AL8 — house prices & area data
A free, sourced snapshot of AL8, Welwyn Hatfield from Acreright. Every figure shows its source and date; where the data isn’t reliable we say so rather than guess.
AL8 is a postcode district in Welwyn Hatfield. Homes here sold for a median of £500,000 over the last year, up 3.8% over five years. 6,628 sales are on record. It sits among England’s less-deprived areas (49% of its postcodes are in the least-deprived 30%). 49% of homes are rated EPC C or better.
- £265,000 median sold price (all time)
- £500,000 median price, last 12 months
- 6,628 recorded sales
- +3.8% 5-year price change
- 49% of postcodes in England’s least-deprived 30%
- 49% of homes rated EPC C or better
- Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid & English Indices of Deprivation, Sep 2026
Recent sales
| Address | Type | Price | Date |
|---|
| 8 Marsden Close | Terraced | £465,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 6 Picketts | Semi | £425,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 4 Brockett Close | Terraced | £556,500 | Jul 2026 |
| 42 Ingles | Terraced | £387,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 8 Maidensfield | Flat | £250,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 5 Willow Grove | Detached | £740,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 12 Mandeville Rise | Detached | £1,397,500 | Jul 2026 |
| 27 Fordwich Road | Semi | £780,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 33 Barleycroft Road | Detached | £720,000 | Jun 2026 |
| 38 Sherrardspark Road | Detached | £1,900,000 | Jun 2026 |
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid · Sep 2026
Crime last 12 months
Most common- Anti-social behaviour 526
- Shoplifting 474
- Violence and sexual offences 472
Source: police.uk street-level crime (Open Government Licence) · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Locations are anonymised "on or near" markers — where crime clusters, not a specific address.
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Across the wider Welwyn Hatfield district
The figures below cover Welwyn Hatfield — the council district AL8 sits within, the finest grain we publish for schools, health, transport, amenities and who lives here.
- £425,000 median home price (HM Land Registry Price Paid, May 2026)
- 119,837 residents (ONS Census 2021 (Nomis), 2021)
- 95% of inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding (Get Information About Schools (GIAS) + Ofsted inspections MI, 2026)
- ≈40 min fastest train to London (OpenStreetMap + National Rail timetable (ATOC/RDG, GTFS), 2026)
- 72% of premises can get gigabit broadband (Ofcom Connected Nations 2024, Jul 2024)
- 9.7 recorded crimes per 1,000 people (police.uk, Jul 2026)
- 80.6 · 84.9 yrs life expectancy (men · women) (OSM (NHS facilities) + IoD2025 health domain + OHID Fingertips (outcomes), 2026/2025)
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Prices by postcode sector
| Sector | Median price | Sales |
|---|
| AL8 6 | £473,750 | 3,267 |
| AL8 7 | £556,500 | 3,361 |
Median sold price — most recent 12 months where available, else all-time. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
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