Is WD19 6LY a good place to live?
Hertfordshire (WD19 6LY), East of England, England
View WD19 postcode district overviewComprehensive Score
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 73 primary schools and 21 secondary schools, including 20 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
At a glance
WD19 6LY has plenty going for it.
- Safety score: 5/5 (excellent)
- Schools: 94 nearby (20 Outstanding)
- Transport links: good — nearest station 0.5 mi
Summary
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 73 primary schools and 21 secondary schools, including 20 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
WD19 6LY is a UK postcode in WD19 with a low crime rate and an excellent safety rating. Families have access to 73 primary schools and 21 secondary schools, including 20 rated Outstanding by Ofsted. The closest rail connection is Carpenders Park, 0.5 miles away.
Day-to-day amenities around WD19 6LY include 1 supermarket and 1 park. Healthcare is served by 5 GP practices, the closest 0.3 miles away. Full fibre broadband reaches roughly 100% of premises.
Over the past 6 months, 8 incidents were reported in WD19 6LY. It ranks in the lower half for safety within WD19.
Overall score
Good overall profile, averaged across five dimensions.
Each dimension is scored from 0 to 100 based on the underlying data for this postcode. Safety is scaled from the 0-5 rating used elsewhere on the page.
Per-dimension breakdown
- Safety
- 5/5 — Excellent
- Schools
- 72/100 — Good
- Amenities
- 38/100 — Below average
- Transport
- 85/100 — Excellent
- Connectivity
- 100/100 — Excellent
Safety
WD19 6LY is rated 5/5 for safety - among the safest in its district.
In the most recent 6 months of Police.uk data, 8 incidents were reported in WD19 6LY.
The most common categories are Anti-social behaviour (38%), Violent crime (25%), Other theft (25%), based on reported crime type counts.
Within WD19, this postcode ranks 457 of 693 for safety.
Compared to nearby areas
- WD19 district average
- 191 crimes per 1,000 people
- London average
- 100 per 1,000
- UK average
- 85 per 1,000
Schools near WD19 6LY
94 schools near WD19 6LY, including 20 rated Outstanding.
Families have access to 73 primary schools (13 Outstanding, 51 Good and 3 Requires Improvement) and 21 secondary schools (7 Outstanding, 10 Good and 1 Requires Improvement) within the local area.
Nearby amenities
A handful of everyday amenities surround WD19 6LY.
Within the 3-mile radius search we counted 1 supermarket and 1 park or green space.
The nearest supermarket recorded is Lidl, 0.4 miles away.
Shaftesbury Playing Fields is just 1.0 miles away for daily green space.
Supermarkets
- Lidl0.4 mi
Parks & green space
- Shaftesbury Playing Fields1.0 mi
Transportation
Carpenders Park is the closest station, about 0.5 miles from WD19 6LY - a walk of about 10-15 minutes.
In total there is 1 rail station within the 3-mile search radius used by scoremystreet.
- Carpenders Park0.5 mi
Connectivity
Full fibre broadband reaches almost every property in this postcode.
Reported availability: full fibre 100%, ultrafast 100%, superfast 100%.
Housing
We did not find enough recent housing transactions to summarise prices.
HM Land Registry data did not return transactions for this postcode in the search window. This usually means a very small number of homes, not that prices are unavailable overall.
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