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A village of 1,275 in Hertfordshire, East of England.
Households here earn well: mean household income £72,501; 1.1% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. Pupils here do better than most: primary results beat 79% of towns in England. Cost of living is its weak spot: a typical home costs £630,000 and rent runs £1,533 a month. The rest of its grades are middling: B for health and C+ for hazard risk.
Figures: income and life expectancy, ONS · claimants, DWP · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · flood risk, Environment Agency. With fewer than 2,500 residents, Hadham Cross has subject grades but no overall one.
The 3 things Hadham Cross does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Hadham Cross is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
With fewer than 2,500 residents, Hadham Cross has subject grades but no overall one.
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Historic England lists them inside Hadham Cross’ built-up area, along with 1 scheduled monument.
34% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Hadham Cross.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Relative to its size, Hadham Cross keeps 729 listed buildings per 10,000 residents. The town’s listed buildings include Boundary Wall at Yewtree Farm, Grade I. Just over a third of its homes were built before 1919, above both Hertfordshire’s towns (12%) and England’s towns (16%). The top grade, Grade I, goes to 3 of them.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Two thirds of pupils at the 3 primary schools within 3 km met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Its one school is below. 213 pupils attend Hadham Cross’s one primary school.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Andrew's CE Primary School and NurseryLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 213 | B− |
Reported offences in Hadham Cross came to 39 over twelve months to August 2026; nuisance and anti-social incidents added 23. Of all the crimes, 56% were violence and sexual offences. Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 9.9 reports per 1,000, below Hertfordshire’s towns (14.4) but above England’s towns (7.8).
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
21% live in social housing, above both Hertfordshire’s towns (18%) and England’s towns (18%). 41 standard sales inside Hadham Cross’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 put the median at £630,000. Home ownership stands at 66% of households.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £770,000 | 19 |
| Semi-detached | £523,000 | 9 |
| Terraced | £377,500 | 8 |
| Flat or maisonette | £202,500 | 5 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 45% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Four in five commuters drove, above both Hertfordshire’s towns (73%) and England’s towns (70%); what’s more, the census counted 45% of workers working mainly from home. Of the commuters living in Hadham Cross, 7% work in the town itself. Jobs per working resident: 0.4.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
The nearest A&E to Hadham Cross is The Princess Alexandra Hospital, 5.4 miles away. One GP practice serves the town; 93% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. At the census, 16% of people here had a disability, above Hertfordshire’s towns (14%) but below England’s towns (17%).
| Census 2021 | Hadham Cross | Hertfordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 85% | 85% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.5% | 3.8% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 16% | 14% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · No age adjustment applies to these census answers, which flatter younger towns; the Health Grade’s measures, life expectancy and early deaths among them, do allow for age.
Children under 15 make up 20%, above Hertfordshire’s towns (19%) and England’s towns (18%) alike. Retirement age and beyond: 23% of residents are 65 or older. Hadham Cross has a median age of 45.3. Graduates make up just over two in five adults.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Hadham Cross | Hertfordshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 7.5% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 27% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 23% | 17% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 4.3% | 4.5% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| Degree level | 41% | 39% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Hertfordshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Hadham Cross. Best known first.
Art galleryHenry Moore Foundation1.2 km outside town, to the southeastMuseumMuseumHenry Moore Studios & Gardens1 km outside town, to the southeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
5 notable people were born in Hadham Cross.
John Randolph: William Owen, Public domain
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hadham Cross | 1,275 | — | — | C− | A− | B |
| Puckeridge and Standon | 3,861 | 3.6 | B | B− | B+ | A− |
| Bishop's Stortford | 40,916 | 3.8 | A | C+ | C | A |
| Sawbridgeworth | 10,471 | 4.1 | A− | C+ | C+ | B+ |
| Little Hallingbury | 1,434 | 4.4 | — | B− | A− | A |
| Ware | 19,631 | 5 | B+ | C+ | C+ | B |
| Great Amwell | 1,017 | 5.1 | — | C− | A− | A |
| Stanstead Abbotts | 3,754 | 5.2 | A− | B− | B− | A− |
Little Hallingbury and Great Amwell have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £630,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £202,500, terraced houses £377,500, semi-detached houses £523,000 and detached houses £770,000.
That is 29.9 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I buildings include Boundary Wall at Yewtree Farm. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
Primary results beat 79% of towns in England (Department for Education, Key Stage 2). One state school is inside the town; places are handled by Hertfordshire council.
Against all UK towns, it grades A−.
Village in Hertfordshire, England
Hadham Cross is a built-up area of 1,275 people, in the East Hertfordshire council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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