Watford (Watford)

19°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 25° / 16° · 53% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 12° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:20

12h 48m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

46US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Brent - Ikea, United Kingdom

186 reported · July 2026▼ 5% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences63
• Anti-social behaviour59
• Shoplifting18
• Criminal damage & arson7

5 stop & searches · mostly evidence of offences under the act

Neighbourhood team: Hatch End · Metropolitan

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)

397 food businesses within 2 miles

• 310 rated 4–5 ★ (240 top)
• 13 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Hatch End (1.2 km)
• 16 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 (7.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 146.8p · AppleGreen (7.8 km)

43 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 28 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Lidl-South Oxhey (1.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Swimming pools12
• Sports pitches19
• Golf courses3
• Playgrounds8

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
• 19 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)

• Schools9
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies8
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés32

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

16,070 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

2,271 jobs advertised · £42,559 avg

e.g. Mobile Mechanic, Mobile Vehicle Technician, Mobile Vehicle Technician - Stevenage

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 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

• 
  Oxhey Jets F.C. · 0.2 km

  Oxhey Jets Football Club is an English semi-professional football club based in South Oxhey - a suburb of Watford, Hertfordshire. Founded by John R Elliott BEM, their General Manager. They currently compete in the Com…

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  Prestwick Road Meadows · 0.4 km

  Prestwick Road Meadows is a 2.8 hectare Local Nature Reserve in South Oxhey in Hertfordshire. It is owned and managed by Three Rivers District Council.

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  South Oxhey · 0.7 km

  South Oxhey is an estate in the Watford Rural parish of the Three Rivers district of Hertfordshire, England. It is located in the south western corner of Hertfordshire and close to the boundary with Greater London. At…

• Kol Chai Hatch End Reform Jewish Community · 1.1 km

  Kol Chai – Hatch End Reform Jewish Community is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 434 Uxbridge Road, Hatch End, Pinner in the Borough of Harrow, London, England, in the United Kingdom. The congreg…

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  Watford Rural · 1.1 km

  Watford Rural is a civil parish in the Three Rivers District of Hertfordshire, England. Located approximately 14 miles (23 km) northwest of central London and adjacent to the Greater London boundary, it is an urbanise…

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  Hatch End railway station · 1.3 km

  Hatch End is a London Overground station on the Lioness line, situated in the London Borough of Harrow in north London. It is located in London fare zone 6. The station was formerly served by the Bakerloo line of the…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)