Barnet

18°CLight rain shower

• Today: 23° / 12° · 58% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:29Sunset 19:24

12h 55m 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

217 reported · July 2026▼ 13% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour78
• Violence & sexual offences53
• Shoplifting21
• Vehicle crime17

7 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Underhill · Metropolitan

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

249 reported road collisions (2024)

51 killed or seriously injured · 349 casualties · 23.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

403 food businesses within 2 miles

• 336 rated 4–5 ★ (226 top)
• 17 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: High Barnet (0.4 km)
• 52 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£560,436 average▲ 2.6% YoY

Across Hertsmere · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,817 average monthly rent▲ 3.4% YoY

• 1 bed £1,250
• 2 bed £1,594
• 3 bed £1,928

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

11.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.9 times median annual pay (12.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 139.8p · AppleGreen (7.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 145.8p · AppleGreen (7.9 km)

45 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 28 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 180 kW
• Nearest: Fitzjohn Avenue Car Park (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres5
• Gyms4
• Swimming pools24
• Sports pitches39
• Golf courses4
• Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

107,827 residents in Hertsmere · 1,066/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 224 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,406 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (33% of 45,920)

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

60 schools · 22,840 pupils

31 primary · 8 secondary · 21 other

Ofsted: 17 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

41inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Hertsmere

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
• 85 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

147 applications decided

93.9% granted · 138 granted, 9 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Dan Tomlinson

Labour

Chipping Barnet

Source: UK Parliament

Labour / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 12
• Con 15
• LD 7
• Ref 2
• Oth 3

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

• Schools15
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies5
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens27
• Restaurants & cafés67

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,330 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1,504 jobs advertised · £39,598 avg

e.g. Senior Nursery Room Leader, Mobile Mechanic, Mobile Vehicle Technician

Source: Adzuna

£882 median full-time weekly pay

3.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£36,877 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: D · 45,217 certificates

8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

87% low-carbon electricity

Wind 59% · Nuclear 22% · Gas 12% · Biomass 6%

56 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.2 yrs women · 82.4 yrs men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday6.9
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

3 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in EN5

• The Old Court House Surgery
• Longrove Surgery
• Addington Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Chipping Barnet:

• Fund permanent, 24-hour police patrols in Jewish communities649 local signatures · 11,464 nationwide
• Sever UK-Iran ties, withdraw recognition of Iran’s regime & expel all diplomats620 local signatures · 26,542 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s401 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership293 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office252 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

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

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  Hadley, London · 0.0 km

  Hadley is a district of the London Borough of Barnet between Chipping Barnet in the south and Monken Hadley in the north. It was formerly a civil parish of Barnet Urban District. The parish was formed in 1894 from the…

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  Barnet Urban District · 0.0 km

  Barnet was a local government district in south Hertfordshire from 1863 to 1965 around the town of Barnet.

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  Old Court House Recreation Ground · 0.3 km

  Old Court House Recreation Ground is a public park in High Barnet in the London Borough of Barnet. It is one of the borough's Premier Parks and received a Green Flag Award for 2009–2010.

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  The Red Lion, Chipping Barnet · 0.3 km

  The Red Lion is a grade II listed public house in the High Street, Chipping Barnet, London.

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  Queen Elizabeth's School for Girls · 0.3 km

  Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School is a high performing non-selective girls' school with academy status for ages 11 to 18, in Barnet, London, England.

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  Tudor Hall, Chipping Barnet · 0.3 km

  Tudor Hall in Wood Street, Chipping Barnet, is the original site of Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet, and is now occupied by Barnet and Southgate College. It was built around 1577 following the granting of a charter f…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)