Baldock

18°COvercast

• Today: 23° / 12° · 54% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:29Sunset 19:25

12h 56m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Enfield - Bowes Primary School, United Kingdom

112 reported · July 2026▲ 4% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences36
• Anti-social behaviour27
• Other theft18
• Criminal damage & arson8

5 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft

Neighbourhood team: Letchworth and Baldock Town · Hertfordshire

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

200 reported road collisions (2024)

44 killed or seriously injured · 281 casualties · 15 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

247 food businesses within 2 miles

• 203 rated 4–5 ★ (169 top)
• 7 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Baldock (0.7 km)
• 34 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£422,616 average▲ 7.8% YoY

Across North Hertfordshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,429 average monthly rent▲ 5% YoY

• 1 bed £1,020
• 2 bed £1,279
• 3 bed £1,569

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

10.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.0 times median annual pay (9.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (2.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.7p · Asda (9.9 km)

13 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

30 charging locations within ~8 km

• 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Extra-Baldock (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches20
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

133,210 residents in North Hertfordshire · 355/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 269 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,449 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (34% of 60,040)

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

69 schools · 19,871 pupils

53 primary · 6 secondary · 10 other

Ofsted: 26 of 30 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (87%)

65inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · North Hertfordshire

1,172 CQC-registered services

• Care homes257
• GP practices170
• Dentists295
• Homecare agencies329
• Hospitals & hospices34

CQC ratings: 86% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 7 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Hertfordshire

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

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

255 applications decided

88.6% granted · 226 granted, 29 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Chris Hinchliff

Labour

North East Hertfordshire

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 23
• Con 7
• LD 20
• Oth 1

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

• Schools10
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés19

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,995 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

130 jobs advertised · £34,473 avg

e.g. Mobile Vehicle Technician, Shape Young Minds: Join Us as a Year 1 Teacher, Online German Tutoring Job in Radwell – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

£983 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£31,048 disposable income per head (2024)

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

49% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 66,549 certificates

8.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

89% low-carbon electricity

Wind 60% · Nuclear 22% · Gas 10% · Biomass 7%

49 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84 yrs women · 80.2 yrs men

66% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

2 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in SG7

• Ashwell Surgery
• The Baldock Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North East Hertfordshire:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office374 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership362 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership347 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test330 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s300 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  The Knights Templar School · 0.3 km

  The Knights Templar School is a co-educational secondary school with academy status located in the market town of Baldock in North Hertfordshire, England. In a February 2006 Ofsted report, the school was described as…

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  Baldock Town Hall · 0.3 km

  Baldock Town Hall is a municipal building in the High Street, Baldock, Hertfordshire, England. The structure, which now operates as an arts and heritage centre, is a locally listed building.

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  Church of St Mary the Virgin, Baldock · 0.4 km

  The Church of St Mary the Virgin is a parish church of the Church of England in Baldock in Hertfordshire. Dedicated to the Virgin Mary, the original church on the site dated to about 1150 and was built by the Knights…

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  Baldock · 0.4 km

  Baldock is a historic market town in the North Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. The River Ivel rises from springs in the town. It lies 33 miles (53 km) north of London and 14 miles (23 km) north north…

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  Baldock railway station · 0.7 km

  Baldock railway station serves the historic market town of Baldock, in Hertfordshire, England. It is a stop on the Cambridge Line, sited 36 miles 47 chains (58.9 km) north of London King's Cross and on the outskirts o…

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  Baldock Cemetery · 0.7 km

  Baldock Cemetery is the burial ground for the market town of Baldock in North Hertfordshire and the surrounding area. It is maintained by North Hertfordshire District Council.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)