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WD24 4QZ

In Watford · area guide: flood risk, crime & house prices
Flood risk
None identified
Rivers & sea · surface water none identified
Crime
791
Incidents · Neighbourhood · 12 months
Median price
£275,000
Sold prices · WD24 4QZ only · 12 months
Area overview

The median sold price for the postcode WD24 4QZ is around £275,000, from 3 sales over the last 12 months. 791 crimes were recorded in the neighbourhood around WD24 4QZ (an official statistics area of roughly 1,500 residents) over the last 12 months, most commonly shoplifting. No significant flood risk has been identified for this area. Figures are area-level and indicative only, and are not a substitute for professional assessments.

Based on official dataUpdated 2026-08

Flood risk

Rivers & sea: None identified. Surface water: None identified.

Rivers & sea
None identified
Surface water
None identified
Flood risk is shown at area level and is indicative only. Always check the Environment Agency's official record and a surveyor before buying.
EA release · 2026-06Full flood detail →

House prices

Sold prices from HM Land Registry, based on sales in this exact postcode, last 12 months.

Jun 21Jul 26

Range £1,000 – £634,000

Based on a small number of transactions in this sector, including one-off very large sales that dominate some months — the spikes here are individual sales, not the general market. Treat the shape of this line with caution.

Median sale price
£275,000
WD24 4QZ only · 12 months
Sales
3
WD24 4QZ only · 12 months

By property type

Median sold price by type across WD24 4, last 24 months.

  • Terraced£428,250(50 sales)
  • Flat£275,000(38 sales)
  • Semi-detached£538,583(22 sales)
  • DetachedToo few sales(1 sale)

Types shown greyed have few recent sales, and under 5 sales we show no median at all — the count is shown so you can judge it yourself.

WD24 4QZ median £275,000 (12 months) vs the wider district £405,000 · England & Wales £283,000 (24 months).

Land Registry release · 2026-08

Recorded crime

Crime data from Police.uk, based on incidents in the immediate neighbourhood (an official statistics area of roughly 1,500 residents), last 12 months.

Incidents
791
Neighbourhood · 12 months
Most common type
Shoplifting

How it compares

  • Crime: at least 5× the typical Watford neighbourhood
  • Crime: at least 5× the typical England & Wales neighbourhood

Recorded crime in this neighbourhood compared with the typical (median) neighbourhood in Watford and in England & Wales, over the last 12 months. Neighbourhoods here are official statistics areas (LSOAs) of broadly similar population, roughly 1,500 residents each, so this is a like-for-like comparison but not a per-resident rate. Very high multiples usually come from busy town centres, stations or nightlife areas with few residents, where crowds of visitors push recorded crime well above what residents alone would. There the count shows how busy the area is; it is not a per-resident rate or a measure of risk to people who live here.

Police.uk release · 2026-08

Broadband coverage

Gigabit-capable broadband is available to 100% of premises in WD24 4QZ, compared with 94.3% across Watford and 86.7% in England. Full fibre reaches 85.1% of premises across Watford (England: 77.9%).

Gigabit-capable
100%
Superfast 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Below the USO
0%
Coverage compared: % of premises, July 2025
Type of broadbandThis postcodeWatfordEnglandUK
Full fibrefibre all the way to the premisesn/a85.1%77.9%77.5%
Gigabit-capable1,000 Mbit/s available100%94.3%86.7%85.9%
Superfast30 Mbit/s or more available100%99.6%97.7%97.5%
Below the USOno decent connection available0%0%0.1%0.14%
This is coverage — what networks can reach premises — not the speed any one home gets. Postcode figures cover every premises in the postcode. Ofcom does not publish full fibre per postcode, so that figure is for the whole council area. "Below the USO" means a premises cannot get a decent connection (10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload) from a fixed line or fixed wireless network.

Deprivation

This neighbourhood is in decile 3 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025: more deprived than 78% of neighbourhoods in England.

Compared with Watford: more deprived than 94% of its 58 neighbourhoods.

Selected measures

Decile for each measure, where 1 is the most deprived 10% in England.

  • Income2of 10
  • Employment3of 10
  • Crime2of 10
  • Living environment4of 10
A relative ranking of small areas (LSOAs, roughly 1,500 residents each) on income, employment, health, education, crime, housing and environment. It describes the area as a whole, not any household or home. The ranking covers England only; Welsh postcodes use the separate Welsh index.
Neighbourhood E01023860 · published October 2025Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Council tax

Most homes here are Band B (38%). Average Band D in Watford is £2,446.70 for 2026/27.

That is 2% above the England average Band D of £2,391.52.

Average Band B in Watford: £1,902.99 for 2026/27.

Homes by band in this neighbourhood

Share of the 980 homes on the valuation list at 31 March 2026.

  • Band A5%
  • Band B38%
  • Band C33%
  • Band D19%
  • Band E5%
  • Band F–
  • Band G0%
  • Band H0%
Bands are for the neighbourhood (LSOA, roughly 1,500 residents), not one street or home. The Valuation Office Agency rounds counts to the nearest 10 and does not publish very small counts (shown as –). Charges are council-wide averages including parish and adult social care precepts; a home’s bill depends on its band, its parish and any discounts.

Nearest schools

The three closest state-funded primary and secondary schools in a straight line from the centre of this postcode, with what Ofsted published at each school's latest inspection. Special schools may appear in the list. Independent schools are not included.

Nearest primary schools

  1. Free schools · ages 4–11 · Church of England/Christian · 401 pupils
    Ofsted, February 2025: no overall grade given
    • Quality of education Requires improvement
    • Behaviour and attitudes Good
    • Personal development Good
    • Leadership and management Requires improvement
    Ofsted reports for Watford St John's Church of England Primary School (opens in a new tab) ↗
  2. Central Primary School0.4 miles (690 m)
    Community school · ages 3–11 · 399 pupils
    Ofsted report card, February 2026
    • Inclusion Strong standard
    • Curriculum and teaching Expected standard
    • Achievement Expected standard
    • Attendance and behaviour Expected standard
    • Personal development and wellbeing Strong standard
    • Early years Expected standard
    • Leadership and governance Expected standard
    • Safeguarding Met
    Ofsted reports for Central Primary School (opens in a new tab) ↗
  3. Lanchester Primary School0.7 miles (1.1 km)
    Free schools · ages 4–11 · 298 pupils
    Ofsted ungraded inspection, November 2024: Standards maintainedOfsted reports for Lanchester Primary School (opens in a new tab) ↗

Nearest secondary schools

  1. Academy converter · ages 11–19 · girls only · Church of England · 1,427 pupils
  2. Queens' School1.0 mile (1.6 km)
    Academy converter · ages 11–18 · 1,697 pupils
    Ofsted, March 2025: no overall grade given
    • Quality of education Outstanding
    • Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding
    • Personal development Outstanding
    • Leadership and management Outstanding
    Ofsted reports for Queens' School (opens in a new tab) ↗
  3. Academy converter · ages 11–18 · boys only · Church of England · 1,590 pupils
    Ofsted report card, April 2026
    • Inclusion Exceptional
    • Curriculum and teaching Exceptional
    • Achievement Exceptional
    • Attendance and behaviour Strong standard
    • Personal development and wellbeing Exceptional
    • Post-16 provision Exceptional
    • Leadership and governance Exceptional
    • Safeguarding Met
    Ofsted reports for Watford Grammar School for Boys (opens in a new tab) ↗
Distances are straight lines from the middle of the postcode, not walking or driving routes. Living near a school does not mean you are in its catchment area, so check admissions with the council. Ofsted stopped giving a single overall grade in September 2024, and inspections from November 2025 give a report card with a grade for each area. We show what Ofsted published for each school's latest inspection.
School list 12 October 2026 · Ofsted data to 31 August 2026Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools, Ofsted management information. Open Government Licence.

Public transport

The nearest station to WD24 4QZ is Watford Junction Rail Station, 0.2 miles (340 m) away in a straight line. There are 19 bus stops within 500 m.

Nearest station
0.2 miles (340 m)
Bus stops within 500 m
19

Nearest stations

  1. Watford Junction Rail Station
    National Rail · Watford
    0.2 miles (340 m)
  2. Watford High Street Rail Station
    National Rail · Watford
    0.6 miles (1.0 km)
  3. Watford North Rail Station
    National Rail · North Watford
    1.0 mile (1.5 km)
Distances are straight lines from the middle of the postcode, so the walk will be longer. This shows where stations and stops are, not how often services run. Bus stops are active on-street stops.

How this area has changed

PostcodeLens combines saved monthly snapshots with views reconstructed from official source data, so you can compare today's figures with earlier months.

October 2026saved snapshot
Postcode median recorded at £275,000 · Crime: 791 incidents in the 12 months to this snapshot
August 2026saved snapshot
Postcode median recorded at £275,000 · Crime: 744 incidents in the 12 months to this snapshot
July 2026saved snapshot
Postcode median recorded at £275,000 · Crime: 714 incidents in the 12 months to this snapshot
June 2026reconstructed
Sector median £415,000 · Crime: 744 incidents in the 12 months to June 2026
May 2026reconstructed
Sector median £415,000 · Crime: 714 incidents in the 12 months to May 2026
April 2026reconstructed
Sector median £412,500 · Crime: 701 incidents in the 12 months to April 2026
Show the full history (18 more months)
March 2026reconstructed
Sector median £405,000 · Crime: 705 incidents in the 12 months to March 2026
February 2026reconstructed
Sector median £400,000 · Crime: 714 incidents in the 12 months to February 2026
January 2026reconstructed
Sector median £400,000 · Crime: 711 incidents in the 12 months to January 2026
December 2025reconstructed
Sector median £405,000 · Crime: 716 incidents in the 12 months to December 2025
November 2025reconstructed
Sector median £410,000 · Crime: 707 incidents in the 12 months to November 2025
October 2025reconstructed
Sector median £412,500 · Crime: 704 incidents in the 12 months to October 2025
September 2025reconstructed
Sector median £415,000 · Crime: 693 incidents in the 12 months to September 2025
August 2025reconstructed
Sector median £402,500 · Crime: 700 incidents in the 12 months to August 2025
July 2025reconstructed
Sector median £400,000 · Crime: 705 incidents in the 12 months to July 2025
June 2025reconstructed
Sector median £400,000 · Crime: 696 incidents in the 12 months to June 2025
May 2025reconstructed
Sector median £400,000 · Crime: 696 incidents in the 12 months to May 2025
April 2025reconstructed
Sector median £400,000 · Crime: 687 incidents in the 12 months to April 2025
March 2025reconstructed
Sector median £400,000 · Crime: 707 incidents in the 12 months to March 2025
February 2025reconstructed
Sector median £400,000 · Crime: 694 incidents in the 12 months to February 2025
January 2025reconstructed
Sector median £400,000 · Crime: 722 incidents in the 12 months to January 2025
December 2024reconstructed
Sector median £400,000 · Crime: 740 incidents in the 12 months to December 2024
November 2024reconstructed
Sector median £400,000 · Crime: 754 incidents in the 12 months to November 2024
October 2024reconstructed
Sector median £400,000 · Crime: 786 incidents in the 12 months to October 2024

Saved snapshots are the monthly figures PostcodeLens has recorded since July 2026. Reconstructed views are assembled from official source data (HM Land Registry price paid, Police UK crime) to show earlier months; they carry no flood history.

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