AL7
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Welwyn Garden City, Panshanger and Hall Grove, in Welwyn Hatfield.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an AL7 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 23% of people in AL7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How AL7 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is AL7 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in AL7 at a rate of 85.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 87.3 per 1,000 people across the AL postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 301 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in AL7.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,247), anti-social behaviour (748) and other crime (464).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in AL7 was 95.6 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in AL7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so AL7 has no single figure. Of its 23 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in AL7
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welwyn Hatfield 004A | 1,546 | 65.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 86.1% |
| Welwyn Hatfield 004B | 1,320 | 71.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.8% |
| Welwyn Hatfield 004C | 1,674 | 76.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Welwyn Hatfield 004D | 1,579 | 97.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.6% |
| Welwyn Hatfield 005A | 1,592 | 42.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.5% |
| Welwyn Hatfield 005B | 1,702 | 126.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 91.1% |
| Welwyn Hatfield 005C | 1,609 | 84.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| Welwyn Hatfield 005D | 1,383 | 31.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.0% |
| Welwyn Hatfield 007B | 1,509 | 82.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Welwyn Hatfield 007C | 1,351 | 58.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Welwyn Hatfield 007D | 1,454 | 118.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.7% |
| Welwyn Hatfield 007E | 1,491 | 103.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 78.9% |
| Welwyn Hatfield 007F | 1,275 | 162.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 89.7% |
| Welwyn Hatfield 007G | 1,707 | 139.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Welwyn Hatfield 008A | 1,592 | 58.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.7% |
| Welwyn Hatfield 008B | 2,219 | 95.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.8% |
| Welwyn Hatfield 008C | 1,693 | 69.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.6% |
| Welwyn Hatfield 008D | 2,291 | 58.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.5% |
| Welwyn Hatfield 009A | 1,175 | 74.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Welwyn Hatfield 009B | 1,818 | 64.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 89.4% |
| Welwyn Hatfield 009D | 1,767 | 113.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Welwyn Hatfield 009E | 1,878 | 67.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 93.2% |
| Welwyn Hatfield 009F | 1,212 | 71.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 67.1% |
Your MP
- Andrew LewinLabourMP for Welwyn Hatfield
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in AL75
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Council1
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Postcode districts next to AL74
Nearest rail stations3
More in the AL postcode area2
AL7 in brief
AL7 is a postcode district covering Welwyn Garden City, Panshanger and Hall Grove, in Welwyn Hatfield.
About 37,912 people lived in AL7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £385,000 in 2025 across 437 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 85.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in AL7 was £385,000 in 2025.
AL7 had 36,844 usual residents at the census.
About 23% of people in AL7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In AL7, 94.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.