West Hyde

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 6° · 38% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:55Sunset 16:35

9h 39m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

62US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Harlington, United Kingdom

• 8.2 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 6.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

30 reported · August 2026▲ 36% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences12
• Anti-social behaviour6
• Drugs2
• Other theft2

Neighbourhood team: Rickmansworth and District · Hertfordshire

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

637 reported road collisions (2025)

105 killed or seriously injured · 785 casualties · 20.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

130 food businesses within 2 miles

• 107 rated 4–5 ★ (82 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Denham Golf Club (3.3 km)
• 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£482,137 average

Across Hillingdon · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,570 average monthly rent▲ 2.5% YoY

• 1 bed £1,252
• 2 bed £1,586
• 3 bed £1,913

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

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

2,259 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: 153.9p · Esso (10.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (10.2 km)

16 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

64 charging locations within ~8 km

• 15 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 160 kW
• Nearest: Nissan HQ B (1.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches11
• Playgrounds3

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK27,204
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK33,679
• Net moves−6,475

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

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 116 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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

112 schools · 54,308 pupils

64 primary · 21 secondary · 27 other

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

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Hillingdon

290 CQC-registered services

• Care homes48
• GP practices61
• Dentists60
• Homecare agencies83
• Hospitals & hospices9

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Hillingdon

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

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

421 applications decided

86% granted · 362 granted, 59 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Conservative majority

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

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

17,260 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

139 jobs advertised · £37,274 avg

e.g. Business Manager, Postal Delivery Driver (Postie), End-of-Lease Cleaning Professional

Source: Adzuna

£807 median full-time weekly pay

5% 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

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

3 GP surgeries · 10 pharmacies in WD3

• Gade And Chorleywood Health Centres
• The Colne Practice
• New Road 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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