WD24Watford, England

House prices in WD24, Watford

Homes in WD24 sold for a median of £423,000 between September 2024 and August 2026, from 460 standard sales.

That makes it the third cheapest of the 11 WD postcode districts with at least 100 sales.

Median sale price£423,000460 standard sales
Middle half of prices£350,000 to £525,000
Price per m², WD area£5,579/m²From 192 WD sales, too few in WD24

Prices by property type

Standard sales in WD24, September 2024 to August 2026
TypeSalesMedian priceMiddle half
Detached12£605,000£565,000 to £643,000
Semi-detached145£550,000£500,000 to £600,000
Terraced192£409,000£381,000 to £445,000
Flats and maisonettes111£250,000£215,000 to £298,000

WD24 has too few sales linked to an energy certificate for its own price per m². Across the WD postcode area, whose median sale price is within 20% of WD24's, it was £5,579 per m² from 192 linked sales.

Terraced houses were the most common type sold here, at 42% of sales, ahead of semi-detached houses at 32%.

Flats here sold for a median of £250,000, 18% less than the £305,500 typical of the 6 nearest districts with enough flat sales.

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Where prices are higher in WD24

Of the postcode sectors with at least 20 standard sales, prices were highest in WD24 7, around Watford, with a median of £560,000, and lowest in WD24 5, around Watford, at £385,000. Dashed outlines on the map show roughly where the two sectors are.

Each dot is a postcode in WD24 with at least 3 standard sales from September 2024 to August 2026, shaded by the median price of those sales. Select a dot for its median and a link to its sales, or use the list below the map.

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Each dot sits at the centre of its postcode, so it marks a street or part of one, not a single home. Medians mix all types of home, so a street of flats looks cheaper than a street of houses.
List the 67 postcodes on the map, dearest first
Median price of standard sales by postcode in WD24, September 2024 to August 2026, dearest first
PostcodeMedian priceStandard sales
WD24 7QU£725,0003
WD24 7RE£650,0003
WD24 5JY£625,0003
WD24 7RF£624,0004
WD24 7DY£620,0003
WD24 7EE£620,0003
WD24 7HE£615,0003
WD24 7RB£607,5003
WD24 7NU£605,0003
WD24 7RD£605,0005
WD24 5HR£590,0003
WD24 7DU£564,0006
WD24 7EG£560,0005
WD24 5JQ£555,0003
WD24 4HU£550,5003
WD24 4PJ£542,5004
WD24 7NP£540,0003
WD24 7LW£530,0003
WD24 6SG£529,0003
WD24 6SQ£519,0004
WD24 6RN£482,0003
WD24 5TW£477,0003
WD24 4DW£461,0003
WD24 6BY£455,0003
WD24 7BE£450,0003
WD24 5EU£440,0005
WD24 5EN£439,0004
WD24 4DY£429,0004
WD24 7AY£428,0003
WD24 5HJ£427,5004
WD24 5HH£426,0005
WD24 4DB£425,0003
WD24 4DS£422,0003
WD24 5AW£415,0005
WD24 7BP£415,0003
WD24 4DU£412,5006
WD24 5HA£407,5003
WD24 4RE£405,0003
WD24 4DQ£400,0003
WD24 4DT£400,0003
WD24 5EB£400,0003
WD24 5HN£400,0003
WD24 5HS£400,0003
WD24 5AH£397,5008
WD24 5AU£395,0005
WD24 5HB£392,0006
WD24 5AX£386,5006
WD24 5AN£383,0004
WD24 5AP£381,5006
WD24 5AT£378,5004
WD24 6BL£372,5003
WD24 5DY£367,5003
WD24 5DT£358,5004
WD24 5AS£355,0004
WD24 6BQ£350,5008
WD24 5HE£350,0003
WD24 4RT£347,0003
WD24 5JG£337,5004
WD24 5DB£297,0003
WD24 5AZ£291,0004
WD24 4QZ£285,0003
WD24 6AB£276,0003
WD24 4PD£259,5004
WD24 4PE£245,0004
WD24 4RJ£235,0003
WD24 6PJ£225,0003
WD24 5GX£200,0004

Prices over time

  1. 2016: £337,500
  2. 2017: £366,000
  3. 2018: £355,000
  4. 2019: £350,000
  5. 2020: £360,000
  6. 2021: £377,500
  7. 2022: £407,500
  8. 2023: £397,500
  9. 2024: £420,000
  10. 2025: £426,500
  11. 2026, January to August: £406,500
Yearly median of standard sales, not adjusted for inflation. 2026 covers January to August only, and the ringed bar, 2025, is the latest full year.

The median rose 26%, from £337,500 in 2016 to £426,500 in 2025, less than the 33% rise for a typical district in the East of England.

Postcode districts in the Watford council area

Median sale price of the 4 districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026, dearest first, each named by its post town. WD24 is the second most expensive.

  1. WD25 Watford£490,000
  2. WD24 Watford, this district£423,000
  3. WD17 Watford£400,000
  4. WD18 Watford£385,000

Energy ratings of homes for sale

Energy certificates made for homes put up for sale in WD24, lodged 1 October 2024 to 30 September 2026
RatingHomesShare
A10.2%, England and Wales 0.4%
B143.3%, England and Wales 4.8%
C15335.7%, England and Wales 46.9%
D24557.1%, England and Wales 38.1%
E122.8%, England and Wales 7.3%
F30.7%, England and Wales 1.9%
G10.2%, England and Wales 0.6%

Only 39% of homes put up for sale were rated C or better, against 52% across England and Wales. D was the most common rating: see what a D rating means.

Recent sales

The 10 latest sales ran from £322,500 for a flat on Gammons Lane to £695,000 for a semi-detached house on Westfield Avenue.

The latest standard sales recorded in WD24. Sales take 2 weeks to 2 months to appear (how to find out what a house sold for). Select an address to check that home, or a postcode for every sale there.

  1. 49 Hillrise AvenueSold for £456,000WD24 7NPSold on 25 Sep 2026Semi-detached
  2. 51 Westfield AvenueSold for £695,000WD24 7EASold on 25 Sep 2026Semi-detached
  3. 48 Garfield StreetSold for £325,000WD24 5HBSold on 11 Sep 2026Terraced
  4. Flat 21, College Yard, 5 Gammons LaneSold for £322,500WD24 6BQSold on 11 Sep 2026Flat
  5. 44 Jubilee RoadSold for £450,000WD24 5HHSold on 11 Sep 2026Terraced
  6. 91 Bushey Mill CrescentSold for £610,000WD24 7RBSold on 7 Sep 2026Semi-detached
  7. 39 Hillrise AvenueSold for £610,000WD24 7NPSold on 4 Sep 2026Detached
  8. 57 Brighton RoadSold for £430,000WD24 5HNSold on 4 Sep 2026Terraced
  9. 7 The SquareSold for £600,000WD24 6NDSold on 28 Aug 2026Terraced
  10. 21 Leaford CrescentSold for £555,000WD24 5JQSold on 28 Aug 2026Semi-detached

Streets with the most standard sales, with their median price, September 2024 to August 2026:

  • Gammons Lane, Watford£391,00019 sales
  • Bushey Mill Lane, Watford£590,00013 sales
  • Leavesden Road, Watford£367,50012 sales
  • Norbury Avenue, Watford£273,50012 sales
  • Sandringham Road, Watford£445,00011 sales

Living in WD24

Crime

64 crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to August 2026

Near the middle of all postcode districts. England and Wales: 84. The middle half of postcode districts are between 47 and 93.

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

Across its postcodes, an average of 96% of homes can get it

Higher than 83 in 100 postcode districts. England and Wales: 89%. The middle half of postcode districts are between 73% and 94%.

Radon

Every postcode is in a 1 km square that includes a radon Affected Area

Higher than 83 in 100 postcode districts.

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 £2,447 a year in Watford 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.

Prices by council ward

Median price in the council wards that cover most of WD24, from the sales in WD24, September 2024 to August 2026, dearest first:

  1. Tudor 143 sales£545,000
  2. Leggatts 109 sales£452,000
  3. Callowland 204 sales£396,500

When the homes were built

Construction age band of homes put up for sale in WD24, as estimated by the assessor on the same certificates
BuiltHomesShare
Before 1900235.4%, England and Wales 9.3%
1900 to 192912629.4%, England and Wales 14.8%
1930 to 194917039.6%, England and Wales 13.9%
1950 to 1966266.1%, England and Wales 15.8%
1967 to 198292.1%, England and Wales 18.5%
1983 to 1995358.2%, England and Wales 10.1%
1996 to 2011286.5%, England and Wales 11.9%
2012 or later122.8%, England and Wales 5.7%

About these figures

The figures come from 460 standard sales in WD24, the latest on 28 August 2026 (what counts as a standard sale). Of these, 24% were flats.

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.