Barnet

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• Today: 11° / 7° · 20% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:00Sunset 16:28

9h 28m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

• 7.8 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

186 reported · August 2026▼ 26% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour52
• Violence & sexual offences46
• Other theft22
• Shoplifting20

Neighbourhood team: Underhill · Metropolitan

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

223 reported road collisions (2025)

43 killed or seriously injured · 317 casualties · 20.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

397 food businesses within 2 miles

• 337 rated 4–5 ★ (229 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

£553,008 average▲ 1.5% YoY

Across Hertsmere · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,829 average monthly rent▲ 3.6% YoY

• 1 bed £1,258
• 2 bed £1,604
• 3 bed £1,941

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

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

1,090 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: 139.8p · AppleGreen (7.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 145.8p · AppleGreen (7.9 km)

23 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,918
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK8,715
• Net moves+203

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 214 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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

58 schools · 22,822 pupils

31 primary · 8 secondary · 19 other

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

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Hertsmere

1,176 CQC-registered services

• Care homes257
• GP practices171
• Dentists296
• Homecare agencies330
• 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)

217 applications decided

84.3% granted · 183 granted, 34 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

8,480 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

459 jobs advertised · £41,175 avg

e.g. Veterinary Surgeon, Roadside Technician, Roofing Supervisor

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

65% low-carbon electricity

Wind 36% · Gas 35% · Nuclear 14% · Solar 9%

144 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.2 yrs women · 82.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Hertfordshire): 65.5 women · 65.4 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 communities650 local signatures · 11,508 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND220 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Ensure fair and transparent faith security funding for all faith communities211 local signatures · 20,440 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks189 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills114 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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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)