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HitchinOffa

Offa

LU2 8 / SG5 2 / SG5 3

Family-friendly

Named after the Offa ward on the southeastern edge of Hitchin. This is a residential area with mostly 1970s and 1980s housing, some newer estates mixed in. It sits between Hitchin and the A1(M), so you get road noise in parts. Functional and affordable by Hitchin standards, but without much character of its own. The Highover area falls in here, with schools and local shops nearby.

£600kmedian house
Top 10%primary KS2
Top halfsafety
Offa

Flat

£235k

Terraced

£370k

Semi-detached

£490k

Detached

£850k

66% homeowners13% private rented21% social rented

No station data available for this area.

SafetyTop half

Breakdown of reported crime

Violence and sexual offences
35%
Anti-social behaviour
22%
Criminal damage and arson
13%
Vehicle crime
9%
Other theft
6%
Public order
5%
Other crime
3%
AffluenceTop half

Ethnicity

White
94.5%
White British89.4%
Other White2.9%
Irish2.1%
Irish Traveller0.1%
Mixed
3.1%
White & Black Caribbean1.1%
Other Mixed0.9%
White & Asian0.7%
White & Black African0.4%
Asian
1.4%
Indian1%
Other Asian0.3%
Chinese0.1%
Black
0.9%
Caribbean0.4%
African0.4%
Other Black0.1%
Other
0.1%

State primary

Samuel Lucas Junior Mixed and Infant School
Outstanding🏆 Strong results🤝 Strong SEN support
Oughton Primary and Nursery School
Wilshere-Dacre Junior Academy
😊 Happy school🤝 Strong SEN support

State secondary

Putteridge High School
Non-selective
Hitchin Boys' School
Non-selective🏆 Exceptional results😊 Happy school
The Priory School
Non-selective

Independent

Kingshott School
Green spaces48 nearby
Pinehill Park
Wigmore Valley Park
The Smithson Recreation Ground
King George V Playing Field

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