WD17 — house prices & area data
A free, sourced snapshot of WD17, Watford from Acreright. Every figure shows its source and date; where the data isn’t reliable we say so rather than guess.
WD17 is a postcode district in Watford. Homes here sold for a median of £400,000 over the last year, up 9.6% over five years. 11,408 sales are on record. It sits among England’s less-deprived areas (44% of its postcodes are in the least-deprived 30%). 58% of homes are rated EPC C or better.
- £249,940 median sold price (all time)
- £400,000 median price, last 12 months
- 11,408 recorded sales
- +9.6% 5-year price change
- 44% of postcodes in England’s least-deprived 30%
- 58% 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 |
|---|
| Silas Court Lockhart Road | Flat | £335,000 | Jul 2026 |
| Lorane Court Langley Road | Flat | £330,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 9 Hopwood Close | Terraced | £554,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 97 Langley Road | Flat | £625,000 | Jul 2026 |
| Hertford House Sutton Road | Flat | £203,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 32 Tunnel Wood Road | Detached | £842,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 20 Devereux Drive | Detached | £1,675,000 | Jul 2026 |
| Ashleigh Court, 29 Loates Lane | Flat | £243,500 | Jul 2026 |
| 17 Stamford Road | Terraced | £575,000 | Jun 2026 |
| 17A Essex Road | Flat | £350,000 | Jun 2026 |
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid · Sep 2026
Crime last 12 months
Most common- Violence and sexual offences 748
- Anti-social behaviour 516
- Shoplifting 361
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 Watford district
The figures below cover Watford — the council district WD17 sits within, the finest grain we publish for schools, health, transport, amenities and who lives here.
- £402,000 median home price (HM Land Registry Price Paid, May 2026)
- 102,243 residents (ONS Census 2021 (Nomis), 2021)
- 90% of inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding (Get Information About Schools (GIAS) + Ofsted inspections MI, 2026)
- ≈124 min fastest train to Manchester (OpenStreetMap + National Rail timetable (ATOC/RDG, GTFS), 2026)
- 90% of premises can get gigabit broadband (Ofcom Connected Nations 2024, Jul 2024)
- 11.7 recorded crimes per 1,000 people (police.uk, Jul 2026)
- 80.4 · 84.2 yrs life expectancy (men · women) (OSM (NHS facilities) + IoD2025 health domain + OHID Fingertips (outcomes), 2026/2025)
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Prices by postcode sector
Median sold price — most recent 12 months where available, else all-time. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
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