Elstree

17°COvercast

• Today: 24° / 16° · 47% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 12° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:20

12h 48m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

6US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Brent - Ikea, United Kingdom

26 reported · July 2026▲ 4% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour10
• Violence & sexual offences10
• Criminal damage & arson2
• Drugs1

1 stop & searches · mostly stolen goods

Neighbourhood team: Borehamwood and Elstree · Hertfordshire

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

359 reported road collisions (2024)

58 killed or seriously injured · 424 casualties · 13.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

368 food businesses within 2 miles

• 291 rated 4–5 ★ (243 top)
• 11 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Elstree & Borehamwood (1.8 km)
• 18 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£524,160 average▼ 1.4% YoY

Across Harrow · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,773 average monthly rent▲ 3% YoY

• 1 bed £1,390
• 2 bed £1,711
• 3 bed £2,058

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

14.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 14.0 times median annual pay (13.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 138.8p · AppleGreen (10.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 146.8p · AppleGreen (10.3 km)

44 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 17 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 180 kW
• Nearest: Fastlane Paint & Body-Elstree (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools9
• Sports pitches21
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Give your car a little break and join Harrow's cycling celebration· 10 Sept 2026
• New skills, new careers thanks to £1.4m investment· 25 Aug 2026
• Get active with Olympic Sprinter and Gladiators star Nitro for a free open day at the Leisure Centre· 25 Aug 2026
• Update on Environment Enforcement· 19 Aug 2026
• Save more with Harrow's solar panel scheme· 6 Aug 2026

Source: Harrow Council

261,203 residents in Harrow · 5,175/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 65%
• 65+: 15%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 199 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,511 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (31% of 96,860)

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

75 schools · 42,410 pupils

40 primary · 12 secondary · 23 other

Ofsted: 28 of 29 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (97%)

60inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Harrow

302 CQC-registered services

• Care homes53
• GP practices42
• Dentists87
• Homecare agencies93
• Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 95% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Harrow

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

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

327 applications decided

74.6% granted · 244 granted, 83 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Conservative majority

• Lab 12
• Con 41
• Oth 2

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens10
• Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

16,070 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

63 jobs advertised · £37,298 avg

e.g. CRM Executive - EMEA&RoW, Online Maths Tutoring Job in Elstree – Flexible Schedule, Online Graphic Design Tutoring Job in Elstree – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

£880 median full-time weekly pay

4.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£31,484 disposable income per head (2024)

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

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 104,324 certificates

10.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 86.3 yrs women · 83.1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 62.7 women · 62.9 men

54% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

• The Leys, Elstree · 0.4 km

  The Leys in Barnet Lane, Elstree, Hertfordshire, is an architecturally notable house that is grade II* listed with Historic England. It was designed by the Scottish architect George Henry Walton and built in 1901, wit…

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  Elstree · 0.4 km

  Elstree is a large village in the Hertsmere borough of Hertfordshire, England. It is about 11.5 miles northwest of central London on the former A5 road, which follows the course of Watling Street. In 2011, its populat…

• Elstree South tube station · 0.5 km

  Elstree South was a proposed London Underground station in Elstree, Hertfordshire. It was designed by Charles Holden. The planned location of the station was adjacent to the A5183, north of the junction with the A41 a…

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  The Holly Bush, Elstree · 0.6 km

  The Holly Bush is a listed building, formerly a public house, on the High Street, Elstree, Hertfordshire, England. Elstree's High Street was formerly an important main road, the A5 which followed the course of the Rom…

• Aldenham Works · 0.8 km

  The Aldenham Works, or Aldenham Bus Overhaul Works, was the main London Transport bus overhaul works. It was located on the edge of the Hertfordshire village of Elstree and not in Aldenham. In its heyday, 50 buses a w…

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  Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital · 1.1 km

  The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH) is a specialist orthopaedic hospital located in Stanmore in the London Borough of Harrow, run by the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust. It provides the most c…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)