Watford (Watford)

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 6° · 33% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:57Sunset 16:32

9h 36m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

33US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Brent - Ikea, United Kingdom

• 8.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 6.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

161 reported · August 2026▼ 7% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences41
• Anti-social behaviour38
• Shoplifting23
• Public order10

11 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Hatch End · Metropolitan

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

358 reported road collisions (2025)

55 killed or seriously injured · 412 casualties · 13.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

395 food businesses within 2 miles

• 311 rated 4–5 ★ (240 top)
• 10 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

£532,173 average▼ 2.5% YoY

Across Harrow · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,778 average monthly rent▲ 2.9% YoY

• 1 bed £1,394
• 2 bed £1,715
• 3 bed £2,064

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

1,471 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 138.8p · AppleGreen (7.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 146.8p · AppleGreen (7.8 km)

27 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)

• Harrow lights up for the festive season· 30 Oct 2026
• Remembrance Sunday services in Harrow· 27 Oct 2026
• Flooding: Wealdstone High Street· 23 Oct 2026
• Stepping up safety ahead of fireworks season· 9 Oct 2026
• Lights, culture, action! Harrow shortlisted for national theatre awards· 1 Oct 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK23,930
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK26,734
• Net moves−2,804

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Around the average in England

Ranked 153 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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

78 schools · 42,410 pupils

40 primary · 12 secondary · 26 other

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

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Harrow

301 CQC-registered services

• Care homes52
• GP practices41
• Dentists88
• Homecare agencies93
• Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 94% 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)

408 applications decided

69.9% granted · 285 granted, 123 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

16,455 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1,362 jobs advertised · £44,819 avg

e.g. Global Compliance Manager - (Twelve Months FTC), Class 2 Driver, Barista

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

2 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in WD19

• Consulting Rooms
• South Oxhey Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South West Hertfordshire:

• Ensure fair and transparent faith security funding for all faith communities318 local signatures · 20,440 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND211 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth148 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks139 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove the grey belt planning rules122 local signatures · 12,329 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  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)