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57 recorded sales · median £227,000 · Dacorum
Dacorum Council · Liberal Democrat minority — no overall control 17/51 seats · 33% · OCD 2026
67/100
Good
AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating
£227k
median price
7.9
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
£227k
median sold price
11.9 yrs
of local pay to buy
4
rail stations
0
grammar schools
80
schools total
7.9
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
422
Violence — most
9.3
NO₂ · WHO 10
1.2%
in a flood zone
602
green spaces
7.2
PM2.5 · WHO 5
291
eat & drink
76
shops
74.7%
gigabit
33
gyms & leisure
Tiles show street’s own prices; crime, schools, transport, health & amenities are shown for the wider area — each tab labels its source.
Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities
Sold price trend
£93,750 in 1996 → £475,000 in 2025
⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Dacorum, clearly labelled.
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All figures, sources and dates
Prices2026-07-21
Affordability2025
Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2025 (control)
Crime2026-06
Deprivation2025
Census2021
Schools2026
Health2026/2025
Transport2026
Broadband2024-07
Environment2023–24
Ground checks2022–25
Heritage & planning2026
Amenities2026
Companies2026-07-01
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What does it cost? This street
A typical home here sells for £227,000. That's about 11.9× local earnings — around the 13.2× five-year average.
Sold price history
2025 · 4 sales
Median sold price · median of all 57 sales£227,000
HM Land Registry Price Paid
By property type
Too few sales by type to chart.
Typical home price compared with annual local pay11.9× · five-year average 13.2×
HM Land Registry, 12 months
Home ownership64%
Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021
Council tax£2,381
Dacorum Borough Council£243
Hertfordshire County Council (incl. adult social care)£1,858
Police & Crime Commissioner£280
Council tax bands A–H
Band A£1,588
Band B£1,852
Band C£2,117
Band D (baseline)£2,381
Band E£2,911
Band F£3,440
Band G£3,969
Band H£4,763
Full-year charge for every band, derived from Band D at the statutory ratios (A = 6/9 of Band D … H = 18/9). MHCLG 2026/27.
Pick your band — the breakdown recalculates · MHCLG 2026/27 · hand-curated each April
Neighbourhood prices in Dacorum how Heath Lane compares · from Dacorum
⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Woodhall Farm +69.7%
| Neighbourhood | Median price | 5-year change | Sales, 12m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodhall Farm | £360,000 | +69.7% | 162 |
| Leverstock Green | £592,500 | +58.9% | 140 |
| Bovingdon | £560,000 | +36.5% | 76 |
| Jarman Park | £375,000 | +28.2% | 110 |
| Corner Hall | £420,000 | +21.1% | 54 |
Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months
Homes in Heath Lane — sold prices
Filters
| Address | Type | Beds | EPC | Price | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 3 Smeathman Court Heath Lane | Flat | — | — | £315,000 | Apr 2026 |
| Flat 17 Smeathman Court Heath Lane | Flat | — | — | £375,000 | Aug 2025 |
| Flat 15 Smeathman Court Heath Lane | Flat | — | — | £320,000 | Jun 2025 |
| 17 HEATH LANE | Semi-detached | — | — | £575,000 | Mar 2025 |
| 85 Heath Lane | Semi-detached | — | — | £855,000 | Jan 2025 |
| 17 HEATH LANE | Semi-detached | — | — | £485,000 | Mar 2022 |
| 10, Heath Lane | Semi-detached | — | — | £439,000 | Jun 2021 |
| 23 HEATH LANE HEMEL HEMPSTEAD | Semi-detached | — | — | £420,000 | Jun 2021 |
| Flat 9 Smeathman Court Heath Lane | Flat | — | — | £300,000 | Sep 2018 |
| 21, Heath Lane | Semi-detached | — | — | £475,000 | Jun 2018 |
24 recent sales — showing 10 · Search & browse every home →
Type a street, address or postcode to narrow this list; clear to see the latest sales. Click any home → its full report (sale history, EPC, estimate). Beds inferred from floor area · HM Land Registry + EPC
How safe is it? from Dacorum
Crime runs at 7.9 per 1,000 residents a month. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.
Crime rate
Per 1,000 / month7.9
Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months
By category, 12 months from Dacorum
Recorded crimes by category across the whole Dacorum district, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office
Where crime clusters
police.uk publishes anonymised "on or near" points, not named hotspots. The map above shows where they cluster, with the crime layer on.
Clusters of anonymised on-or-near markers, not addresses · police.uk
Who lives here? from Dacorum
Population155,081
ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood
Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 7/10 · little changed since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 65% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.
Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains
DEPRIVATION
IMD decile 7/10
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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 7/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — less deprived than most (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 65% of neighbourhoods in England are more deprived than this area. The scale runs 1 (most deprived 10%) to 10 (least deprived).
SINCE 2019Was IMD decile 7 in 2019 — little changed since.
The seven things the index measures, each on the same 1–10 scale (higher = better). A low bar shows where the deprivation actually is.
Income
6.5/10
Employment
6.8/10
Education & skills
6.6/10
Health & disability
7.6/10
Crime
6.6/10
Housing & services
6.0/10
Living environment
6.6/10
Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025
Figures for the wider Dacorum — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.
Employment rate · residents aged 16+62%
Unemployment · economically active residents4.4%
Degree-level (Level 4+)38%
Good or very good health85%
Own their home64%
Median age40.8
Born outside the UK14%
ONS Census 2021 · wider district
Schools This street
100% of the 4 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.
Ofsted
4 of 4 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 4 nearest inspected schools
of the 4 nearest inspected schools
GIAS + Ofsted · post-Sept-2024 inspections show "Inspected — see report"
Catchments
Likely-nearest catchment line per school where councils publish polygons; estimated by distance otherwise — always labelled which.
Council catchment polygons + GIAS
Nearest schools 25 nearest schools
AllPrimarySecondaryGrammarNursery
| School | Phase | Ofsted | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Hill Primary School | Primary | — | 0.0 km |
| Young Discoverers Pre-School | Nursery | Good ('25) | 0.1 km |
| The Hemel Hempstead School | Secondary | Good ('22) | 0.1 km |
| Lime Grove Day Nursery | Nursery | Outstanding ('24) | 0.3 km |
| Boxmoor Hall Pre School | Nursery | Good ('23) | 0.5 km |
| Lockers Park School | All-through | — | 0.5 km |
| Boxmoor Primary School | Primary | Good ('24) | 0.6 km |
| Boxmoor Pre-school | Nursery | Good ('24) | 0.6 km |
| Butterflies and Rainbows pre school | Nursery | — | 0.6 km |
| Flower Pots Day Nursery (Boxmoor) | Nursery | Good ('22) | 0.8 km |
Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted
Health This street
13
nearest GP surgeries · nearest 0.6 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
25
nearest dentists · nearest 0.6 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
25
nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.4 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
10 of 10 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.
Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies
AllGPsDentistsPharmacies
| Name | Type | CQC rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superdrug Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 0.4 km |
| Boots | Pharmacy | — | 0.4 km |
| Dental Surgery | Dentist | — | 0.6 km |
| Fernville Surgery | GP | — | 0.6 km |
| Fernville Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 0.6 km |
| Health And Wellbeing Centre | Dentist | — | 0.6 km |
| Marlowes Health Centre | Dentist | — | 0.6 km |
| Alexandra Dental Practice | Dentist | — | 0.7 km |
Nearest first · type to search, or filter by type · click a provider → its full page · NHS ODS + CQC · — = not CQC-rated (e.g. pharmacies)
Getting around from Dacorum
5 nearest stations.
Rail — 5 nearest stations
| Station | Distance | To London | Fastest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hemel Hempstead Rail Station | 0.8 mi | — | no direct train |
| Apsley Rail Station | 1.4 mi | — | no direct train |
| Kings Langley Rail Station | 3.5 mi | — | no direct train |
| Berkhamsted Rail Station | 3.7 mi | — | no direct train |
| St Albans Abbey Rail Station | 5.8 mi | — | no direct train |
Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold · click a station → its page · National Rail
Travel to work
Census travel-to-work — how residents commute
EV charging7 points
Per 10,000 residents0.5
National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion
Environment from Dacorum
Air quality
µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA
Ground checks
Surface water 1-in-1004.3%
Flood zone1.2% of postcodes
RadonAffected Area (up to 5–10%)
Historic landfill97 sites within ~1 km
EA · UKHSA/BGS · Mining Remediation Authority — indicative, not a property search
Transport noise (Defra)
Road & rail noise bands (≥55 / ≥65 dB Lden) are being added — not yet available for this area. They cover major sources only; "not mapped" ≠ "quiet".
Defra strategic noise mapping
Heritage & green space
Listed buildings923
Conservation areas23
Green belt50.1%
Green spaces602
Historic England · OS Open Greenspace
Amenities from Dacorum
What's here
| Category | Count | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Eat & drink | 291 | 94% hygiene 4★+ (FSA) |
| Shops | 76 | supermarkets & convenience stores |
| Gyms, leisure & playgrounds | 33 | — |
| Green spaces & parks | 602 | filled areas on the map |
OSM + FSA
Broadband
% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations
Local economy from Dacorum
Figures for the wider Dacorum — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.
Unemployment rate4.4%
In work (employment rate)62.4%
Companies registered here14,760
New incorporations (12m)1,639
Property companies (SPVs)1,390
Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district