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Broxbourne

Broxbourne is a town in Hertfordshire, England, with a population of around 35,000. It has around 1 GP surgery, 1 supermarket, and 4 restaurants and cafés, with 3 bus stops and the nearest railway station being Broxbourne, 3 km away. There were around 129 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence and sexual offences. Covers 6 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, Broxbourne is around the average in England (IoD2025). It is home to around 99,007 residents at roughly 1,925 people per km².

46/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 180th of 294 English council areas — better than 39% of them.

Low crime62
Home affordability21
Affordable rents13
Good schools19
Life expectancy60
Low deprivation51
Employment48
Low council tax79

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

9°COvercast

  • Today: 11° / 8° · 24% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:01Sunset 16:25

9h 24m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Enfield - Bowes Primary School, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 7.6 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.7% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

104 reported · August 2026▼ 10% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences44
  • Anti-social behaviour31
  • Criminal damage & arson7
  • Shoplifting6

Local policing priorities

  • Thank you to everyone who completed our latest local policing priorities survey. Following an analysis of public feedback, our priorities…

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

128 reported road collisions (2025)

35 killed or seriously injured · 155 casualties · 12.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

228 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 197 rated 4–5 ★ (183 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Broxbourne (3.0 km)
  • 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Broxbourne (2.8 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£414,692 average▲ 2.3% YoY

Across Broxbourne · to 2026-08

Detached£897,035
Semi-detached£528,531
Terraced£414,281
Flat£225,424

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,685 average monthly rent▲ 3% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,132
  • 2 bed £1,451
  • 3 bed £1,780

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

Affordability

10.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.8 times median annual pay (11.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,210 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (11.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 140.8p · AppleGreen (11.3 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

46 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 14 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 160 kW
  • Nearest: Tesco Extra-Cheshunt (1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Swimming pools10
  • Sports pitches18
  • Golf courses3
  • Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

99,007 residents in Broxbourne · 1,925/km²

  • Under 16: 20%
  • 16–64: 63%
  • 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,504
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,948
  • Net moves+556

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 152 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,306 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (34% of 42,330)

A £1,538
B £1,794
C £2,050
D £2,306
E £2,819
F £3,332
G £3,844
H £4,613

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

42 schools · 16,278 pupils

30 primary · 7 secondary · 5 other

Ofsted: 16 of 20 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (80%)

42 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • The Broxbourne SchoolOutstanding
  • Goffs - Churchgate AcademyGood
  • Haileybury TurnfordGood
  • Robert Barclay AcademyGood
  • St Mary's Church of England High School (VA)Good
  • The John Warner SchoolInadequate
  • Goffs Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Broxbourne

Care & health services

1,176 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes257
  • GP practices171
  • Dentists296
  • Homecare agencies330
  • Hospitals & hospices34

CQC ratings: 86% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 7 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Hertfordshire

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 34 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

134 applications decided

86.6% granted · 116 granted, 18 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Council control

Conservative majority

  • Lab 3
  • Con 25
  • Ref 2

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools4
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens5
  • Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,210 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

100 jobs advertised · £42,646 avg

e.g. Housing & Neighbourhood Advisor, Class 1 Driver - Multi Drop, Cover Supervisor

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£901 median full-time weekly pay

3.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,495 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

50% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 42,407 certificates

7.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Health

Life expectancy: 84.4 yrs women · 80.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Hertfordshire): 65.5 women · 65.4 men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.2
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)4.3

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Broxbourne:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05