Central · Watford · England
Updated September 2026
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Census 2021
11 female, 6 male
1,817 residents
976 residents
3,811 residents
2,089 residents
766 residents
This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WD18 0 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.
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
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.
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within 5 km
GROUND FLOOR, COLNE HOUSE, 21 UPTON ROAD, WATFORD, WD18 0JP
ODS code E82045
424 m
37A ST. JOHNS ROAD, WATFORD, WD17 1LS
ODS code E82015
796 m
38 THE AVENUE, WATFORD, WD17 4NT
ODS code E82069
1.0 km
BUSHEY HEALTH CENTRE, LONDON ROAD, BUSHEY, WD23 2NN
ODS code E82124
1.8 km
BUSHEY HEALTH CENTRE, LONDON ROAD, BUSHEY, WD23 2NN
ODS code E82073
1.8 km
BRIDGEWATER HOUSE, 7 PRINTERS AVENUE, WATFORD, WD18 7QR
ODS code E82013
1.8 km
BRIDGEWATER SURGERIES, 7 PRINTERS AVENUE, WATFORD, WD18 7QR
ODS code Y08362
1.8 km
THE CONSULTING ROOMS, OXHEY DRIVE, WATFORD, WD19 7RU
ODS code E82020
3.2 km
OXHEY DRIVE, WATFORD, WD19 7SF
ODS code E82655
3.2 km
6A NORTH WESTERN AVENUE, WATFORD, WD25 9GP
ODS code E82017
3.2 km
166 NEW ROAD, CROXLEY GREEN, RICKMANSWORTH, WD3 3HD
ODS code E82106
3.5 km
CALIFORNIA LANE, BUSHEY HEATH, BUSHEY, WD23 1EZ
ODS code E82657
4.2 km
6 CUNNINGHAM WAY, WATFORD, WD25 7NL
ODS code E82096
4.7 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
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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
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.
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.
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.
88 open schools are in scope, including 54 primary and 10 secondary schools. Watford Grammar School for Girls is the nearest published school at 179 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
6,480 published events cover 12 months, averaging 540 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,241 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.