Schools
85 open schools are in scope, including 52 primary and 12 secondary schools. West Herts College is the nearest published school at 293 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
WD17 3DJ
Park · Watford · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- WD17 3DJ
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 October 2000
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- WD
- Postcode district
- WD17
- Postcode sector
- WD17 3
- Latitude
- 51.662179
- Longitude
- -0.410726
- British National Grid easting
- 510,019
- British National Grid northing
- 197,128
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- Watford · E07000103
- Electoral ward
- Park · E05011053
- Parish or community
- E43000082
- Westminster constituency
- Watford · E14001568
- Output area
- E00121307
- Lower layer super output area
- Watford 008D · E01023889
- Middle layer super output area
- Watford 008 · E02004975
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
Property
10 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 9, Stratford Way, Watford, WD17 3DJ | 10 February 2021 | £820,000 |
| 24, Stratford Way, Watford, WD17 3DJ | 6 December 2019 | £930,000 |
| 13, Stratford Way, Watford, WD17 3DJ | 19 September 2014 | £650,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 85
- Primary
- 52
- Secondary
- 12
- 293 m
West Herts College
Further education
- 301 m
Lanchester Primary School
Free schools
- 833 m
Watford Grammar School for Boys
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 5,976
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,148
- Anti social behaviour 809
- Shoplifting 540
- Other theft 463
- Public order 416
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 33
- Postcode households
- 10
- Residents per household
- 3.3
- WD17 3 residents
- 4,134
13 female, 20 male
Age bands in WD17 3
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.4%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 19.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 21.8%
753 residents
462 residents
804 residents
1,186 residents
896 residents
This postcode contained 0.8% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WD17 3 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
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
14
within 5 km straight-line
THE ELMS SURGERY
38 THE AVENUE, WATFORD, WD17 4NT
ODS code E82069
454 m
SUTHERGREY HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE
37A ST. JOHNS ROAD, WATFORD, WD17 1LS
ODS code E82015
744 m
WATFORD HEALTH CENTRE
GROUND FLOOR, COLNE HOUSE, 21 UPTON ROAD, WATFORD, WD18 0JP
ODS code E82045
906 m
BRIDGEWATER SURGERIES
BRIDGEWATER HOUSE, 7 PRINTERS AVENUE, WATFORD, WD18 7QR
ODS code E82013
1.5 km
SAS WEST HERTS
BRIDGEWATER SURGERIES, 7 PRINTERS AVENUE, WATFORD, WD18 7QR
ODS code Y08362
1.5 km
GARSTON MEDICAL CENTRE
6A NORTH WESTERN AVENUE, WATFORD, WD25 9GP
ODS code E82017
2.6 km
NEW ROAD SURGERY
166 NEW ROAD, CROXLEY GREEN, RICKMANSWORTH, WD3 3HD
ODS code E82106
3.0 km
ATTENBOROUGH SURGERY
BUSHEY HEALTH CENTRE, LONDON ROAD, BUSHEY, WD23 2NN
ODS code E82124
3.1 km
MANOR VIEW PRACTICE
BUSHEY HEALTH CENTRE, LONDON ROAD, BUSHEY, WD23 2NN
ODS code E82073
3.1 km
SHEEPCOT MEDICAL CENTRE
6 CUNNINGHAM WAY, WATFORD, WD25 7NL
ODS code E82096
3.7 km
CONSULTING ROOMS
THE CONSULTING ROOMS, OXHEY DRIVE, WATFORD, WD19 7RU
ODS code E82020
4.3 km
SOUTH OXHEY SURGERY
OXHEY DRIVE, WATFORD, WD19 7SF
ODS code E82655
4.3 km
ABBOTSWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE
12 KATHERINE PLACE, COLLEGE ROAD, ABBOTS LANGLEY, WD5 0BT
ODS code E82105
4.3 km
VINE HOUSE HEALTH CENTRE
87-89 HIGH STREET, ABBOTS LANGLEY, WD5 0AL
ODS code E82046
4.8 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Stratford Way
BCT · Watford
- 0.1 miles
Stratford Way
BCT · Watford
- 0.1 miles
Stratford Road
BCT · Watford
- 0.1 miles
Stratford Road
BCT · Watford
- 0.2 miles
Alexandra Road
BCT · Watford
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Watford 008D, 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
33,711 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
- 10 of 10
- Living environment
- 9 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
Recorded crime
5,976 published events cover 12 months, averaging 498 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,148 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.