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Howlands

WARD
Avg IMD
Least deprived 30–40%
Census 2021
7,400
Households
2,912
Crimes · Aug '26
43
2,912
Households
White Brit. · 75%
Ethnicity
No religion · 44%
Religion
Least deprived 30⁠–⁠40%
Avg IMD
43
Crimes · Aug '26
£430,000
Median property price · Oct 2025⁠–⁠Sep 2026 · 54 sales
165
Postcodes

Sold prices in Howlands

England & Wales
Property sales · Howlands
HM Land Registry · Howlands
Average price
£425,648
Median price: £430,000
Median +1.2% vs prior 12 months
Standard sales only · Oct 2025–Sep 2026 · 54 sales
View district AL7
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Oct '25 – Sep '26Sep '26: 1 sale · avg £500,000
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£510k£442k£374k
Oct '25Jan '26Apr '26Jul '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 Howlands

England & Wales
Crime trends · Howlands

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 yearSep '24 – Aug '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
27
YoY +13%
28199
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
ASB
9
YoY -47%
20124
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Vehicle Crime
1
YoY —
840
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Burglary
0
YoY —
530
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Criminal damage
0
YoY —
740
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Other recorded crime
6
YoY -63%
71384
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26

2 of 6 key categories improving · violent crime rising

43
incidents · Aug '26

Demographics in Howlands

Ethnicity

Total residents: 7,393
White Brit.75.4%
Other White6.9%
Indian3.3%
African2.4%
Other Asian2.1%
+ 14 other groups · 9.9%

Religion

Total residents: 7,399
No religion44.2%
Christian43.4%
Not answered5.4%
Muslim2.6%
Hindu1.8%
+ 4 other religions · 2.5%

Age groups

Total residents: 7,398
35–4922.4%
50–6418.6%
25–3413.9%
10–158.1%
≤47.5%
+ 6 other age groups · 29.5%

Households

Total households: 2,912
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children20.3%
One person: other16.2%
One person: aged 66+10.5%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children9.8%
Lone parent family: With dependent children7.9%
+ 9 other households · 35.2%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Howlands

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Least deprived 30–40%
Mean decile 6.67 (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 6.67 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Flood risk in Howlands

0% of postcodes (0 of 165) 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 1165 (100%)

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

Amenities in Welwyn Hatfield

GPs make up most of the mapped places

14 GPs · 8 Libraries · 4 Hospitals · 33 in all

  • GPs14
  • Libraries8
  • Hospitals4
  • Universities4
  • Museums3

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.

Welwyn Hatfield 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 Howlands

Coordinates51.7895, -0.1827
Postcodes
165
Census 2021
7,400
Households (Census)
2,912
Recorded crime · Aug '26
43

Postcode Districts in Howlands

AL7
165 postcodes

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