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Melne Road

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14 recorded sales · median £124,500 · Stevenage

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Stevenage Council · Labour-controlled 22/39 seats · 56% · OCD 2026

Overview Valuation Safety Who lives here Schools Health Getting around Environment Amenities & economy

75/100

Good

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£125k

median price

10.4

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£125k

median sold price

7.4 yrs

of local pay to buy

34 min

London — fastest

rail stations

grammar schools

schools total

10.4

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

350

Violence — most

10.7

NO₂ · WHO 10

1.1%

in a flood zone

green spaces

7.1

PM2.5 · WHO 5

126

eat & drink

shops

87.6%

gigabit

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

£39,000 in 1995 → £140,000 in 2007

⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Stevenage, 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 £124,500. That's about 7.4× local earnings — around the 8.1× five-year average.

Sold price history

2007 · 2 sales

Median sold price · median of all 14 sales£124,500

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay7.4× · five-year average 8.1×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Home ownership57%

Owned outright

26%

With a mortgage

31%

Private rented

15%

Social rented

26%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,392

Your band:

Stevenage Borough Council£254

Hertfordshire County Council (incl. adult social care)£1,858

Police & Crime Commissioner£280

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£1,595

Band B£1,860

Band C£2,126

Band D (baseline)£2,392

Band E£2,924

Band F£3,455

Band G£3,987

Band H£4,784

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 Stevenage how Melne Road compares · from Stevenage

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Fishers Green +38.1%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
Fishers Green	£437,500	+38.1%	80
Rooks Nest	£369,300	+35.1%	64
Shephall	£335,000	+26.4%	134
Symonds Green	£345,000	+26.1%	80
Bedwell	£350,000	+25.8%	88
Pin Green	£331,250	+22.8%	140
Broadwater	£358,500	+22.4%	136
Poplars	£335,000	+21.9%	66
Chells	£335,000	+17.9%	252
St Nicholas	£325,750	+15.4%	60
Old Town	£375,000	+15%	174
Stevenage	£300,000	+13.9%	96
Chells Manor	£350,000	+12.9%	114
Bragbury End	£350,500	-2%	82

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 Melne Road — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
4 Melne Road	Terraced	—	—	£310,000	Oct 2023
15, Melne Road	Terraced	—	—	£250,000	Dec 2015
7, Melne Road	Terraced	—	—	£174,995	Aug 2013
12 Melne Road	Terraced	—	—	£146,500	Jun 2012
12 Melne Road	Terraced	—	—	£130,000	Mar 2009
7, Melne Road	Terraced	—	—	£125,000	Jul 2007
4 Melne Road	Terraced	—	—	£155,000	Jan 2007
4 Melne Road	Terraced	—	—	£124,000	Oct 2003
2 MELNE ROAD	Terraced	—	—	£110,000	Aug 2002
12 Melne Road	Terraced	—	—	£70,950	Aug 2001
10 MELNE ROAD	Terraced	—	—	£64,000	Aug 2000
12 Melne Road	Terraced	—	—	£53,995	May 1998
12 Melne Road	Terraced	—	—	£39,000	Oct 1995
10 MELNE ROAD	Terraced	—	—	£39,000	Aug 1995

Show all sales ↓

14 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 Stevenage

Crime runs at 10.4 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 / month10.4

Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months from Stevenage

Violence & sexual offences

350

Anti-social behaviour

188

Shoplifting

107

Public order

Criminal damage & arson

Other theft

Recorded crimes by category across the whole Stevenage 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 Stevenage

Population89,495

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood

Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 5/10 · little changed since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 45% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.

Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains

DEPRIVATION

IMD decile 5/10

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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 5/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — around the national average (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 45% 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 5 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

5.0/10

Employment

5.3/10

Education & skills

4.5/10

Health & disability

5.1/10

Crime

5.3/10

Housing & services

5.8/10

Living environment

7.3/10

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025

Figures for the wider Stevenage — 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+64%

Unemployment · economically active residents4.9%

Degree-level (Level 4+)30%

Good or very good health83%

Own their home57%

Median age38.3

Born outside the UK17%

See the full Stevenage report →

ONS Census 2021 · wider district

Schools This street

80% of the 5 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

4 of 5 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 5 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
Little Conkers Limited	Nursery	—	0.2 km
Longmeadow Primary School	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	0.3 km
Playhouse Pre-school Broadwater	Nursery	Good ('22)	0.3 km
Shephalbury Park Primary School	Primary	Good ('22)	0.4 km
Little Conkers Limited - Willows link	Nursery	—	0.5 km
Twizzle Tops The Willows	Nursery	Good ('25)	0.5 km
Barnwell School	Secondary	Good ('21)	1.0 km
Stagecoach Stevenage	Nursery	—	1.0 km
Little Learners Pre-School	Nursery	Good ('24)	1.2 km
Roebuck Academy	Primary	Inspected '26 — see report	1.3 km
Peartree Spring Primary School	Primary	—	1.3 km
Four Seasons Nursery & Pre-School CIC	Nursery	—	1.4 km
Featherstone Wood Primary School	Primary	Good ('22)	1.5 km
Bunnies Preschool (Shephall)	Nursery	Good ('24)	1.5 km
Monkey Puzzle Stevenage Day Nursery and Preschool	Nursery	—	1.5 km
Stepping Stone Pre School (Knebworth)	Nursery	Good ('25)	1.6 km
Triangle Pre-School	Nursery	Good ('24)	1.6 km
St Margaret Clitherow Roman Catholic Primary School	Primary	Good ('24)	1.7 km
Rookies Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('25)	1.8 km
Aston St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	1.9 km
Aston Preschool	Nursery	Good ('21)	1.9 km
Ashtree Primary Academy	Primary	Requires improvement ('21)	1.9 km
Knebworth Primary and Nursery School	Primary	—	1.9 km
Knebworth Pre-School Group	Nursery	Good ('24)	1.9 km
St Nicholas CofE (VA) Primary School and Nursery	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	2.2 km

Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted

Health This street

nearest GP surgeries · nearest 1.2 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 0.3 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.5 km
NHS ODS

3 of 3 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Broadwater Dental Practice	Dentist	—	0.3 km
Well	Pharmacy	—	0.5 km
Oaks Cross Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.5 km
Shephall Health Centre	GP	Good ('19)	1.2 km
Wellcare Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.2 km
S.L. Anderson	Pharmacy	—	1.3 km
Tesco Instore Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.4 km
Hydean Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.4 km
Knebworth & Marymead Practice	GP	—	1.7 km
Pharmacy Express	Pharmacy	—	1.7 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.8 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.8 km
Poplars Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.8 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	2.2 km
Knebworth Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.3 km
Asda Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.6 km
Bedwell Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.7 km
Bedwell Medical Centre	GP	Good ('24)	2.7 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.8 km
Market Place (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	3.0 km
Market Place (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	3.0 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	3.1 km
Superdrug Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.1 km
Coopers Chemist	Pharmacy	—	3.1 km
Chells Dental Practice	Dentist	—	3.3 km
Tesco Instore Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.3 km
Archer Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.4 km
King George & Manor House Surgeries	GP	—	3.8 km
Inline Orthodontics	Dentist	—	4.0 km
Stevenage Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.0 km
Medix Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.1 km
Oval Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.2 km
Bradley J Abrahams & Associates	Dentist	—	4.2 km
Stanmore Medical Group	GP	—	4.3 km
High Street (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	4.3 km
Stearns (Chemists) Ltd	Pharmacy	—	4.4 km
Old Town Dental Practice	Dentist	—	4.4 km
Tooth Club Old Town Dental Practice	Dentist	—	4.4 km
Watton Place Clinic	GP	—	4.5 km
The Surgery	Dentist	—	4.5 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	4.9 km
St. Nicholas Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.9 km
The Symonds Green Health Centre	GP	—	4.9 km
Md Chemist	Pharmacy	—	4.9 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	5.0 km
Great Ashby Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.5 km
Codicote Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.5 km
Barnes Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	6.3 km
Bridge Cottage Surgery	GP	Good ('16)	6.4 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 Stevenage

5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 34 min from Knebworth Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
Knebworth Rail Station	1.1 mi	London Blackfriars	34 min
Stevenage Rail Station	2.1 mi	London Blackfriars	37 min
Watton-At-Stone Rail Station	2.8 mi	—	no direct train
Welwyn North Rail Station	4.0 mi	—	no direct train
Welwyn Garden City Rail Station	5.7 mi	London Blackfriars	45 min

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Knebworth Rail Station (34 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail

Travel to work

Drive

54%

Work from home

28%

Walk or cycle

10%

Public transport

Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging4 points

Per 10,000 residents0.4

National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion

Environment from Stevenage

Air quality

NO₂

10.7

— WHO guide

PM2.5

7.1

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1002%

Flood zone1.1% of postcodes

Radonup to 1–3% of homes

Historic landfill2 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 buildings130

Conservation areas7

Green belt6.9%

Green spaces80

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from Stevenage

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	126	96% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	37	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	5	—
Green spaces & parks	80	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

87.6%

Superfast

98.5%

Ultrafast

87.6%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from Stevenage

Figures for the wider Stevenage — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Unemployment rate4.9%

In work (employment rate)63.8%

Companies registered here7,388

New incorporations (12m)824

Property companies (SPVs)759

See the full Stevenage report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district