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687 recorded sales · median £205,000 · Welwyn Hatfield
Welwyn Hatfield Council · Labour / Liberal Democrat coalition 31/48 seats · 65% · OCD 2026
66/100
Good
AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating
£205k
median price
8.9
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
£205k
median sold price
9.2 yrs
of local pay to buy
34 min
London — fastest
6
rail stations
0
grammar schools
54
schools total
8.9
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
365
Violence — most
11.1
NO₂ · WHO 10
1.1%
in a flood zone
214
green spaces
7.4
PM2.5 · WHO 5
221
eat & drink
68
shops
72%
gigabit
17
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
£227,500 in 2017 → £175,000 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 Welwyn Hatfield, 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 £205,000. That's about 9.2× local earnings — around the 10.6× five-year average.
Sold price history
2025 · 24 sales
Median sold price · median of all 687 sales£205,000
HM Land Registry Price Paid
By property type
Too few sales by type to chart.
Typical home price compared with annual local pay9.2× · five-year average 10.6×
HM Land Registry, 12 months
Home ownership57%
Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021
Council tax£2,390
Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council£252
Hertfordshire County Council (incl. adult social care)£1,858
Police & Crime Commissioner£280
Council tax bands A–H
Band A£1,593
Band B£1,859
Band C£2,125
Band D (baseline)£2,390
Band E£2,921
Band F£3,453
Band G£3,984
Band H£4,780
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 Welwyn Hatfield how Bessemer Road compares · from Welwyn Hatfield
⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Brookmans Park +30.6%
| Neighbourhood | Median price | 5-year change | Sales, 12m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brookmans Park | £1,060,000 | +30.6% | 42 |
| Hatfield | £322,500 | +23.6% | 116 |
| Hall Grove | £435,000 | +22.8% | 130 |
| Roe Green | £325,000 | +20.4% | 62 |
| Hilltop | £297,500 | +18.6% | 64 |
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 Bessemer Road — sold prices
Filters
| Address | Type | Beds | EPC | Price | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 13, Dakota House Bessemer Road | Flat | — | — | £340,000 | Jan 2026 |
| Flat 14 Waldorf House Bessemer Road | Flat | — | — | £103,500 | Jan 2026 |
| Flat 55 Liberty House Bessemer Road | Flat | — | — | £300,000 | Jan 2026 |
| Flat 21 Chrysler House Bessemer Road | Flat | — | — | £108,000 | Dec 2025 |
| Flat 22 Liberty House Bessemer Road | Flat | — | — | £245,000 | Dec 2025 |
| Flat 53 Empire House Bessemer Road | Flat | — | — | £210,000 | Dec 2025 |
| Flat 43 Waldorf House Bessemer Road | Flat | — | — | £122,500 | Dec 2025 |
| Flat 44 Waldorf House Bessemer Road | Flat | — | — | £235,000 | Nov 2025 |
| Flat 72 Chrysler House Bessemer Road | Flat | — | — | £390,000 | Nov 2025 |
| Flat 33 Waldorf House Bessemer Road | Flat | — | — | £340,000 | Oct 2025 |
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 Welwyn Hatfield
Crime runs at 8.9 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 / month8.9
Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months
By category, 12 months from Welwyn Hatfield
Recorded crimes by category across the whole Welwyn Hatfield 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 Welwyn Hatfield
Population119,836
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 — around the national average (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
5.9/10
Employment
6.4/10
Education & skills
6.2/10
Health & disability
6.7/10
Crime
5.9/10
Housing & services
6.0/10
Living environment
7.2/10
Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025
Figures for the wider Welwyn Hatfield — 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+60%
Unemployment · economically active residents6.1%
Degree-level (Level 4+)37%
Good or very good health85%
Own their home57%
Median age37.6
Born outside the UK22%
See the full Welwyn Hatfield report →
ONS Census 2021 · wider district
Schools This street
100% of the 6 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.
Ofsted
6 of 6 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 6 nearest inspected schools
of the 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carter's Sunflowers | Nursery | — | 0.5 km |
| Stagecoach Welwyn-Hatfield | Nursery | — | 0.5 km |
| Busy Bees Day Nursery at Welwyn Garden City | Nursery | Outstanding ('22) | 0.6 km |
| Kids Inc Day Nursery | Nursery | Good ('25) | 0.8 km |
| Annabel's Montessori School | Nursery | Good ('24) | 0.8 km |
| Rowan Tree Day Nursery | Nursery | Outstanding ('22) | 0.8 km |
| Templewood Primary School | Primary | Good ('23) | 0.9 km |
| Playschool Nursery Welwyn GC | Nursery | Good ('22) | 0.9 km |
| Harwood Hill Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School | Primary | — | 1.1 km |
| Peartree Primary School | Primary | — | 1.2 km |
Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted
Health This street
9
nearest GP surgeries · nearest 1.0 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
15
nearest dentists · nearest 0.7 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
15
nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.5 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
5 of 6 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.
Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies
AllGPsDentistsPharmacies
| Name | Type | CQC rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johns & Kelynack Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 0.5 km |
| Care2Homes | Pharmacy | — | 0.7 km |
| Boots | Pharmacy | — | 0.7 km |
| Peartree Clinic Welwyn | Dentist | — | 0.7 km |
| Parkway Dental Surgery | Dentist | — | 0.8 km |
| Dental Beauty Welwyn Garden City | Dentist | — | 0.8 km |
| Church Road Dental Practice | Dentist | — | 0.8 km |
| Peartree Lane Surgery | GP | Good ('18) | 1.0 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 Welwyn Hatfield
5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 34 min from Knebworth Rail Station.
Rail — 5 nearest stations
| Station | Distance | To London | Fastest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Welwyn Garden City Rail Station | 0.4 mi | London Blackfriars | 45 min |
| Welwyn North Rail Station | 1.2 mi | — | no direct train |
| Hatfield (Herts) Rail Station | 3.0 mi | London Blackfriars | 40 min |
| Knebworth Rail Station | 4.2 mi | London Blackfriars | 34 min |
| Hertford North Rail Station | 4.6 mi | — | no direct train |
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
Census travel-to-work — how residents commute
EV charging3 points
Per 10,000 residents0.3
National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion
Environment from Welwyn Hatfield
Air quality
µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA
Ground checks
Surface water 1-in-1002.1%
Flood zone1.1% of postcodes
Radonup to 1–3% of homes
Historic landfill72 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 buildings429
Conservation areas8
Green belt76.6%
Green spaces214
Historic England · OS Open Greenspace
Amenities from Welwyn Hatfield
What's here
| Category | Count | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Eat & drink | 221 | 95% hygiene 4★+ (FSA) |
| Shops | 68 | supermarkets & convenience stores |
| Gyms, leisure & playgrounds | 17 | — |
| Green spaces & parks | 214 | filled areas on the map |
OSM + FSA
Broadband
% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations
Local economy from Welwyn Hatfield
Figures for the wider Welwyn Hatfield — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.
Unemployment rate6.1%
In work (employment rate)59.6%
Companies registered here9,594
New incorporations (12m)1,215
Property companies (SPVs)1,126
See the full Welwyn Hatfield report →
Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district