Batchwood Area Guide | £665k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha
Avg IMD
Low deprivation
Population
8,072
Households
3,089
Crimes · Jun '26
Around average · 5.8 per 1k
3,089
Households
White Brit. · 70%
Ethnicity
Christian · 43%
Religion
Low deprivation
Avg IMD
Around average · 5.8 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£664,988
Median property price
181
Postcodes
3,089
Households
White Brit. · 70%
Ethnicity
Christian · 43%
Religion
Low deprivation
Avg IMD
Around average · 5.8 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£664,988
Median property price
181
Postcodes

Sold prices in Batchwood

England & Wales
Property sales · Batchwood
HM Land Registry · Batchwood
Average price
£710,400
YoY: -7.2%
Median price: £682,063
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 4 sales · avg £589,750
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£1.2m£896k£561k
Aug '24Feb '25Aug '25Feb '26Jul '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 yearJul '24 – Jun '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
24
YoY +140%
24143
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
10
YoY -29%
15104
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
2
YoY —
630
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
0
YoY —
530
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
6
YoY —
1050
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

1 of 5 key categories improving · violent crime rising

47
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in Batchwood

No high or medium flood zones in the sample

9 sampled points outside Zones 2 and 3

Not in a flood zoneZone 2Zone 3

None of the sample points sit in published Zone 2 or Zone 3.

Environment Agency flood map for planning · 9-point area sample, not a check on any one property

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.

Apply for a primary place via Hertfordshire

GOV.UK is the official apply and admissions handoff. We do not link a generic council homepage. Per-LA composite prospectus URLs are not in the API yet.

Amenities in Batchwood

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

Overview of Batchwood

Coordinates51.7637, -0.3421
Postcodes
181
Population (Census)
8,072
Households (Census)
3,089
Recorded crime · Jun '26
Around average · 5.8 per 1k

Demographics in Batchwood

Ethnicity

Total residents: 8,072
White Brit.69.7%
Other White7.8%
Bangladeshi4.3%
White & Asian1.9%
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group1.9%
+ 9 other groups · 14.4%

Religion

Total residents: 8,071
Christian43.0%
No religion39.4%
Muslim7.9%
Not answered6.8%
Hindu1.1%
+ other · 1.8%

Age groups

Total residents: 8,072
35–4923.9%
50–6419.1%
25–3410.7%
10–159.7%
5–97.7%
+ 6 other age groups · 28.9%

Households

Total households: 3,089
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children24.7%
Other14.1%
Any member 66+10.5%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children9.2%
Lone parent family: With dependent children8.3%
+ 7 other households · 33.1%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Batchwood

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

Postcode Districts in Batchwood