1,203
Households
White Brit. · 91%
Ethnicity
Christian · 49%
Religion
Low deprivation
Avg IMD
10 · 2.4 per 1k
Crimes · May '26
£828,000
Median property price
162
Postcodes
Overview of Hitchwood
Coordinates51.8910, -0.2974
Postcodes
162
Population (Census)
4,127
Households (Census)
1,203
Recorded crime · May '26
10 · 2.4 per 1k
Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Hitchwood
Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Low deprivation
Mean decile 7.48 (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 7.48 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).
Sold prices in Hitchwood
Property sales · Hitchwood
HM Land Registry · Hitchwood
Average price
£861,091
YoY: +13.3%
Median price: £766,875
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Jun '24 – May '26May '26: 1 sales · avg £890,000
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£1.3m£742k£220k
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
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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 Hitchwood
Crime trends · Hitchwood
data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJun '24 – May '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
951
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
4
YoY +100%
ASB
530
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
1
YoY -75%
Vehicle Crime
210
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
0
YoY -100%
Burglary
320
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
1
YoY +100%
Criminal damage
630
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
0
YoY -100%
Demographics in Hitchwood
Ethnicity
White Brit.90.5%
Other White2.8%
White Irish1.4%
White & Asian1.3%
+ other · 4.0%
Religion
Christian49.1%
No religion41.5%
Not answered6.6%
+ other · 2.8%
Age groups
75–8472.9%
16–196.0%
35–495.9%
25–344.3%
85 years and over3.4%
+ 3 other age groups · 7.5%
Households
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children17.6%
All members 66+14.9%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children12.6%
Any member 66+12.2%
Other12.1%
+ 7 other households · 30.6%
Schools in Hitchwood
Open state schools in this area, ranked by Ofsted rating.
Breachwood Green Junior Mixed and Infant School
Hertfordshire · SG4 8NP
Good
1.4 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 4–11
Preston Primary School
Hertfordshire · SG4 7UJ
Good
1.2 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 4–11
St Paul's Walden Primary School
Hertfordshire · SG4 8HX
Good
1.1 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 4–11
East Hall School
Hertfordshire · SG4 8DL
2.0 mi
Secondary with sixth formStateMixed · Ages 14–17
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.
Postcode Districts in Hitchwood
Postcodes in Hitchwood
LU2 8NXLU2 8NYLU2 8NZLU2 8PALU2 8PBLU2 8PHLU2 8PJLU2 8PLLU2 8PNLU2 8PPLU2 8PWSG4 7AZSG4 7BJSG4 7FBSG4 7PGSG4 7PHSG4 7PJSG4 7PLSG4 7PNSG4 7PPSG4 7PQSG4 7PSSG4 7PTSG4 7PWSG4 7RSSG4 7RUSG4 7RWSG4 7RXSG4 7RYSG4 7RZSG4 7SASG4 7SBSG4 7TBSG4 7TDSG4 7TESG4 7TPSG4 7TRSG4 7TSSG4 7TTSG4 7TUSG4 7TXSG4 7TYSG4 7TZSG4 7UASG4 7UBSG4 7UDSG4 7UESG4 7UFSG4 7UHSG4 7UJSG4 7UQSG4 8ABSG4 8ADSG4 8AESG4 8AFSG4 8AGSG4 8AHSG4 8AJSG4 8ALSG4 8ANSG4 8APSG4 8AQSG4 8ARSG4 8ASSG4 8ATSG4 8AUSG4 8AWSG4 8AXSG4 8AZSG4 8BASG4 8BBSG4 8BESG4 8BGSG4 8BNSG4 8BPSG4 8BSSG4 8BTSG4 8BUSG4 8BWSG4 8BXSG4 8BZSG4 8DASG4 8DBSG4 8DDSG4 8DGSG4 8DHSG4 8DJSG4 8DLSG4 8DNSG4 8HFSG4 8HGSG4 8HHSG4 8HJSG4 8HNSG4 8HRSG4 8HSSG4 8HTSG4 8HUSG4 8HXSG4 8JASG4 8JBSG4 8JDSG4 8JESG4 8JGSG4 8JHSG4 8JJSG4 8JNSG4 8JPSG4 8JQSG4 8JSSG4 8JTSG4 8JUSG4 8JXSG4 8JYSG4 8JZSG4 8LASG4 8LBSG4 8LDSG4 8LESG4 8LF