Bovingdon

19°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 25° / 16° · 53% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 12° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:21

12h 48m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

9US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Hillingdon Harmondsworth Os, United Kingdom

33 reported · July 2026▼ 44% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences11
• Anti-social behaviour10
• Criminal damage & arson4
• Other theft2

Neighbourhood team: Kings Langley and Hemel Hempstead South East · Hertfordshire

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

160 reported road collisions (2024)

32 killed or seriously injured · 205 casualties · 10.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

51 food businesses within 2 miles

• 43 rated 4–5 ★ (40 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Hemel Hempstead (3.9 km)
• 17 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£459,438 average▲ 1.8% YoY

Across Dacorum · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,583 average monthly rent▲ 0.2% YoY

• 1 bed £1,091
• 2 bed £1,368
• 3 bed £1,643

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 (12.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 142.8p · AppleGreen (4.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (11.1 km)

14 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

37 charging locations within ~8 km

• 18 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 400 kW
• Nearest: Saba UK (4.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches16
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

155,081 residents in Dacorum · 730/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 240 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,409 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (31% of 67,930)

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

80 schools · 28,467 pupils

55 primary · 9 secondary · 16 other

Ofsted: 20 of 24 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (83%)

70inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Dacorum

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
• 44 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

258 applications decided

85.3% granted · 220 granted, 38 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

David Taylor

Labour

Hemel Hempstead

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat (minority)

• Lab 4
• Con 18
• LD 19
• Oth 10

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,930 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

22 jobs advertised · £35,233 avg

e.g. Online Psychology Tutor - Part Time, Student Support Coach, ISP Next Consultant

Source: Adzuna

£889 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£31,901 disposable income per head (2024)

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

50% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 76,523 certificates

8.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

55% low-carbon electricity

Gas 44% · Nuclear 21% · Wind 14% · Solar 13%

179 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.8 yrs women · 81.2 yrs men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hemel Hempstead:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office355 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test323 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s304 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership301 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth227 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

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  Bovingdon · 0.1 km

  Bovingdon is a village in Hertfordshire, England, 4 miles (6.4 km) south-west of Hemel Hempstead, and a civil parish within the local authority area of Dacorum. Situated close to the Buckinghamshire border, it forms t…

• HM Prison The Mount · 0.4 km

  HM Prison The Mount is a Category C men's prison, located on the outskirts of Bovingdon village in Hertfordshire, England. The Mount Prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service.

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  RAF Bovingdon · 0.7 km

  Royal Air Force Bovingdon or more simply RAF Bovingdon is a former Royal Air Force station located near the village of Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, England, about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south-west of Hemel Hempstead and 2.5…

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  Whelpley Hill · 1.5 km

  Whelpley Hill is a hamlet in the parish of Ashley Green in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located to the east of Chesham, near the border with Hertfordshire and is the site of an Iron Age hillfort.

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  Bourne End, Hertfordshire · 2.3 km

  Bourne End is a village in Hertfordshire, England. It is situated on the ancient Roman Akeman Street between Berkhamsted and Hemel Hempstead, on the former A41 London-Liverpool Trunk Route, on the Grand Union Canal th…

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  Westbrook Hay · 2.4 km

  Westbrook Hay School is a culturally significant great house located in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England, that has housed the independent Westbrook Hay Prep School since 1963.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)