Borehamwood

23°CCloudy

• Today: 23° / 12° · 57% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 17° · Light rain shower

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:29Sunset 19:25

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Brent - Ikea, United Kingdom

266 reported · July 2026▼ 25% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences99
• Anti-social behaviour52
• Public order25
• Criminal damage & arson20

11 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Borehamwood and Elstree · Hertfordshire

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

777 reported road collisions (2024)

107 killed or seriously injured · 875 casualties · 20 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

267 food businesses within 2 miles

• 216 rated 4–5 ★ (182 top)
• 8 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Elstree & Borehamwood (0.3 km)
• 47 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£603,753 average▼ 2.9% YoY

Across Barnet · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,945 average monthly rent▲ 3.6% YoY

• 1 bed £1,496
• 2 bed £1,854
• 3 bed £2,250

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

14.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 14.9 times median annual pay (13.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 153.9p · Esso (8.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (8.2 km)

42 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 23 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 180 kW
• Nearest: Kinetic Business Centre (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms3
• Swimming pools19
• Sports pitches25
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds19

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

389,341 residents in Barnet · 4,489/km²

• Under 16: 21%
• 16–64: 65%
• 65+: 14%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 184 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,133 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (25% of 160,460)

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

171 schools · 66,527 pupils

88 primary · 24 secondary · 59 other

Ofsted: 56 of 58 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (97%)

128inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Barnet

453 CQC-registered services

• Care homes79
• GP practices78
• Dentists140
• Homecare agencies99
• Hospitals & hospices9

CQC ratings: 90% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Barnet

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

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

615 applications decided

74.8% granted · 460 granted, 155 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Sir Oliver Dowden

Conservative

Hertsmere

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 31
• Con 31
• Grn 1

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

• Schools9
• GPs & clinics4
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets7
• Parks & greens25
• Restaurants & cafés52

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

26,760 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

489 jobs advertised · £41,149 avg

e.g. Mental Health Nurse, Kitchen Porter - Borehamwood, Personal Assistant - Regional Operations Director

Source: Adzuna

£905 median full-time weekly pay

5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£38,184 disposable income per head (2024)

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

49% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 192,137 certificates

9.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

93% low-carbon electricity

Wind 56% · Nuclear 18% · Solar 13% · Gas 7%

35 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.5 yrs women · 82.9 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 61.7 women · 62.7 men

53% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.0
• Feeling worthwhile7.4
• Happiness yesterday7.0
• 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 Hertsmere:

• Fund permanent, 24-hour police patrols in Jewish communities1,183 local signatures · 11,464 nationwide
• Pause housebuilding targets imposed on councils, review and identify local need445 local signatures · 16,962 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s358 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office354 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership341 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide

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

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  Gate Studios · 0.1 km

  Gate Studios was one of the many studios known collectively as Elstree Studios in the town of Borehamwood, England. Opened in 1928, the studios were in use until the early 1950s. The studios had previously been known…

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  All Saints church, Borehamwood · 0.2 km

  All Saints church is a Church of England church in Shenley Road, Borehamwood. It is in the parish of Elstree and Borehamwood. The church is built in the Jacobean style and dates from 1909.

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  Elstree & Borehamwood railway station · 0.3 km

  Elstree & Borehamwood railway station is located in the town of Borehamwood, in Hertfordshire, England; the nearby village of Elstree lies 1.3 miles (2.1 km) to the south-west. The station is a stop on the Midland Mai…

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  Elstree Studios · 0.4 km

  Elstree Studios is a generic term which can refer to several current and demolished British film studios and television studios based in or around the town of Borehamwood and village of Elstree in Hertfordshire, Engla…

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  Elstree and Borehamwood · 0.5 km

  Elstree and Borehamwood is a civil parish in the Hertsmere district, in Hertfordshire, England. Located approximately 12 miles (19 km) northwest of central London and adjacent to the Greater London boundary, it is an…

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  Borehamwood · 0.5 km

  Borehamwood is a town in southern Hertfordshire, England, 12 miles (19 km) from Charing Cross. Borehamwood has a population of 36,322, and is within the London commuter belt. The town's film and TV studios are commonl…

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