Avg IMD
Least deprived 30–40%
Census 2021
7,744
Households
2,956
Crimes · Sep '26
66
2,956
Households
White Brit. · 69%
Ethnicity
Christian · 43%
Religion
Least deprived 30⁠–⁠40%
Avg IMD
66
Crimes · Sep '26
£682,500
Median property price · Batchwood · Oct 2025⁠–⁠Sep 2026 · 64 sales
181
Postcodes

Sold prices in Batchwood

England & Wales
Property sales · Batchwood
HM Land Registry · Batchwood
Average price
£735,869
Median price: £682,500
Median -3.0% vs prior 12 months
Standard sales only · Oct 2025–Sep 2026 · 64 sales
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Oct '25 – Sep '26Sep '26: 2 sales · avg £889,975
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£948k£749k£550k
Oct '25Jan '26Apr '26Sep '26
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Police Recorded Crime in Batchwood

England & Wales
Crime trends · Batchwood

Counts are the sum of electoral wards in this area, not a 1-mile street search around a point.

data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearOct '24 – Sep '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
22
YoY +57%
27164
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
ASB
26
YoY —
26166
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
Vehicle Crime
5
YoY —
740
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
Burglary
2
YoY —
530
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
Criminal damage
5
YoY —
1050
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
Other recorded crime
6
YoY —
15104
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26

0 of 1 key categories improving · violent crime rising

66
incidents · Sep '26

Demographics in Batchwood

Ethnicity

Total residents: 7,742
White Brit.69.3%
Other White7.9%
Bangladeshi4.4%
White & Asian1.9%
Other ethnic group1.9%
+ 13 other groups · 14.7%

Religion

Total residents: 7,746
Christian43.0%
No religion39.2%
Muslim8.2%
Not answered6.7%
Hindu1.1%
+ 4 other religions · 1.8%

Age groups

Total residents: 7,743
35–4923.9%
50–6418.9%
25–3410.7%
10–159.8%
5–97.7%
+ 6 other age groups · 29.0%

Households

Total households: 2,956
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children24.3%
One person: other14.0%
One person: aged 66+10.7%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children9.1%
Lone parent family: With dependent children8.6%
+ 9 other households · 33.3%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Batchwood

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Least deprived 30–40%
Mean decile 7.13 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Least deprived 30–40% on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 7.13 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Flood risk in Batchwood

0% of postcodes (0 of 181) are in Flood Zone 3 and 0% in Zone 2, measured at each postcode's centre (EA Flood Map for Planning). Not a property-level assessment.

  • Zone 30 (0%)
  • Zone 20 (0%)
  • Zone 1181 (100%)

Environment Agency flood map for planning · © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right · Open Government Licence v3.0

Transport in Batchwood

Nearest bus stop, Batchwood Hall, is a 3-minute walk from the centre

Bus · 204 m

  • Batchwood Hall

    Bus

    204 m
  • Alverton

    Bus

    228 m
  • Hospital

    Bus

    229 m
  • Batchwood Drive

    Bus

    295 m
  • City Hospital

    Bus

    379 m

NaPTAN · walking distance from the area centre · Bus

Amenities in St Albans

GPs make up most of the mapped places

17 GPs · 7 Museums · 5 Hospitals · 34 in all

  • GPs17
  • Museums7
  • Hospitals5
  • Libraries5

OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure

School applications

We've matched this area to Hertfordshire.

You apply through this education local authority even if the school is in another council area.

St Albans is the district council. School applications go through Hertfordshire.

Last place offered

None of these schools has a published last distance, so we cannot compare this postcode with last year's places. We do not draw catchment maps in this list; where we hold a council's map, it is on the school's page.

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Overview of Batchwood

Coordinates51.7637, -0.3421
Postcodes
181
Census 2021
7,744
Households (Census)
2,956
Recorded crime · Sep '26
66

Postcode Districts in Batchwood

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