WD17 postcode area guide — Watford
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the WD17 postcode district in Watford — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in WD17
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
98.4%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
89.1%
Gigabit-capable
86.1%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the WD17 postcode district (Watford) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 550 postcodes Ofcom measures in WD17, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 98.4% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 86.1%.
Around 0% of premises in WD17 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in WD17
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| WD17 1AA | 100% | 95% |
| WD17 1AD | 100% | 100% |
| WD17 1AH | 100% | 12.9% |
| WD17 1AP | 90% | 90% |
| WD17 1AR | 100% | 100% |
| WD17 1AU | 100% | 0% |
| WD17 1AW | 100% | 100% |
| WD17 1AY | 100% | 0% |
| WD17 1AZ | 100% | 0% |
| WD17 1BA | 100% | 100% |
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Mobile signal around Watford
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Watford district (45,486 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
99.9%
4G outdoors — all networks
100%
5G outdoors — all networks
100%
Voice indoors — all networks
99.9%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in WD17
Police recorded 553 incidents within about a mile of the centre of WD17 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 175 | 31.6% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 117 | 21.2% |
| Shoplifting | 54 | 9.8% |
| Vehicle crime | 44 | 8.0% |
| Other theft | 37 | 6.7% |
| Public order | 30 | 5.4% |
| Drugs | 26 | 4.7% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 22 | 4.0% |
Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).
House prices in WD17
Based on 182 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in WD17 is £397,500, up 3.5% on the previous year (£384,000).
Detached
£960,000
41 sales
Semi-detached
£775,000
20 sales
Terraced
£412,000
36 sales
Flat / maisonette
£258,500
80 sales
Latest recorded sales in WD17
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2026 | £465,000 | Terraced | Sotheron Road | WD17 2QB |
| 21 May 2026 | £211,500 | Flat | Gladstone Road | WD17 2QZ |
| 12 May 2026 | £900,000 | Detached | Ridgefield | WD17 4TZ |
| 12 May 2026 | £375,000 | Flat | Hempstead Road | WD17 4LR |
| 8 May 2026 | £975,000 | Detached | Yorke Gate | WD17 4NQ |
| 6 May 2026 | £395,000 | Terraced | Shaftesbury Road | WD17 2RG |
| 5 May 2026 | £112,000 | Flat | Heathdene Manor | WD17 4PZ |
| 30 Apr 2026 | £142,000 | Flat | Queens Road | WD17 2QL |
| 30 Apr 2026 | £114,000 | Flat | Wellstones | WD17 2AF |
| 20 Apr 2026 | £725,000 | Detached | Greenbank Road | WD17 4JL |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Watford demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Watford district (102,247 residents, 39,629 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20.8% |
| 15–29 | 25.6% |
| 30–44 | 24.1% |
| 45–64 | 16.9% |
| 65+ | 12.6% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 55.1% |
| Private rented | 28.2% |
| Social rented | 11.7% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around WD17
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Rood Catholic Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 454 | WD17 4FS |
| Watford St John's Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 401 | WD17 1JJ |
| Central Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 399 | WD17 2LX |
| Cassiobury Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 359 | WD17 3PD |
| Cassiobury Infant and Nursery School | Primary | 3–7 | 310 | WD17 3PE |
| Lanchester Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 298 | WD17 3HD |
| Nascot Wood Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 240 | WD17 4YS |
| Nascot Wood Infant and Nursery School | Primary | 3–7 | 202 | WD17 4YT |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Food hygiene ratings in WD17
306 rated food businesses operate in WD17. 217 hold the top rating of 5, 40 are rated 4, and 3 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: 144, Aldi, Alli Bhavan Deli, Aramark Ltd @ West Herts College, Asah Restaurant.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in WD17
From a sample of 176 Energy Performance Certificates across 9 WD17 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 34% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
4%
Band C
30%
Band D
47%
Band E
15%
Band F
3%
Band G
1%
Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.
Phone area codes for Watford
Landlines around WD17 typically use:
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.