Gerrards Cross

18°COvercast

• Today: 23° / 12° · 18% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 16° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:26

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Harlington, United Kingdom

40 reported · July 2026▲ 33% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour8
• Violence & sexual offences8
• Criminal damage & arson5
• Shoplifting4

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Denham and Gerrards Cross · Thames Valley

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

607 reported road collisions (2024)

106 killed or seriously injured · 765 casualties · 11 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

136 food businesses within 2 miles

• 123 rated 4–5 ★ (99 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Gerrards Cross (0.3 km)
• 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£490,508 average▲ 4.3% YoY

Across Buckinghamshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,474 average monthly rent▲ 4.6% YoY

• 1 bed £1,035
• 2 bed £1,310
• 3 bed £1,602

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

11.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.3 times median annual pay (11.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Asda (10.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 179.9p · Asda (10.9 km)

27 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

47 charging locations within ~8 km

• 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: West Common (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms2
• Swimming pools9
• Sports pitches40
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

553,079 residents in Buckinghamshire · 353/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

£2,527 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (23% of 238,540)

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

274 schools · 97,646 pupils

182 primary · 35 secondary · 57 other

Ofsted: 80 of 93 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (86%)

235inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Buckinghamshire

563 CQC-registered services

• Care homes134
• GP practices89
• Dentists155
• Homecare agencies134
• Hospitals & hospices9

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Buckinghamshire

• In a conservation area (Gerrards Cross Common)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 32 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

1,132 applications decided

86.9% granted · 984 granted, 148 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Sarah Green

Liberal Democrat

Chesham and Amersham

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

• Lab 3
• Con 50
• LD 26
• Grn 2
• Ref 2
• Oth 14

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

• Schools6
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés20

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

33,545 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

246 jobs advertised · £39,510 avg

e.g. Speech and Language Therapist, Occupational Therapist, Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*

Source: Adzuna

£836 median full-time weekly pay

3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£34,111 disposable income per head (2024)

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

59% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 90,273 certificates

8.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

58% low-carbon electricity

Wind 36% · Gas 26% · Imports 16% · Biomass 15%

127 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.4 yrs women · 82.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 66.9 women · 65.3 men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Chesham and Amersham:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s359 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership353 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership304 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office260 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test209 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Gerrards Cross Memorial Building · 0.4 km

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