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PROPERTY REVIEW — Apr 2025 – Mar 2026

Welwyn Garden City

Everything that happened in the local property market.

Average house price
£442,901
0%vs Apr 2024 – Mar 2025
|
+6%vs Apr 2020 – Mar 2021
205
homes sold
£90.8m
total value
£1.7m
highest sale
Jul
busiest month

Price Movement

How prices moved month by month across Welwyn Garden City.

Sales by month

JanFebMar11Apr24May30Jun40Jul32Aug25Sep31Oct12Nov

Data up to Nov — later months not yet published by Land Registry.

1
million pound sale
£44,290
first-time buyer deposit (10%)

Energy & Environment

How green are the homes in Welwyn Garden City?

70
avg energy score
national: 60
37%
rated below EPC C
6,404 homes
17,115
EPC certificates

6,404 homes are rated below EPC C and could be illegal to rent by 2035 under proposed regulations.

Rating distribution

A
21(0%)
B
1,972(12%)
C
8,718(51%)
D
5,379(31%)
E
887(5%)
F
129(1%)
G
9(0%)

Crime & Safety

What happened on the streets of Welwyn Garden City.

Crimes by month

4,654total
352Jan353Feb458Mar2Apr476May490Jun453Jul424Aug401Sep441Oct406Nov398Dec

By category

Violence & Sexual Offences1,527(33%)
Anti-social Behaviour1,048(23%)
Shoplifting595(13%)
Criminal Damage & Arson273(6%)
Public Order244(5%)
Vehicle Crime223(5%)
Other Theft211(5%)
Burglary164(4%)
Other Crime96(2%)
Drugs84(2%)
Bicycle Theft72(2%)
Robbery49(1%)
Weapons Possession39(1%)
Theft from Person29(1%)

Crime data is at district level, sourced from police.uk open data.

How Does It Compare?

National benchmarks and growth over time.

vs National Average
+53%

more expensive

Local: £442,901 / National: £290,000

Time to save a deposit
6 yrs

on a median salary

£35,000 salary, 20% savings rate

5-Year Growth
+6%

+£26,982 on average

Apr 2020 – Mar 2021: £415,919 /Apr 2025 – Mar 2026: £442,901

Price per sqft
£488

national: £280/sqft

Based on 205 transactions with EPC data

What £300k buys
615 sqft

in Welwyn Garden City

vs 1071 sqft nationally

If This Made the Papers

The headlines Welwyn Garden City would have made.

6,404 homes could be illegal to rent by 2035

4,654 crimes were reported — roughly 13 every single day

Prices are up 6% since Apr 2020 – Mar 2021 — that's £27k more per home

The average home costs 13x the median UK salary

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