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 11.1% over five years. 11,352 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.
- £248,500 median sold price (all time)
- £400,000 median price, last 12 months
- 11,352 recorded sales
- +11.1% 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, Jul 2026
Recent sales
| Address | Type | Price | Date |
|---|
| 33 Sotheron Road | Terraced | £465,000 | May 2026 |
| 5C Gladstone Road | Flat | £211,500 | May 2026 |
| 25 Ridgefield | Detached | £900,000 | May 2026 |
| Elizabeth Court, 170 Hempstead Road | Flat | £375,000 | May 2026 |
| 3 Yorke Gate | Detached | £975,000 | May 2026 |
| 25 Shaftesbury Road | Terraced | £395,000 | May 2026 |
| 25 Heathdene Manor | Flat | £112,000 | May 2026 |
| 127B Queens Road | Flat | £142,000 | Apr 2026 |
| Clock House Wellstones | Flat | £114,000 | Apr 2026 |
| 103 Greenbank Road | Detached | £725,000 | Apr 2026 |
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid · Jul 2026
Crime last 12 months
Most common- Violence and sexual offences 775
- Anti-social behaviour 493
- Shoplifting 306
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.
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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)
- 11.2 recorded crimes per 1,000 people (police.uk, Jun 2026)
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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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