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 £535,000 over the last year, up 4.1% over five years. 6,590 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)
- £535,000 median price, last 12 months
- 6,590 recorded sales
- +4.1% 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, Jul 2026
Recent sales
| Address | Type | Price | Date |
|---|
| 84 Longcroft Lane | Semi | £710,000 | May 2026 |
| 258 Knightsfield | Terraced | £390,000 | May 2026 |
| 115 Guessens Road | Terraced | £467,500 | Apr 2026 |
| Rosanne House Bridge Road | Flat | £505,000 | Apr 2026 |
| Longcroft House Fretherne Road | Flat | £226,000 | Apr 2026 |
| 3 Lemsford Village | Terraced | £585,000 | Apr 2026 |
| 8 Scotts View | Detached | £950,000 | Apr 2026 |
| 45 Marsden Road | Terraced | £560,000 | Apr 2026 |
| 73 Knightsfield | Terraced | £455,000 | Mar 2026 |
| 5 Guessens Road | Semi | £861,000 | Mar 2026 |
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid · Jul 2026
Crime last 12 months
Most common- Anti-social behaviour 495
- Violence and sexual offences 486
- Shoplifting 409
Source: police.uk street-level crime (Open Government Licence) · Jun 2025 – May 2026. Locations are anonymised "on or near" markers — where crime clusters, not a specific address.
Street-level crime map near here →
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)
- 8.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 people (police.uk, Jun 2026)
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Prices by postcode sector
| Sector | Median price | Sales |
|---|
| AL8 6 | £495,000 | 3,248 |
| AL8 7 | £578,000 | 3,342 |
Median sold price — most recent 12 months where available, else all-time. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
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