Dacorum

16°COvercast

• Today: 17° / 10° · 17% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 10° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:25Sunset 19:33

13h 7m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Hillingdon Harmondsworth Os, United Kingdom

2 reported · July 2026▼ 71% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour1
• Vehicle crime1

Neighbourhood team: Berkhamsted and Tring · Hertfordshire

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

160 reported road collisions (2024)

32 killed or seriously injured · 205 casualties · 10.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

165 food businesses within 2 miles

• 143 rated 4–5 ★ (114 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Berkhamsted (2.1 km)
• 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£459,438 average▲ 1.8% YoY

Across Dacorum · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,583 average monthly rent▲ 0.2% YoY

• 1 bed £1,091
• 2 bed £1,368
• 3 bed £1,643

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

11.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.9 times median annual pay (12.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 142.8p · AppleGreen (6.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 181.9p · Asda (3.4 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

31 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 400 kW
• Nearest: Saba UK (2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools11
• Sports pitches22
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

155,081 residents in Dacorum · 730/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 240 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,409 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (31% of 67,930)

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

80 schools · 28,467 pupils

55 primary · 9 secondary · 16 other

Ofsted: 20 of 24 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (83%)

70inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Dacorum

1,172 CQC-registered services

• Care homes257
• GP practices170
• Dentists295
• Homecare agencies329
• Hospitals & hospices34

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

Source: Care Quality Commission · Hertfordshire

• Within the Green Belt
• 37 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

258 applications decided

85.3% granted · 220 granted, 38 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Liberal Democrat (minority)

• Lab 4
• Con 18
• LD 19
• Oth 10

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,930 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£889 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£31,901 disposable income per head (2024)

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

50% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 76,523 certificates

8.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 84.8 yrs women · 81.2 yrs men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Harpenden and Berkhamsted:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s401 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership357 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership324 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test230 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office224 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Potten End · 0.3 km

  Potten End is a village in west Hertfordshire, England. It is located in the Chiltern Hills, two miles (3.2 km) east-north-east of Berkhamsted, three miles (4.8 km) north west of Hemel Hempstead and two miles south ea…

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  Danais (hundred) · 0.4 km

  Danais Hundred was a judicial and taxation subdivision of Hertfordshire, in the west of the county, that existed from the 10th to the 19th century. It gave its name to the modern local government district of Dacorum…

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  Dacorum · 0.4 km

  Dacorum is a local government district with borough status in Hertfordshire, England. The council is based in Hemel Hempstead. The borough also includes the towns of Berkhamsted and Tring and surrounding villages. The…

• Nettleden with Potten End · 0.5 km

  Nettleden with Potten End is a civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, covering the villages of Potten End and Nettleden and the surrounding rural area.

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  Inns of Court War Memorial · 0.7 km

  The Inns of Court Officers Training Corps Memorial is a First World War memorial near Berkhamsted, in the west of Hertfordshire. It is now on land that forms part of Berkhamsted Golf Course. The stone obelisk was erec…

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  The Mansion, Berkhamsted · 0.9 km

  The Mansion, Berkhamsted is a historic property on Castle Hill in Berkhamsted. It is a Grade II Listed building.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)