UK Property Check · Printed on 8 November 2026ukpropertycheck.co.uk/house-prices/welwyn-hatfield
Council areaEast of England, England
House prices in Welwyn Hatfield
Homes in Welwyn Hatfield sold for a median of £435,000 from September 2024 to August 2026, across 2,375 standard sales.
That makes it the tenth most expensive of the 45 council areas in the East of England with at least 300 sales. The median across the region was £349,000.
Prices over time
The median rose 18%, from £367,000 in 2016 to £432,500 in 2025, the smallest rise of the 45 council areas in the East of England.
Prices by property type
| Type | Sales | Median price | Middle half | Per m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 478 | £800,000 | £650,000 to £1,023,000 | Too few |
| Semi-detached | 540 | £518,000 | £445,000 to £623,000 | Too few |
| Terraced | 817 | £407,000 | £360,000 to £461,000 | £4,815/m²from 29 sales |
| Flats and maisonettes | 540 | £245,000 | £205,000 to £290,000 | Too few |
Terraced houses were the most common type sold in Welwyn Hatfield, at 34% of sales, ahead of semi-detached houses at 23%.
Detached houses stand out against the East of England as a whole: a median of £800,000 here, 72% more than the £466,000 across the region.
137 sales in Welwyn Hatfield, or 6%, were for £1 million or more, against 3% across England and Wales.
Measured by floor area, homes here sold for a median of £4,936 per m², 27% above the £3,900 across the East of England as a whole.
Postcode districts in Welwyn Hatfield
The dearest district was AL6 (Welwyn), at £730,000, and the cheapest was AL10 (Hatfield), at £370,000.
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Post towns in Welwyn Hatfield, by number of sales: Welwyn Garden City (AL7, AL8), Hatfield (AL9, AL10), Welwyn (AL6).
- AL6Welwyn, 271 salesMedian price £730,000Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +7%
- AL9Hatfield, 229 salesMedian price £575,000Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +7%
- AL8Welwyn Garden City, 302 salesMedian price £516,000Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +2%
- AL7Welwyn Garden City, 762 salesMedian price £390,000Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 −3%
- AL10Hatfield, 581 salesMedian price £370,000Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +2%
1-year change: 2025 against 2024, where both years had 100 or more standard sales. It moves with which homes sold, so treat it as a guide, not a price index.
From 2024 to 2025, the median rose most in AL6 (Welwyn) and AL9 (Hatfield), up 7%, and fell most in AL7 (Welwyn Garden City), down 3%.
Streets with the most standard sales in the districts listed above, September 2024 to August 2026:
- Bessemer Road, Welwyn Garden City (AL7)45 sales
- Howlands, Welwyn Garden City (AL7)26 sales
- Cobnut Close, Hatfield (AL10)25 sales
- Thistle Grove, Welwyn Garden City (AL7)21 sales
- Overfield Close, Hatfield (AL10)19 sales
- Broadwater Road, Welwyn Garden City (AL7)19 sales
- College Way, Welwyn Garden City (AL8)18 sales
- Knightsfield, Welwyn Garden City (AL8)17 sales
Of the streets with at least 10 sales, the dearest by median price were The Ryde, Hatfield (AL9, £692,500), Handside Lane, Welwyn Garden City (AL8, £565,000) and Knightsfield, Welwyn Garden City (AL8, £488,000).
The cheapest were Roseacre Gardens, Welwyn Garden City (AL7, flats, £176,500), Bessemer Road, Welwyn Garden City (AL7, flats, £177,000) and Broadwater Road, Welwyn Garden City (AL7, flats, £250,000).
Council areas in the East of England
Median sale price of the 45 council areas in the East of England with at least 300 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026, dearest first. Welwyn Hatfield and the 14 council areas nearest it in the ranking are shown.
- Hertsmere£545,000
- Epping Forest£515,000
- Brentwood£500,000
- Cambridge£490,000
- Uttlesford£465,000
- Dacorum£450,000
- East Hertfordshire£450,000
- Welwyn Hatfield, this council area£435,000
- Broxbourne£433,000
- South Cambridgeshire£432,000
- North Hertfordshire£425,000
- Watford£420,000
- Chelmsford£408,500
- Rochford£405,000
- Maldon£390,000
Living in Welwyn Hatfield
Crime
79 crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to August 2026
Near the middle of all council areas. England and Wales: 84. The middle half of council areas are between 59 and 95.
The rate counts every crime recorded in an area against the people who live there, so shops, stations and nightlife push it up.
Gigabit broadband
90% of homes can get it
Near the middle of all council areas. England and Wales: 89%. The middle half of council areas are between 84% and 95%.
Radon
55% of postcodes are in a 1 km square that includes a radon Affected Area
Near the middle of all council areas.
In a radon Affected Area, UKHSA recommends a radon test. A UKradon report gives the result for an exact address.
Council tax
Band D is £2,452 a year in Welwyn Hatfield for 2026 to 2027
Near the middle of all council areas. England: £2,392. The middle half of council areas are between £2,323 and £2,526.
Band D includes every charge on the bill, such as police, fire and any county, parish or town council.
The free check gives these for a single home, with the nearest schools and road and rail noise (how we work them out).
Crime: data.police.uk, with Census 2021 population from the Office for National Statistics. Broadband: Ofcom Connected Nations, January 2026. Radon: the British Geological Survey and UKHSA. Council tax: the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
About these figures
Welwyn Hatfield's figures come from 2,375 standard sales, each placed in the council area by its own postcode. The 5 districts listed are those with most of their postcodes in Welwyn Hatfield, so their sales add up to 2,145 instead (how we build council pages). New builds made up 5% of them.
Updated 15 October 2026 with sales recorded to August 2026. Next update due in late November 2026.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Energy certificate data from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Both are licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.