Bushey

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• Today: 10° / 7° · 26% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:00Sunset 16:29

9h 28m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

34US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Brent - Ikea, 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

110 reported · August 2026

• Violence & sexual offences54
• Anti-social behaviour22
• Vehicle crime10
• Other theft8

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Bushey and Radlett · Hertfordshire

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)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 423 rated 4–5 ★ (360 top)
• 9 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Bushey (1.7 km)
• 30 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: 138.8p · AppleGreen (10.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 146.8p · AppleGreen (10.3 km)

21 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 31 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 180 kW
• Nearest: Opecprime Developments LTD (1.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms2
• Swimming pools29
• Sports pitches22
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds5

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
• 69 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

Sir Oliver Dowden

Conservative

Hertsmere

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)

• Schools17
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies3
• Parks & greens9
• Restaurants & cafés15

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,480 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

93 jobs advertised · £34,056 avg

e.g. SEN Teaching Assistant / Learning Support Assistant, Finance Manager, Bank Host and Catering Assistant

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

57% low-carbon electricity

Gas 43% · Wind 37% · Nuclear 13% · Biomass 6%

175 gCO₂/kWh · high 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 · 6 pharmacies in WD23

• Manor View Practice
• Attenborough Surgery
• Little Bushey Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hertsmere:

• Fund permanent, 24-hour police patrols in Jewish communities1,185 local signatures · 11,508 nationwide
• Remove the grey belt planning rules462 local signatures · 12,329 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND202 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth160 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Ensure fair and transparent faith security funding for all faith communities154 local signatures · 20,440 nationwide

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

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