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Melrose Avenue, Borehamwood

MyStreetCheck free street report: Melrose Avenue, Borehamwood · 31 October 2026 · www.mystreetcheck.co.uk/borehamwood-hertfordshire/melrose-avenue/

House prices, sold prices and local information for WD6 2BH, WD6 2BJ.

Average price (last 12 months)
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0 sales
Average price (since 2016)
£741,833
21 sales
Price range
£490k – £980k
lowest to highest sale
Last sale
29 Jul 2025
WD6 2BH

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At a glance

House prices£742k averageSince 2016 (few recent sales) CrimeAbout averageLower crime than about 60% of neighbourhoods in England DeprivationLess deprived than mostDecile 8 of 10 (10 = least deprived) Flood riskNear a flood alert areaLower risk than a warning area Nearest station8 min walkElstree & Borehamwood station Schools2 rated Good or betterWithin 1.5 miles Ultrafast broadband100% of homesNational average 80% Freehold or leaseholdAll freeholdAcross 22 Land Registry sales Conservation areaChecking…Planning designations Green beltChecking…Planning designations Listed buildingsChecking…Within about 200 m Planning applicationsChecking…Within 500 m, last 90 days

21 property sales on Melrose Avenue, Borehamwood have been recorded by HM Land Registry since 2016. The most recent sale was on 29 Jul 2025. Most sales here are semi-detached homes, which have sold for an average of £748,605. 4 homes here have sold more than once since 2016; 4 of them sold for more the second time. By property type, sales here have been 90% semi-detached, 10% detached. Recorded sale prices on Melrose Avenue range from £490,000 to £980,000. Every home sold here was sold freehold.

House prices on Melrose Avenue compared

WD6 postcode area£494,291
Borehamwood£494,291
England & Wales£358,701

Average sale price over the last 12 months. Melrose Avenue has had fewer than two sales in that time, so it is left out. See all WD6 house prices.

Average sale price by year

2016: £590,000 (5 sales)2016£590k2017: £792,500 (2 sales)2017£793k2018: £659,000 (2 sales)2018£659k2019: £540,000 (1 sales)2019£540k2021: £812,500 (2 sales)2021£813k2022: £877,625 (4 sales)2022£878k2023: £820,000 (2 sales)2023£820k2024: £797,500 (2 sales)2024£798k2025: £815,000 (1 sales)2025£815k

Tenure: 100% freehold and 0% leasehold across 22 recorded sales.

Prices by property type

TypeSalesAverage priceLast sold
Semi-detached19£748,60515 Nov 2024
Detached2£677,50029 Jul 2025

Sold prices on Melrose Avenue

AddressDatePriceTypeTenure
53, Melrose Avenue WD6 2BH 29 Jul 2025£815,000 DetachedFreehold
33, Melrose Avenue WD6 2BH 15 Nov 2024£840,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
50, Melrose Avenue WD6 2BJ 5 Nov 2024£755,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
32, Melrose Avenue WD6 2BJ 13 Apr 2023£980,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
36, Melrose Avenue WD6 2BJ 6 Feb 2023£660,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
17, Melrose Avenue WD6 2BH 20 Dec 2022£975,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
35, Melrose Avenue WD6 2BH 8 Jul 2022£850,500 Semi-detachedFreehold
14, Melrose Avenue WD6 2BJ 24 Jun 2022£935,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
23, Melrose Avenue WD6 2BH 28 Feb 2022£750,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
11, Melrose Avenue WD6 2BH 21 Dec 2021£680,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
2, Melrose Avenue WD6 2BJ 25 Jun 2021£945,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
53, Melrose Avenue WD6 2BH 17 Apr 2019£540,000 DetachedFreehold
1, Melrose Avenue WD6 2BH 2 Aug 2018£758,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
43, Melrose Avenue WD6 2BH 28 Feb 2018£560,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
49, Melrose Avenue WD6 2BH 22 May 2017£775,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
48, Melrose Avenue WD6 2BJ 31 Mar 2017£810,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
29, Melrose Avenue WD6 2BH 15 Aug 2016£677,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
51, Melrose Avenue WD6 2BH 15 Jul 2016£643,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
42, Melrose Avenue WD6 2BJ 26 May 2016£590,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
2, Melrose Avenue WD6 2BJ 25 Feb 2016£550,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
51, Melrose Avenue WD6 2BH 19 Feb 2016£490,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
11, Melrose Avenue WD6 2BH 21 Jan 2016£540,000 Semi-detachedFreehold

Sale prices are as recorded by HM Land Registry. Some sales (for example repossessions and company purchases) are listed but left out of the averages.

Sale history: homes sold more than once

AddressSalesChange
53, Melrose Avenue £540,000 (Apr 2019) → £815,000 (Jul 2025) +51%
over 6 yrs
11, Melrose Avenue £540,000 (Jan 2016) → £680,000 (Dec 2021) +26%
over 6 yrs
2, Melrose Avenue £550,000 (Feb 2016) → £945,000 (Jun 2021) +72%
over 5 yrs
51, Melrose Avenue £490,000 (Feb 2016) → £643,000 (Jul 2016) +31%
over under a year

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Crime and flood risk near Melrose Avenue

Crime

238 crimes were reported within about a mile of Melrose Avenue in August 2026.

Crime level compared with the rest of England (10 = lowest crime):

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Lower crime than about 60% of neighbourhoods in England, based on recorded crime rates (English Indices of Deprivation 2025).

Violence & sexual offences79
Anti-social behaviour55
Shoplifting25
Public order19
Drugs15
Criminal damage & arson13

Source: data.police.uk. Locations are approximate and cover the surrounding area, not just this street.

Flood risk

Melrose Avenue is in or near 2 Environment Agency flood areas:

  • Upper River Colne and Radlett Brook Flood alert area
  • Mimmshall Brook Flood alert area

Flood warning areas cover places at risk from rivers and the sea. Surface water risk isn't included. Check the long-term flood risk for a postcode on GOV.UK.

Schools near Melrose Avenue

SchoolTypeAgesOfstedDistance
Summerswood Primary School 344 pupils Primary 3–11 Requires improvement Report 0.1 mi
Monksmead School 208 pupils Primary 4–11 Report 0.4 mi
Yavneh College 1,085 pupils Secondary Jewish 11–18 Good Report 0.4 mi
Yavneh Primary School 418 pupils Primary Orthodox Jewish 4–11 Report 0.4 mi
Kenilworth Primary School 210 pupils Primary 3–11 Good Report 0.7 mi
St Teresa Catholic Primary School 196 pupils Primary Catholic 3–11 Report 0.7 mi
Saffron Green Primary School 177 pupils Primary 3–11 Report 0.8 mi
Cowley Hill School 416 pupils Primary 3–11 Report 1.0 mi

Source: Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) and Ofsted. Grades are from each school's last graded inspection; newer inspections use report cards without a single overall grade, so check the full report. Distances are straight-line. Check catchment areas with the local council.

Getting around, shops and health

Train stations

  • Elstree & Borehamwood station 0.4 mi · 8 min walk
  • Mill Hill Broadway station 2.7 mi · 54 min walk
  • Radlett station 3.1 mi · 1 hr 2 min walk

Nearest bus stops

  • Wordsworth Gardens (NE-bound, Melrose Avenue) 1 min walk
  • Vale Avenue (SW-bound, Tennison Avenue) 1 min walk
  • Melrose Avenue (NE-bound, Melrose Avenue) 2 min walk
  • Milton Drive (nr, Tennison Avenue) 2 min walk

GP surgeries

  • The Grove Medical Centre
    Borehamwood Shopping Centre, Borehamwood · 0.5 mi
  • Fairbrook Medical Centre
    4 Fairway Avenue, Borehamwood · 0.7 mi
  • Schopwick Surgery
    Everett Court, Romeland, Borehamwood · 1.2 mi
  • Jai Medical Centre
    114 Edgwarebury Lane, Edgware · 1.9 mi

Supermarkets

  • Tesco Extra Tesco Borehamwood Extra · 0.4 mi
  • Sainsburys Local Sainsburys Borehamwood Shenley Road Local · 0.5 mi
  • Asda PFS Asda Elstree Allum Lane Petrol Filling Station · 0.5 mi
  • Farmfoods Farmfoods Borehamwood · 0.6 mi

Pharmacies

  • Care Chemist · 0.5 mi
  • Care Chemist · 0.5 mi
  • Greenlight Pharmacy · 0.5 mi

Dentists

  • Dental Surgery · 0.3 mi
  • Elstree Dental · 0.4 mi
  • Oborehamwood Ortho Clinic Ltd · 0.5 mi

Sources: Department for Transport (NaPTAN), NHS England organisation data, and GEOLYTIX Retail Points (open data). Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance.

Area profile

Deprivation

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This neighbourhood is in decile 8 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of areas in England and 10 the least deprived.

Income6 of 10
Employment6 of 10
Education and skills8 of 10
Health and disability7 of 10
Crime7 of 10
Access to housing and services8 of 10
Living environment7 of 10

Each domain ranked in deciles across England (10 = least deprived).

Homes

HereEng & Wales
Owned70.9%62.5%
Private rented10.4%20.3%
Social rented18.7%17.1%
Households663

People

HereEng & Wales
Under 1522.3%17.4%
Aged 15–6461.1%64.1%
Aged 65+16.6%18.6%
Residents1,854

Broadband

HereUK
Superfast (30Mbit+)100%95%
Ultrafast (300Mbit+)100%80%
Gigabit-capable100%80%

Share of homes on this street's postcodes that can get each speed. UK figure is the average across all postcodes. Source: Ofcom Connected Nations.

Mobile signal

HereEng & Wales
4G indoors, all 4 networks98%89%
4G indoors, at least 1 network100%100%
4G outdoors, all 4 networks100%99%
Calls indoors, all 4 networks99%92%

Share of homes across Hertsmere with good coverage (Jul 2025). Signal varies street by street; check your exact address on Ofcom's checker. Source: Ofcom Connected Nations.

Neighbourhood figures cover the surrounding Lower Layer Super Output Area (about 1,500 residents). Sources: Census 2021 (ONS) and the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.

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Who lives around Melrose Avenue

Ethnic group

HereHertsmere
White78.6%77.1%
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh6.8%10.5%
Other ethnic group5.6%3.8%
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African5.4%4.8%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.6%3.7%

Religion

HereHertsmere
Christian37.6%41.8%
Jewish32.5%17%
No religion17.6%24.2%
Not answered5.1%6.5%
Muslim3.5%3.8%
Hindu2.8%5%
Buddhist0.6%0.6%
Other religion0.3%1%

Country of birth

HereHertsmere
Born in the UK80%77.1%
Born outside the UK20%22.9%

Highest qualification

HereHertsmere
Level 4 qualifications and above40.6%39.6%
No qualifications19.4%16%
Level 3 qualifications14.4%14.8%
Level 2 qualifications11.4%13.2%
Level 1 and entry level qualifications6.6%9.2%
Apprenticeship4.7%4.4%
Other qualifications2.8%2.8%

General health

HereHertsmere
Very good health54.6%53.5%
Good health30%31.9%
Fair health11.1%10.8%
Bad health2.9%3%
Very bad health1.3%0.9%

Cars or vans per household

HereHertsmere
1 car or van in household40.1%42.3%
2 cars or vans in household32.7%31.1%
No cars or vans in household15.5%15.5%
3 or more cars or vans in household11.7%11.2%

Source: Census 2021 (ONS), via Nomis. Percentages of usual residents or households, as recorded in March 2021.

Figures cover the surrounding neighbourhood (Lower Layer Super Output Area, about 1,500 residents). Full demographics of Hertsmere.

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