Rickmansworth

22°CCloudy

• Today: 22° / 12° · 61% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 16° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 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: ozone

Source: WAQI · London Harlington, United Kingdom

125 reported · July 2026▲ 25% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences33
• Anti-social behaviour30
• Other theft20
• Shoplifting17

2 stop & searches · mostly stolen goods

Neighbourhood team: Rickmansworth and District · Hertfordshire

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

624 reported road collisions (2024)

81 killed or seriously injured · 755 casualties · 20.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

219 food businesses within 2 miles

• 186 rated 4–5 ★ (150 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Rickmansworth (0.3 km)
• 25 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£474,665 average▼ 0.6% YoY

Across Hillingdon · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,565 average monthly rent▲ 2.1% YoY

• 1 bed £1,248
• 2 bed £1,581
• 3 bed £1,906

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

12.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 12.3 times median annual pay (11.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 153.9p · Esso (6.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (7.6 km)

27 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

96 charging locations within ~8 km

• 17 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Vocalink (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools42
• Sports pitches38
• Golf courses3
• Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

305,909 residents in Hillingdon · 2,644/km²

• Under 16: 21%
• 16–64: 66%
• 65+: 13%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 151 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,045 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (40% of 118,250)

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

110 schools · 54,290 pupils

64 primary · 21 secondary · 25 other

Ofsted: 35 of 38 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

97inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Hillingdon

286 CQC-registered services

• Care homes47
• GP practices60
• Dentists59
• Homecare agencies82
• Hospitals & hospices9

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Hillingdon

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

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

409 applications decided

84.4% granted · 345 granted, 64 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Mr Gagan Mohindra

Conservative

South West Hertfordshire

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

• Lab 16
• Con 31
• Grn 1
• Ref 3
• Oth 2

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

• Schools11
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens76
• Restaurants & cafés23

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

16,720 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

504 jobs advertised · £42,511 avg

e.g. ICA Engineer, Quantity Surveyor, Sign Up To Drive With Uber - Flexible Alternative To Driving Jobs

Source: Adzuna

£807 median full-time weekly pay

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

£25,875 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 · 129,538 certificates

9.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

92% low-carbon electricity

Wind 55% · Nuclear 18% · Solar 13% · Gas 8%

39 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.8 yrs women · 81.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 64.7 women · 64.4 men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South West Hertfordshire:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s367 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership305 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office303 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Ensure fair and transparent faith security funding for all faith communities263 local signatures · 16,437 nationwide
• Pause housebuilding targets imposed on councils, review and identify local need259 local signatures · 16,962 nationwide

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

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  Rickmansworth station · 0.3 km

  Rickmansworth is an interchange railway station in the town of Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, northwest of Central London. It is served by the Metropolitan line of the London Underground and by Chiltern Railways of the…

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  Old Town Hall, Rickmansworth · 0.5 km

  The Old Town Hall was a municipal building in the High Street in Rickmansworth, a town in Hertfordshire, in England. The upper floors have been demolished and the ground floor is now in retail use.

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  Three Rivers District · 0.5 km

  Three Rivers is a local government district in south-west Hertfordshire, England. Its council is based in Rickmansworth. The district borders Hertsmere, Watford, St Albans, Dacorum, Buckinghamshire, and the London bor…

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  Rickmansworth Aquadrome · 0.7 km

  Rickmansworth Aquadrome is a 41-hectare (101-acre) public park and Local Nature Reserve in Rickmansworth in Hertfordshire. It is owned and managed by Three Rivers District Council.

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  Rickmansworth · 0.8 km

  Rickmansworth is a town in south-west Hertfordshire, England, located approximately 17 miles (27 km) north-west of central London, 5 miles (8 km) south-west of Watford and inside the perimeter of the M25 motorway. The…

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  Classical Association · 0.8 km

  The Classical Association (CA) is an educational organisation which aims to promote and widen access to the study of classical subjects in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1903, the Classical Association supports and ad…

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