · Watford
- 0.0 miles
Watford High Street Railway Station
BCT · Watford
- 0.1 miles
Watford High Street Rail Station
RSE · Watford
- 0.1 miles
Watford High Street Rail Station
RLY · Watford
- 0.1 miles
Crosfield Court
BCT · Watford
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Watford 009D, 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
5 of 10
Overall England rank
15,789 of 33,755
- Income
- 5 of 10
- Employment
- 6 of 10
- Education and skills
- 8 of 10
- Health and disability
- 7 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 5 of 10
- Living environment
- 2 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
Recorded crime
6,062 published events cover 12 months, averaging 505.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,109 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.