Holywell Area Guide | £309k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha
Avg IMD
High deprivation
Population
14,172
Households
3,861
Crimes · Jun '26
Around average · 5.9 per 1k
3,861
Households
White Brit. · 35%
Ethnicity
Christian · 42%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
Around average · 5.9 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£308,667
Median property price
383
Postcodes
3,861
Households
White Brit. · 35%
Ethnicity
Christian · 42%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
Around average · 5.9 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£308,667
Median property price
383
Postcodes

Sold prices in Holywell

England & Wales
Property sales · Holywell
HM Land Registry · Holywell
Average price
£361,026
YoY: +6.5%
Median price: £330,025
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 1 sales · avg £245,000
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£433k£339k£245k
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 Holywell

England & Wales
Crime trends · Holywell

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
34
YoY +70%
372512
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
17
YoY -26%
25155
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
5
YoY —
950
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
1
YoY —
420
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
5
YoY —
19100
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

1 of 5 key categories improving · violent crime rising

83
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in Holywell

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.

Watford 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 Holywell

GPs make up most of the mapped places

18 GPs · 2 Hospitals · 2 Libraries · 23 in all

  • GPs18
  • Hospitals2
  • Libraries2
  • Museums1

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

Overview of Holywell

Coordinates51.6455, -0.4213
Postcodes
383
Population (Census)
14,172
Households (Census)
3,861
Recorded crime · Jun '26
Around average · 5.9 per 1k

Demographics in Holywell

Ethnicity

Total residents: 10,296
White Brit.34.6%
Pakistani14.7%
Other White12.6%
Indian11.2%
Other Asian7.1%
+ 8 other groups · 19.8%

Religion

Total residents: 10,295
Christian42.0%
Muslim21.3%
No religion21.0%
Hindu7.7%
Not answered5.6%
+ other · 2.3%

Age groups

Total residents: 14,172
75–8472.8%
35–496.1%
25–345.3%
85 years and over5.0%
65–744.1%
+ 3 other age groups · 6.8%

Households

Total households: 3,861
Other20.2%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children20.0%
Lone parent family: With dependent children10.5%
Any member 66+7.4%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children7.2%
+ 7 other households · 34.6%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Holywell

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
High deprivation
Mean decile 3.27 (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 3.27 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).