Leverstock Green
Dacorum 017 · 5 sub-areas · 7,540 residents
Dacorum 017 is a predominantly owner-occupied corner of Dacorum in the East of England, home to around 7,500 people. A typical two-bedroom home lets for about £1,360 a month — noticeably above the UK median for a two-bed, but reflecting a settled, largely suburban area where the majority of residents own their homes and nearly four in five have green space within easy walking distance.
Leverstock Green is a green, lower-density part of Dacorum — parks within walking distance of most addresses, a slower weekday rhythm, and a population skewed toward longer-tenure households rather than transient renters.
Overview
What's it like to live in Leverstock Green?
The area is unusually green for its density — 7 parks and 2 playgrounds sit within five minutes' walk of the centroid; Crime sits around the national average — neither a notable concern nor a notable selling point; rents are roughly in line with the national norm, at around £1,577 a month for a typical home; gigabit broadband is effectively universal.
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Figures are aggregated across 5 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.
Leverstock Green in Dacorum
Living in Leverstock Green
Dacorum 017 sits within Dacorum, one of Hertfordshire's more prosperous districts, and the feel here is firmly suburban — wide streets, high owner-occupation, and a population spread relatively evenly across the age bands from young families through to retirees. It's not a place people rent through temporarily; with nearly three-quarters of households owner-occupied, this is somewhere people tend to put down roots.
Rents here are higher than many might expect for a non-London commuter zone. A typical month's rent on a two-bedroom home runs to around £1,360, and a three-bedroom costs roughly £1,635 — around 36% more than the UK median for that size. The rent-to-take-home ratio sits at 64%, which is steep; renters here are spending well over half their net pay on housing. That said, the area ranks in the seventh deprivation decile nationally — meaning it's comfortably in the less-deprived half of England — and median resident salaries at around £36,500 a year are decent, even if they're being stretched by housing costs.
The population skews slightly older than city averages. Around one in five residents is under 18 and a similar share is 65 or over, which points to an area with both established families and older settled households. Young professionals in their 20s and early 30s make up a smaller slice — just over 17% of residents are aged 18 to 34. Coupled-with-children households and single-person households each account for roughly a fifth of all homes. It's a fairly balanced picture, but the dominant character is family-oriented homeownership rather than young renter turnover.
Car travel dominates here: over half of residents drive to work, and just 3% use public transport for their commute. Working from home is notably common — more than a third of residents work remotely, which is well above national norms. The nearest mainline rail station is roughly 2.7 km away — about a 33-minute walk, or more realistically a short drive or cycle. See the streets and sub-areas below for more.
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Frequently asked
- Is Dacorum 017 a nice place to live?
- For owner-occupiers and families, yes — it's a settled suburban area in a relatively low-deprivation part of Hertfordshire, with good green space access and solid broadband. Renters face a tougher picture: rents are high relative to take-home pay, with the rent-to-income ratio sitting at 64%, and car ownership is effectively a necessity here.
- What is the rent in Dacorum 017?
- A one-bedroom flat runs around £1,090 a month, a two-bedroom about £1,360, and a three-bedroom roughly £1,635. Rents rose around 3.8% in the past year. These are estimates scaled from borough-level data using local sale prices, as official rent figures only cover the council area as a whole.
- Is Dacorum 017 safe?
- Crime runs at around 91 incidents per 1,000 residents a year — slightly above the UK national rate of roughly 80. That's a modest gap and broadly in line with suburban Hertfordshire. The area sits in the seventh least-deprived decile nationally, which is a positive context for day-to-day safety.
- What's the commute from Dacorum 017 to a major city?
- The nearest mainline rail station is about 2.7 km away — a drive or cycle for most residents. By public transport, the best journey time to a major UK employment hub is around 61 minutes, consistent with a Hertfordshire commute into London. Over half of residents drive to work, and more than a third work from home.
- Who lives in Dacorum 017?
- Mostly owner-occupiers — 72.5% of households own their home. The age spread is even, with roughly equal shares of under-18s, working-age adults, and over-65s. It's a family-oriented area with a relatively low proportion of young renters; private renting accounts for less than 9% of households.
- What schools are near Dacorum 017?
- There are 72 schools within typical catchment distance, but only around 29% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted — well below the national average of roughly 89%. The nearest Outstanding school is approximately 5.5 km away. Families should check individual catchments closely given the wide variation in local ratings.
- How affordable is buying a home in Dacorum 017?
- It's a stretch. The median sale price is just over £512,000, and on median local earnings it takes around seven years to save a typical deposit. Council tax adds roughly £200 a month on top of housing costs, and the rent-to-income ratio of 64% means renters have limited scope to save quickly.