Bovingdon

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• Today: 11° / 5° · 23% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:03Sunset 16:27

9h 24m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

33US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Harlington, United Kingdom

• 7.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

36 reported · August 2026▲ 80% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences11
• Other crime9
• Anti-social behaviour8
• Criminal damage & arson4

1 stop & searches

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

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

161 reported road collisions (2025)

44 killed or seriously injured · 207 casualties · 10.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

52 food businesses within 2 miles

• 44 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

£450,935 average▲ 0.1% YoY

Across Dacorum · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,594 average monthly rent▲ 1.3% YoY

• 1 bed £1,098
• 2 bed £1,378
• 3 bed £1,655

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 (12.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,890 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: 142.8p · AppleGreen (4.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (11.3 km)

8 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,184
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,963
• Net moves+221

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 211 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Dacorum

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
• 44 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

308 applications decided

84.4% granted · 260 granted, 48 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

9,190 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

20 jobs advertised · £31,725 avg

e.g. Plumbing Tutor, Duct Fitter, Work from Home (Researcher)

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

78% low-carbon electricity

Wind 46% · Nuclear 21% · Gas 20% · Biomass 12%

93 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.8 yrs women · 81.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Hertfordshire): 65.5 women · 65.4 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

5 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in HP3

• Lincoln House Surgery
• Bennetts End Surgery
• Archway Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hemel Hempstead:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth229 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND228 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases171 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks132 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK132 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

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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)