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Rosecroft Lane

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25 recorded sales · median £367,500 · Welwyn Hatfield

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Welwyn Hatfield Council · Labour / Liberal Democrat coalition 31/48 seats · 65% · OCD 2026

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

69/100

Good

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£368k

median price

8.9

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£368k

median sold price

9.2 yrs

of local pay to buy

34 min

London — fastest

rail stations

grammar schools

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

shops

72%

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

£302,000 in 2002 → £647,500 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 £367,500. That's about 9.2× local earnings — around the 10.6× five-year average.

Sold price history

2025 · 2 sales

Median sold price · median of all 25 sales£367,500

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%

Owned outright

28%

With a mortgage

29%

Private rented

16%

Social rented

25%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,390

Your band:

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 Rosecroft Lane 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
Oxlease	£355,000	+14.7%	70
Haldens	£364,250	+13.4%	60
Welwyn	£693,000	+13.2%	42
Peartree	£310,000	+10.3%	250
Knightsfield	£448,000	+9.5%	90
Oaklands	£725,000	+8.8%	68
Panshanger	£390,000	+8%	206
Hatfield Hyde	£395,000	+6.7%	142
Birchwood	£391,000	+5.4%	116
Cuffley	£850,000	+0%	94
Salisbury Village	£390,000	-0.2%	46
South Hatfield	£335,000	-1.3%	82
Handside	£562,000	-4.1%	122
Welwyn Garden City	£461,250	-16.4%	76

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 Rosecroft Lane — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
1 Rosecroft Lane	Detached	—	—	£775,000	Dec 2025
5 ROSECROFT LANE	Detached	—	—	£520,000	Sep 2025
5 ROSECROFT LANE	Detached	—	—	£495,000	Aug 2023
7, Rosecroft Lane	Detached	—	—	£895,000	Mar 2023
4 ROSECROFT LANE	Detached	—	—	£996,500	Aug 2021
8a, Rosecroft Lane	Detached	—	—	£638,500	Jun 2021
SOUTH RIDGE, 13 ROSECROFT LANE	Detached	—	—	£538,100	Jun 2019
8a, Rosecroft Lane	Detached	—	—	£415,000	Sep 2016
7, Rosecroft Lane	Detached	—	—	£555,000	Nov 2015
2, Rosecroft Lane	Detached	—	—	£742,500	May 2015
15 Rosecroft Lane	Detached	—	—	£330,000	Dec 2013
5 ROSECROFT LANE	Detached	—	—	£367,500	Jan 2013
12 Rosecroft Lane	Detached	—	—	£342,500	Dec 2011
8 ROSECROFT LANE	Detached	—	—	£410,000	Sep 2011
12 Rosecroft Lane	Detached	—	—	£240,100	Jun 2007
5 ROSECROFT LANE	Semi-detached	—	—	£315,000	Jan 2007
3 ROSECROFT LANE	Detached	—	—	£410,000	Feb 2006
5 ROSECROFT LANE	Semi-detached	—	—	£273,500	Aug 2005
4 ROSECROFT LANE	Detached	—	—	£362,000	Aug 2005
11 ROSECROFT LANE	Detached	—	—	£280,000	Oct 2002
1 Rosecroft Lane	Detached	—	—	£324,000	Jul 2002
7, Rosecroft Lane	Detached	—	—	£125,000	Apr 1998
3 ROSECROFT LANE	Detached	—	—	£169,950	Nov 1997
3 ROSECROFT LANE	Detached	—	—	£130,000	May 1996

Show all sales ↓

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

Violence & sexual offences

365

Anti-social behaviour

218

Shoplifting

116

Other theft

Criminal damage & arson

Public order

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

Ofsted

3 of 3 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 3 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
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Mardley Hill	Nursery	Outstanding ('22)	0.2 km
St Michael's Woolmer Green CofE VA Primary School	Primary	—	0.8 km
St Michael's Pre-school	Nursery	Good ('22)	0.8 km
Oaklands Primary School	Primary	Good ('23)	0.9 km
Meadow View Childcare	Nursery	Good ('21)	1.4 km
Datchworth Pre-School	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.7 km
All Saints Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Datchworth	Primary	Good ('24)	2.1 km
Knebworth Primary and Nursery School	Primary	—	2.2 km
Sherrardswood School	All-through	—	2.3 km
Knebworth Pre-School Group	Nursery	Good ('24)	2.4 km
Stepping Stone Pre School (Knebworth)	Nursery	Good ('25)	2.5 km
Welwyn St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	2.9 km
St John's CofE Primary School	Primary	—	3.0 km
Acorn Playgroup & Pre-School	Nursery	Outstanding ('20)	3.1 km
Homerswood Primary and Nursery School	Primary	Inspected '24 — see report	3.3 km
Knightsfield Nursery & Pre-School C.I.C	Nursery	Good ('24)	3.3 km
Monk's Walk School	Secondary	—	3.3 km
Harwood Hill Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School	Primary	—	3.3 km
Codicote Pre-school (CIO)	Nursery	—	3.3 km
Waterside Academy	Primary	Good ('22)	3.4 km
Annabel's Montessori School	Nursery	Good ('24)	3.7 km
Tewin Under Fives Pre-School	Nursery	Good ('24)	3.7 km
Codicote Church of England Primary School	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	3.7 km
The Holy Family Catholic Primary School	Primary	—	3.8 km
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Welwyn Garden City	Nursery	Outstanding ('22)	3.9 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 2.4 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 1.8 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 2.4 km
NHS ODS

3 of 4 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Knebworth Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.8 km
Knebworth & Marymead Practice	GP	—	2.4 km
Pharmacy Express	Pharmacy	—	2.4 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.4 km
Barnes Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.6 km
Bridge Cottage Surgery	GP	Good ('16)	2.7 km
Codicote Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.2 km
Knightsfield Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.5 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.6 km
Broadwater Dental Practice	Dentist	—	4.1 km
Well	Pharmacy	—	4.2 km
Tesco Instore Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.4 km
Wellcare Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.5 km
Care2Homes	Pharmacy	—	4.6 km
Oaks Cross Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.6 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	4.7 km
Johns & Kelynack Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.8 km
Parkway Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	4.9 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	4.9 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	5.0 km
Peartree Clinic Welwyn	Dentist	—	5.1 km
Dental Beauty Welwyn Garden City	Dentist	—	5.1 km
Watton Place Clinic	GP	—	5.1 km
The Surgery	Dentist	—	5.1 km
Church Road Dental Practice	Dentist	—	5.2 km
Gate2Pharma	Pharmacy	—	5.2 km
Shephall Health Centre	GP	Good ('19)	5.3 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	5.4 km
Peartree Lane Surgery	GP	Good ('18)	5.4 km
Peartree Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.4 km
S.L. Anderson	Pharmacy	—	5.4 km
Hydean Dental Practice	Dentist	—	5.4 km
The Garden City Practice	GP	Requires improvement ('22)	5.5 km
Parkway Community Health Clinic	Dentist	—	5.5 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	5.8 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	5.8 km
Poplars Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.8 km
Asda Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.9 km
Woodhall Dental Practice	Dentist	—	5.9 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	5.9 km
Crescent Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	7.6 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 North Rail Station	1.5 mi	—	no direct train
Knebworth Rail Station	1.5 mi	London Blackfriars	34 min
Watton-At-Stone Rail Station	2.9 mi	—	no direct train
Welwyn Garden City Rail Station	3.1 mi	London Blackfriars	45 min
Stevenage Rail Station	4.0 mi	London Blackfriars	37 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

45%

Work from home

36%

Walk or cycle

10%

Public transport

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

NO₂

11.1

— WHO guide

PM2.5

7.4

— WHO guide

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

Gigabit

72%

Superfast

94.7%

Ultrafast

73.1%

% 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