October 2026 report
Area reports · East of England · North Hertfordshire
East of England · Local authority district

North Hertfordshire

How North Hertfordshire compares with the 316 districts of England and Wales on prices, market activity, people, homes, transport and safety, from the same data our valuations use.

Price per m²
£5,356
-2.6% on the year
HPAI Property Index
53/100
Ranked 128th of 316 districts
Sales a month
125
-32% on the year
Recorded crime
49 per 1,000
Median district 71

HPAI Swatch

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Top row: how things areBottom row: which way they are moving
Band1 low8 high (always best)

Price per m²

£5,356/m²

Median price per square metre over the last 12 months, all property types.

Band 7/8Score 17/20 Weight in the index 15%

Areas alike

Districts with the most similar character to North Hertfordshire: price level, sales, energy efficiency, density, rail use, crime and carbon, from the HPAI Swatch. Useful if you like this area but want to compare options.

Tonbridge and Malling
92% alike
Same band for sales, rail use, crime, carbon
Denser: 582/km²Cheaper: £4,723/m²
East Hertfordshire
89% alike
Same band for price, density, rail use, crime
Higher-carbon homesBusier market: 148 sales a month
Mid Sussex
89% alike
Same band for price, carbon
Busier market: 160 sales a monthMore energy-efficient homesPrices rising there (+1.2%)
Winchester
88% alike
Same band for price, sales, rail use
More energy-efficient homesLess dense: 208/km²Prices rising there (+4.1%)
Cherwell
87% alike
Same band for density, rail use, carbon
Higher crime: 62 per 1,000Cheaper: £4,398/m²Prices rising there (+1.3%)
Dacorum
87% alike
Same band for price, energy efficiency
Higher crime: 65 per 1,000Denser: 766/km²

Alike but cheaper

Similar character, at least 15% lower price per m² than North Hertfordshire's £5,356

Ashford
87% alike
Same band for sales, rail use, carbon
Cheaper: £3,971/m²Higher crime: 64 per 1,000
Cherwell
87% alike
Same band for density, rail use, carbon
Higher crime: 62 per 1,000Cheaper: £4,398/m²Prices rising there (+1.3%)
Vale of Glamorgan
84% alike
Same band for energy efficiency, density
Cheaper: £3,335/m²Fewer rail journeysPrices rising there (+1.7%)
Braintree
84% alike
Same band for density, crime
Cheaper: £4,155/m²Busier market: 156 sales a month

Buying costs

At today's 5.36% five-year fixed mortgage rate (August 2026), a typical terraced house in North Hertfordshire (£376,500) costs about £1,711 a month with a 25% deposit over 25 years. With inflation at 3.1%, prices are down 5.5% on the year in real terms.

Market conditions

Latest published, August 2026

5.36%5-year fixed mortgage rate (75% loan-to-value, Bank of England) +0.50 points on a year ago
3.1%Inflation (CPI, ONS) 3.8% a year ago

Repayment calculator

Starts from the median price of each property type in North Hertfordshire (last 12 months). Change any figure.

£1,711a month
Loan
£282,375
Deposit
£94,125
Total interest
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Income lenders may look for (4.5×)
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A guide only: repayment mortgage at a fixed rate for the whole term; lenders' rates, fees and criteria vary.

Prices

Homes in North Hertfordshire sell for £5,356 per m² (12-month median, all property types), 21% above the East of England median. Prices fell 2.6% over the last year.

Price per m², last 10 years

12-month median, all property types, against the region and the median district in England and Wales

By property type

Last 12 months

Type£/m²YearMedian price
Detached5,367 +4.5%£693,100
Semi-detached5,937 +6.9%£550,000
Terraced4,705 +0.2%£376,500
Flat4,423 +2.6%£260,000

Market

About 1,499 homes sold in the last 12 months, 28% of them terraceds. Activity is down 32% on a year ago.

Sales a month

Open-market sales registered with HM Land Registry; the line is the 12-month average

What sells

Sales by property type, last 12 months

People & homes

137,923 people live in North Hertfordshire, 367 per km² across 375.4 km². The population changed by +0.3% in the last year.

Population

ONS mid-year estimates (projected after the latest year)

Homes and energy

Energy Performance Certificates and ONS

66Average EPC scoreBand 6 of 8
3.6 tCO₂ a home a yearBand 5 of 8
367Residents per km²Band 3 of 8

Transport

5 rail stations with 7.1 million entries and exits in 2025. Hitchin accounts for 41%.

Rail stations

Entries and exits, 2025 (Office of Rail and Road), with the change on the previous year

Safety

49 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year (Apr 2025 - Mar 2026), higher than 13% of districts; the median district has 71. Crime is down 6.8% on the year.

Recorded crime, 12 months to each March

Home Office police recorded crime; anti-social behaviour isn't recorded crime

Main types

Recorded crimes, Apr 2025 - Mar 2026

Schools

59 schools take primary-age pupils and 12 secondary-age, 19,667 pupils in all. Distances to a particular home, and admissions rules, are in each valuation report.

Latest inspection outcomes

Ofsted, in Ofsted's own terms; report cards (from November 2025) have no overall grade; Welsh schools are inspected by Estyn

How hard it is to get in

First-choice applications and offers, latest entry year (DfE, England)

Value a home in North Hertfordshire

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October 2026 report: as up to date as it can be. Every figure is the latest each source has published. Where an official source runs behind (population, rail passengers), we project it forward to today from its own trend and mark it as projected. Latest periods:

  • Sales and prices: to August 2026 (HM Land Registry)
  • Recorded crime: year to March 2026 (Home Office)
  • Population: mid-2025 estimates, projected to date (ONS)
  • Rail passengers: year to March 2025, projected after that (Office of Rail and Road)
  • Schools: latest published inspections and admissions (Ofsted, DfE)
  • Energy and homes: certificates lodged to date (EPC register)

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