Highfield Area Guide | £353k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha
Avg IMD
High deprivation
Population
9,140
Households
2,631
Crimes · Jun '26
Around average · 5.9 per 1k
2,631
Households
White Brit. · 69%
Ethnicity
No religion · 43%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
Around average · 5.9 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£353,492
Median property price
132
Postcodes
2,631
Households
White Brit. · 69%
Ethnicity
No religion · 43%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
Around average · 5.9 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£353,492
Median property price
132
Postcodes

Sold prices in Highfield

England & Wales
Property sales · Highfield
HM Land Registry · Highfield
Average price
£362,461
YoY: +9.9%
Median price: £352,333
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Jul '24 – Jun '26Jun '26: 3 sales · avg £448,216
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£449k£277k£105k
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '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 Highfield

England & Wales
Crime trends · Highfield

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
33
YoY +27%
33206
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
8
YoY -38%
1691
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
2
YoY —
840
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
2
YoY —
320
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
1
YoY —
740
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

1 of 5 key categories improving · violent crime rising

54
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in Highfield

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.

Dacorum 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 Highfield

GPs make up most of the mapped places

15 GPs · 8 Libraries · 6 Museums · 32 in all

  • GPs15
  • Libraries8
  • Museums6
  • Hospitals3

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

Overview of Highfield

Coordinates51.7642, -0.4594
Postcodes
132
Population (Census)
9,140
Households (Census)
2,631
Recorded crime · Jun '26
Around average · 5.9 per 1k

Demographics in Highfield

Ethnicity

Total residents: 6,565
White Brit.69.2%
Other White9.3%
African3.8%
Pakistani3.4%
Other Asian2.1%
+ 4 other groups · 12.1%

Religion

Total residents: 6,554
No religion43.0%
Christian42.7%
Muslim6.3%
Not answered5.1%
Hindu1.5%
+ other · 1.4%

Age groups

Total residents: 9,140
75–8471.7%
35–495.7%
25–345.2%
85 years and over5.2%
16–193.8%
+ 3 other age groups · 8.5%

Households

Total households: 2,631
Other17.7%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children13.6%
Any member 66+12.6%
Lone parent family: With dependent children10.6%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children7.9%
+ 8 other households · 37.5%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Highfield

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
High deprivation
Mean decile 3.73 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as High deprivation on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 3.73 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Postcode Districts in Highfield