Watling Area Guide | £501k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha
Avg IMD
Low deprivation
Population
7,792
Households
2,383
Crimes · Jun '26
Around average · 6.4 per 1k
2,383
Households
White Brit. · 86%
Ethnicity
Christian · 50%
Religion
Low deprivation
Avg IMD
Around average · 6.4 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£500,500
Median property price
244
Postcodes
2,383
Households
White Brit. · 86%
Ethnicity
Christian · 50%
Religion
Low deprivation
Avg IMD
Around average · 6.4 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£500,500
Median property price
244
Postcodes

Sold prices in Watling

England & Wales
Property sales · Watling
HM Land Registry · Watling
Average price
£524,041
YoY: -5.0%
Median price: £472,000
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Jul '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 1 sales · avg £500,000
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£767k£556k£345k
Jul '24Jan '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 Watling

England & Wales
Crime trends · Watling

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
15
YoY -29%
28188
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
6
YoY -71%
21122
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
1
YoY —
1470
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
7
YoY —
740
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
8
YoY —
851
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

2 of 5 key categories improving

50
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in Watling

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 Watling

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 Watling

Coordinates51.8228, -0.4613
Postcodes
244
Population (Census)
7,792
Households (Census)
2,383
Recorded crime · Jun '26
Around average · 6.4 per 1k

Demographics in Watling

Ethnicity

Total residents: 5,803
White Brit.86.5%
Other White3.6%
White Irish1.6%
White & Black Caribbean1.2%
White & Asian1.1%
+ other · 6.1%

Religion

Total residents: 5,798
Christian50.3%
No religion39.5%
Not answered5.8%
Buddhist1.2%
Muslim1.0%
+ other · 2.2%

Age groups

Total residents: 7,792
75–8474.2%
35–495.8%
25–344.4%
85 years and over4.3%
16–193.9%
+ 3 other age groups · 7.4%

Households

Total households: 2,383
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children18.8%
Other15.9%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children12.4%
Any member 66+10.1%
All members 66+9.8%
+ 7 other households · 33.0%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Watling

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Low deprivation
Mean decile 7.00 (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 7.00 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).